bio

Kostas was born on July 1, 1976 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He lived his early childhood in Athens and Heraklion before returning to Thessaloniki where he went to Primary and High school.

He showed a great interest for music very early and at the age of seven took his first private drum-course, with his teacher Leonidas Alahadamis.

At the age of eight he joined the Conservatory of Contemporary Music of Thessaloniki and studied the drums under Kostas Pagonidis, his new teacher. He received a scholarship and finished his studies in classical harmony and jazz in 1995. The same year he won a scholarship from the Berklee College of Music to continue his studies there.

In 1996 he moved to Boston and enrolled in the Berklee College of Music where he took music courses from top class musicians such as Ron Savage, Joe Hunt, Jackie Santos, Yoron Israel, Ron Mahdi etc. Having his grant successfully renewed every year, he graduated on May, 2001 with a “Bachelor in music - major in performance”.

After a short period of indecision between moving to New York or returning to Greece, he finally decides to return to Greece. He was incompatible with the everyday life in the U.S.A. although he felt that it was the place that could offer him whatever he had ever dreamed of in terms of music.

On his return to Greece he settles in Thessaloniki where he stays until 2003 and in 2004 he moves to Athens.

He was tragically lost in a car crash (sagged by an insanely speeding 18 year old street bandit) in the centre of Athens on April 26, 2007.