Giorgos is a graduate of the world’s first university program dedicated to the ancient Greek lyre, offered by Democritus University of Thrace. He holds a diploma in seven-string ancient Greek lyre with the highest distinction (Unanimous Excellence & First Prize), under the mentorship of the internationally acclaimed composer, conductor, and scholar Dr. Nikos Xanthoulis.

He is an instructor at the International Lyre Society, the first official international academy dedicated to the revival and teaching of the ancient Greek lyre and he collaborates with contemporary composers internationally by recording and performing original modern works for ancient lyre, including multimedia and audiovisual projects, contributing his expertise in ancient Greek string instruments —such as the lyre, barbiton, and kitharis — for major multimedia productions and performs frequently in Greece and abroad.

He has developed a special & unique concept about his study on the lyre that creates a personal vision:

Concept / thoughts
What would have been the use and place of the ancient Greek lyre if it had continued to exist and evolve without “disappearing” for a huge period of 1600 years?
(The last written references to the lyre instrument were written in the 5th century AD)

If we consider that this instrument was the cornerstone of ancient Greek artistic, scientific, philosophical research – an instrument that, among other things, was played and studied by students in ancient Athens and other cities as a basic element of school education – an instrument that was the expression of the Apollonian Thought on life, in combination with the spirit of innovation, originality, and continuous evolution that inspired the scholars of the instrument and the wider society, we could easily conclude that the lyre would be the center of today’s musical developments.

With top-notch craftsmanship, using modern technologies & applications and in contact with the entire musical spectrum, it would continue to produce and share its special vibrations, vibrations of a multi-level and multi-dimensional reality that we have lost.

Performing concerts and recordings with the lyre in Greece and abroad, I have experienced the great interest of the public in this instrument, its sound, the unknown playing techniques and the possibilities it has, with the simultaneous admiration for the basic principles and information about ancient Greek music that the thorough research of recent decades has brought to the fore.

The rebirth of this magical instrument highlights a truly “other world”, forgotten but potentially active, waiting to be (re)discovered and given new life on a musical/philosophical/aesthetic level, achieving an experiential connection with the history and roots of Greek and European culture.

“In a world that is moving faster than ever, often losing all sense of identity, definition and destination, we bring our deep interest and love for ancient vibrations, redefining ancient musical thought as contemporary, which can exist in the present and coexist with the current musical and cultural reality, creating a sense of belonging”