Born in Athens in 1980, attended the Lycée Léonin (greek-french independent school) where he was first taught music. Along with his admission in the Law School, he began lessons of piano and theory with composer Thodoris Ksydias and later he enrolled the Conservatory of Neos Kosmos to study advanced music theory, working at the same time as a professional musician. In 2005 he has been admitted (writing assessment) to the Conservatoire N.R. de Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, in the class of orchestration where he studied for 3 years. Afterwards he undertook the Master of Arts in Composition in City University London. During his study in London he has also joined the orchestra conducting classes given by Denise Ham in Blackheath Conservatoire. During 2016-2017 he enrolled the Certification in Education program of the University of Crete, his dissertation being on teaching through contemporary music in primary schools. He holds diplomas of Harmony, Counterpoint and Fugue, a certificate of orchestration, a Master of Arts in Composition and a PGC in Music Education. He has been taught by Theodora Zouvelou, Pierre Grouvel, Pierre Farago, Rhian Samuel and Ilias Nikolaidis. He has written concert music, music for short films and theater. In May 2014, he has been awarded the 2nd price for his piece Anaplasis (for solo flute and music sound-scape) by the Greek Composers' Union and in November of the same year he was amongst the ten young composers selected for the workshop of the Athens Youth Symphony Orchestra. In the 1st edition of the “Yorgos Sicilianos Composition Competition” run by the Athens Conservatoire and the Greek Composers' Union (April 2016), he received the 3rd price (1st price not given) for his work Bacchus, suite for 8 performers. In July 2017 he has been awarded the 2nd price for the Sofia International Composition Competition (Bulgaria) for his Concertino for Trumpet & Strings. In December 2018 he won the price for the best Original Soundtrack for the short film "Anchorwoman" at the Parana International Film Festival (Argentina). His music has been performed by the London Sinfonietta, the Athens Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Sofia Soloists string orchestra, the City of Athens Symphony Orchestra and various soloists in London, Sofia, Athens, Larissa and Herakleion.
