thodoris petropoulos
(Bouzouki, vocals)
The bouzouki is probably the most distinctive instrument in a rebetiko band and Thodoris is really one of the greatest players of the new generation! He was born in Athens (1983) and he grew up in Aegion. He studied piano for 8 years and when he was thirteen years old, he started playing bouzouki as a self-taught musician. At his eighteen years, he started working as a professional musician in various clubs and venues, he was studying bouzouki at the school of Themis Papavassiliou and, at the same time, he was studying, an the University of Patras, to be a philologist - linguist.
He has played all around Greece, with various well known artists like Dimitris Kontolazos, Babis Gkoles, Giorgos Aigiotis, Kostas Mantzios, Stavroula Manolopoulou, Angela Orphanou, Christos Andoniadis, Marina Manolakou, Sofia Emfietzi, Giannis Tassios, Thanassis Komninos, A. Mandas, Giorgos Daskoulidis, Andonis Gounaris, Maria Spyropoulou, Andonis Ainitis, Lakis Chalkias and more. He has cooperated, either as a member or as a session musician, with the Philharmonic band of Aegion, the Philharmonic band of Akrata, the Dance School of Aegion, the Graduates' Theatrical Team, the Philologists' Club of Aegialia, the DiKePa of Aegion and the "Emmelon" band. He has been part of theatrical plays ("Fairytale with no name", "Our big circus") and of tribute concerts for Vassilis Tsitsanis, Apostolos Kaldaras, Manos Loizos, Lefteris Papadopoulos etc. He has also worked as a bouzouki teacher at the Conservatories of Patras and of Akrata, at the "Mozart" Conservatory and as a private lessons' teacher.
In discography, he has played as a musician in the alboum "Gliko stafili" of Vassilis Dallis and he has been the arranger for the cd single "Aeraki" of Giorgos Aegiotis, both published by "Kathreftis Ichon Alithinon" (Mirror of True Sounds).