He was born in Athens. He studied law in Athens and ethnology-ethnomusicology at the École des hautes études en Sciences Sociales. He also studied piano and advanced theory under Giannis Ioannidis and Byzantine and folk music under Simon Karas. He is an ethnomusicology professor at the Athens University Faculty of Music Studies and president of the Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments. As an ethnomusicologist, he has conducted research and produced educational work on Greek music (art, folklore, and urban music and modern Greek songs). He has conducted fieldwork in Greece and in villages of Southern Italy. He has edited bibliographic and electronic publications, as well as record releases and documentaries and has organized exhibitions, conferences, festivals and concerts in Greece and abroad. He has been involved with the organization of archives, written music articles and reviews and produced radio and television shows about traditional music (To Alati tis Gis/Salt of the Earth, etc). He has researched, supervised the music and written texts for ancient drama performances (Ecclesiazusae, Epidaurus Ancient Theater), operas, musicals, theatrical performances (State Theater of Northern Greece, People’s Experimental Theater, Municipal Regional Theaters, etc.) and contemporary dance performances (Roes Dance Theater). He supervised the theatrical performance of the narratives and directed the theatrical performance Angela Papazoglou (1999–2012). He researched and wrote the texts for the performance Anazitontas ton Attik [Looking for Attik] (Badminton Theater, 2011) and supervised the opening performance of Beijing’s Olympic Festival on Greek musical tradition (2008). At the Greek National Opera he directed the productions Remember those years [Thimissou ekeina ta chronia] (2007/08) and The Love Virus [To mikrovio tou erota] (2009/10), for both of which he also conducted historical research and supervised the music.