Giannis Dermitzakis

Giannis studied oud with Stelios Kasapakis, Giorgos Mavromanolakis and Kyriakos Tapakis. He has participated in seminars at the Labyrinth Musical Workshop with Yurdal Tokcan, Harris Lambrakis and Ross Daly respectively. 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. He has collaborated with Haris Lambrakis, Giorgos Papaioannou, Manolis Kanakakis, Erini, Maria Ploumi, Avgerini Gatsi, Theodora Athanasiou, Nikos Paraoulakis, Giannis Papatzanis, Giorgos Kontogiannis and Sofia Efkleidou amongst others. He has taught the oud at conservatories, as also has given seminars on "modal improvisation" at the music school "Kanarini" in Berlin, Germany, and on makam modal system to students in the music department at the University of Quebec: UQAM - Université du Québec à Montréal, in collaboration with El Sistema Greece. He regularly participates as a guest lecturer in the research educational program of the University of Crete "The art of rhythm in education". Giannis is a graduate of the Electrical Engineering Department of the TEI of Crete and holds a Master's degree in "Ethnomusicology and musical practice" from the Department of Music Studies of the University of Athens.