Full CV

My professional experience:

From 2000: Session guitarist – recordings and live performances.

From 2005: Composer / Producer of TV and Radio spots (Sting studio)

From 2002: Guitar tutor at the National Conservatory of Greece

From 2016: Guitar tutor at Koumpi music school

From 2016: Guitar tutor at Modern Music School

My studies

1991 – 1993 Music composition for theatre and cinema – “Filippos Nakas” Conservatory, Athens Greece (tutors: G. Bountouvis , D.Papadimitriou)

1995 Jazz band arrangement – “Filippos Nakas” Conservatory, Athens Greece (Tutor: T. Paterelis)

1995 Music Technology – “Filippos Nakas” Conservatory, Athens Greece (Tutor: D. Arnaoutoglou)

1996 – 1998 Byzantine music and bouzouki (Music school Th. Papavasiliou)

2000 – 2002 Singing lessons at Municipal Conservatory of Ag. Varvara – Athens, Greece (tutor: S. Beris)

2000 – 2002 Diploma in Music Harmony – “Central” Conservatory (Tutor: Ν. Panagiotakis)

2002 – 2003 Electric guitar lessons – “Central” Conservatory (Tutor: Ν. Panagiotakis)

2003 London College of Music – (RGT) –Jazz Guitar – Grade 6

2002 – 2004 Diploma in Music Counterpoint – “Central” Conservatory (Tutor: K. Klavvas)

2004 – 2006 Diploma in Music Fugue – “Central” Conservatory (Tutor: K. Klavvas)

2006 – 2007 Music arrangement lessons (Tutor: K. Klavvas)

2009 Participant in the Jazz Academy Summer Programme of the Department of Music Studies (Ionian University – Greece)

2009 – 2011 Jazz Guitar lessons (Tutor: G. Samaras)

2012 Guitar clinic with New York based guitarist Oz Noy

2013 Jazz Guitar lessons (Tutor: S. Tamvakakis)

2016 Participant in the 1st Campus of somatic techniques for musicians (Thessaloniki – Greece)

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