I WAS BORN IN ATHENS AND STARTED TO PLAY SAX AND PIANO WHEN I WAS 12,BUT DIDNT PRACTICE TILL I BECAME 15.WHEN I WAS 16 I WON A SCOLARSHIP FOR BERKLEE.AFTER I PARTICIPATED THE BERKLEE SUMMER PROGRAM I WON ANOTHER SCOLARSHIP AND AFTER A TWO YEAR PREPARATION[PRACTICED LIKE CRAZY]WITH MY TEACHER DIMITRIS VASSILAKIS,I WENT TO BERKLEE FULL TIME WHERE I GRATUATED WITH HONOURS[DIPLOMA IN SAXOPHONE COM LAUDE] .NOW I LIVE IN EXARXEIA AND HAVE THE HONOUR OF PLAYING WITH SOME OF THE BEST MUSICIANS IN GREECE SUCH AS:THE FUNK WIZARDS,DIM VASSILAKIS,GEORGE KONTRAFOURIS etc.I ALSO HAVE PLAYED WITH GIANTS OF THE EUROPEAN SCENE SUCH AS:JASON YARDE,SEAN CORBY,etc..IM A MEMBER OF THE FAMOUS LATIN GROUP "APOURIMAC"AND I HAVE BEEN THE LEAD SAXOPHONE PLAYER FOR SEVERAL MUSICALS[GREASE,LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS].
I HAVE ALSO WORKED AS A PIANIST IN ROCK GROUPS AND IN THE MOVIE "A SEA APART"[BOTH SAX AND PIANO],AS A PROFFESIONAL COMPOSER FOR THE PROJECT"THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE" WICH WAS PERFORMED BY MYSELF[SAX,PIANO] AND MANOS LOUTAS ON BASS,AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH.
I AM A SAXOPHONE TEACHER AT THE NATIONAL CONSERVATORY.
MY DEBOUT CD[ BY PUZZLEMUSIK]CONTAINS MY OWN EXCLUSIVE COMPOSITIONS AND IT IS FOLLOWED BY GREAT REVIOUS:"CD OF THE WEEK"[ATHENS VOICE]
"COMBINES FUNK GROOVES WITH HARD-BOP AND MODAL JAZZ
WITH GREAT SUCCESS!"[SONIC MAGAZINE]
OLDER REVIOUS:"REMARKABLE COMPOSITION"[JAZZ&JAZZ MAGAZINE ABOUT "AMANDA" ONE OF MY TUNES THAT WAS RECORDED IN MEGARO ATHINON WITH A GREEK "ALL-STAR" BAND]
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