The people who'll teach you to play.

Christina is a graduate of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Musicology. She studied advanced music theory under Pavlos Sergiou and Dimitris Katsimbas (orchestral conductors), and graduated with honours from the Hellenic Conservatory of Athens, where she earned diplomas in Harmony, Counterpoint and Fugue.

She holds diplomas in piano and violin, each awarded with distinction and a unanimous first class, studying under Betty Gaitanou-Barzouka and Dimitris Semsis (concertmaster of the Athens State Orchestra) respectively.

She also studied classical voice with Antigoni Sgourda, and is a graduate in solo voice and accordion of the Musical Horizons Conservatory.

She has taken part as a performer in piano masterclasses given by distinguished soloists, among them Nikolai Petrov, Paul Badura-Skoda and Bernard Ringeissen.

She extended her theoretical grounding in solo voice through specialist seminars with the celebrated soprano Ghena Dimitrova and the tenor Alfred Knoll. Her work includes premiere performances of works by Greek composers.

Demetris holds a diploma in violin, awarded with a unanimous “excellent”, from the Philippos Nakas Conservatory in Athens, and played in the first violins of the Athens Youth Symphony Orchestra as well as in its smaller chamber and string ensembles.

He studied Byzantine music at the parish school of the Archdiocese of Athens, holds a degree in Byzantine music from the Holy Metropolis of Limassol, and earned a diploma in Byzantine ecclesiastical music, graded “excellent”, from the Hellenic Conservatory of Athens under Athanasios Paivanas. Since 2008 he has served as principal cantor in churches in Limassol, and he is an active member of the “Romanos the Melodist” choir of the Holy Metropolis of Limassol, taking part in recordings and concerts in Cyprus and abroad.

He has taught at Eliconas music school since 2007. Former violin students of his now teach at conservatories across Cyprus, and his Byzantine music students sing in church choirs around the island. His teaching rests on respect for church and traditional music, on teamwork, and on understanding what each student needs.