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Deliou was born in Alexandria, Egypt, the daughter of industrialist Konstantinou Deliou.
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Her instrument was the musical saw". She started to learn "sawing" at 7 years old with Polish-Austrian Anton Stein. She the piano from age 5 and also composed music (she was awarded 2 times by Gina Bachaouer).
She studied at the Industrial School of Alexandria.
She came to Greece in 1956, working as a professional musician (playing the saw and singing in different centers) in 1969, when her father died. Her father didn"t want her to work as a musician.
In 1985 she bought the last specially made "musical saw" that existed in Greece from the music house "Gaitanos". The musical saw is played with a violin bow that is grated on a strong metal plate held between the knees.
