Giannis studied oud with Stelios Kasapakis and Giorgos Mavromanolakis at the Chorodion  music academy in Heraklion, Crete. He has participated in seminars on "Turkish style oud", "Rhythmical & Free improvisation" and "The Phrasing of the Makam" at the Labyrinth Musical Workshop with Yurdal Tokcan, Harris Lambrakis, Kyriakos Tapakis and Ross Daly respectively, as well as being a student in an ensemble of the Labyrinth Musical Workshop under the direction of Ross Daly. He has performed at book launches and various music festivals in Greece and in Italy. He has composed music for the documentary: Mystery 20 Performing Arts Initiator - Narrative Archaeology directed by Michael Marmarinos in the framework of "2023 Eleusis - European Capital of Culture, as well as for short films and workshops of the Experimental Amateur Stage of DIPETHE Crete.

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 He has collaborated with Giorgos Papaioannou, Manolis Kanakakis, Maria Ploumi, Avgerini Gatsi, Giorgos Mavromanolakis, Glafkos Smarianakis, Marijia Katsouna, Michalis Kotis, Eugenia Toli, Peter Jaques, Theodora Athanasiou, Nikos Paraoulakis, Fanis Karousos, Zoi Vergaki, Giorgos Stavrakis, Giannis Papatzanis, Akis Pitsanis and Ilias Markantonis amongst others.

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 On September 2021, in colaboration with director Maria Gaitanidi they gave a presentation of their project: ¨Ερωφίλη - παρτιτούρα (Erofili - score), practical experiments with an oud and a voice¨, at the TaPRA 2021 conference, organised in partnership with Liverpool Hope University. He has also taught "Oud" and "Rythmic improvisation" at the Music School of Ierapetra, at the Conservatory of Haris Sarris in Heraklion, at the "Stratis Kalogeridis" conservatory in Sitia and has given a seminar on "Modal improvisation" at the Greek music school "Kanarini" in Berlin, Germany. He used to lead a traditional music enseble working on songs and tunes of East Medditeranean musical traditions and researching improvisation techniques. He regularly participates as a guest lecturer in the research educational program of the University of Crete "The art of rhythm in education" under the direction of Giannis Papatzanis. He is curently a MA student at the Music department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. In May 2024 his first album "Horos tou nou" was released by "Aerakis musical editions - Seistron".