Sideris Dimitris

Born in Athens, studies classical guitar at the Attiko conservatory. After
moving to Crete in 1997, he graduates University of Crete, Department
of Sociology and gets involved with the Cretan lute.
Over the last 15 years he has been performing in traditional concerts
and festivities, collaborating with prominent Cretan musicians and
others.
He is active in the educational field giving workshops in Greece and
abroad, and currently conducting his PhD thesis on “Cretan music
identity” at the Faculty of Philosophy & Social Studies in University of
Crete.
As a member of the bands Daulute and Babel trio and as a solo
performer, he is developing a personal style on the Cretan lute
integrating various eastern and western elements.
Besides a well-known musician and teacher of the Cretan lute, is
related to the birth of a new musical instrument worldwide. In 2015 he
designed and co-produced a prototype musical instrument, the
electric Cretan lute. With a peculiar ‘sui generis’ sound and
unexplored repertoire, it broadens the possibilities in the art of music
and introduces a new chapter in modern organology.
He composes original music, participates as a key member in several
bands and gives solo appearances with the electric lute, combining
the traditional with the electric sound.