He was born in Greece in 1963. He studied Advanced Theory, Harmony and Instrumentation – Band Conducting with Kostas Samsarelos, Counterpoint and Fuge with Dimitris Dragatakis, Composition and Orchestral Conducting with Theodore Antoniou. In 1997 he received his Diploma in Composition with distinction, first prize and a financial award in the memory of Manos Hadjidakis.
He has collaborated with the Megaron – the Athens Concert Hall, Camerata of the Friends of Music Megaron Resident Orchestra, the Orchestra of Colours, the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Ambelokipi (Thessaloniki), the Municipal Conservatory of Helliniko, the Piraeus Music Center, where he created the Center’s Symphony Orchestra of Young Musicians. He participated as a conductor in the creation of the Athens Student Symphony Orchestra. In Zakynthos, he created the New Zakynthos Chorus and the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble of Zakynthos.
He has conducted various orchestral and choral ensembles, the Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music, the Orchestra of Patras, the Athens Municipality String Orchestra, the Athens Municipality New Music Ensemble and the Chamber Ensembles of Athens State Orchestra among them.
In September – October 2005 he participated at Megaron – the Athens Concert Hall’s production of the opera “Lulu” by Alban Berg, as conductor of the interno orchestra and as assistant conductor of the Orchestra of the Radio Prague, conducted by Nikos Tsouchlos.
In January 2007 he will participate at Megaron – the Athens Concert Hall’s production of the Ballet “A Midsummer night’s Dream” with the Zuerich Opera Ballet, as assistant conductor of the Camerata of the Friends of Music Megaron Resident Orchestra, conducted by James Tuggle.
In June 2008 he conducted the musical ensemble of the Experimental National Opera of Greece, presenting the operas "Orpheus" by Vaggelis Katsoulis, "Orfeus : a chamber symphony with active voices" by Dimitris Sykias and "Der Kaiser von Atlantis" by Viktor Ullmann.
His works have been performed in Greece and abroad. On commission, he has composed music for the Theatre, for the Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music, the Orchestra of Patras, Megaron – the Athens Concert Hall, the National Greek Opera, the orchestra Alea III (residence in Boston University), the Greek Composers’ Union, the Third Programme of Greek Radio and for many distinguished Greek and foreign soloists. He conducts regularly the Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music and is a member of the Greek Composers’ Union Board of Directors.