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art - sketches
Drawing started for me as a form of relaxation and focus—something I turned to during moments of boredom in school.Over time, these sketches evolved into shapes with their own character and emotional weight, becoming a personal language that continues to inspire me.
Though I’m not formally trained in visual art, it remains a central part of my musical process. I often draw from my sketches to compose music, and in my recent solo work, I explore how lines, shapes, and sound can merge—playing intuitively, guided by emotion and movement.
This connection is still unfolding, and I’m excited to share more in the future.
Research-documentary
As a musician, I often ask myself what the essence of sound is—and how I first became drawn to it.
When I began my thesis research some years ago,for my studies, I searched for a topic that felt truly meaningful. To find it, I went far back into my memory, trying to recall my first real musical experience.
It happened when I was about two or three years old, during an Easter celebration in my mother’s village in Greece.
In this photo, a moment from that day is captured: a solo performance on the “gaida,” a traditional bagpipe.
Looking back, this may have been the beginning of my musical journey. In the picture, you can also see my grandmother Soultana, standing beside the gaida—two elements that deeply shaped who I am.
The place was Asproneri (“White Water”), my mother’s village in Thrace, the northern region of Greece, where my grandmother grew up.I remember crying the first time I saw and heard the gaida. I was terrified—convinced it was a real, living goat, crying out in distress.
Yet even in fear, something in that sound gripped me.Now, so many years later, I still feel that same pull: a mix of curiosity, awe, and love for that sound.
Gaida is an instrument that carries with it a flood of memories—scents, images, tastes, and sensations. The sound of it is primitive, pure, ecstatic, and psychedelic. It continues to intrigue me deeply and deserves the attention I gave it the documentary that I produced called "Gaida Documentary- The Gaida In Greece".
EASTER CELEBRATION, THRACE, ASPRONERI, GREECE 1993