Background
He was born in Veria, Greece, and started performing music at age 9.
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Matthaios Tsahouridis
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Education
Tsahouridis won the first prize in a Pan-Hellenic Music Competition organized by the Greek Ministry of at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron Mousikis) in 1996. In 1997, he was awarded a scholarship by Panteleimon and Iera Mitropolis Verias, in order to continue his music studies in London.
In 2001 Tsahouridis completed his bachelor"s degree in Music Studies and his Masters in Ethnomusicology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. In 2003 he was awarded a scholarship by the "Michael Marks Charitable Trust" for his Doctoral research in the field of Performance Practice.
He attained his Doctor of Philosophy in 2007, titled: "The Pontic lyra in contemporary Greece", the first doctorate in the United Kingdom referring to the performance of non-western music cultures.
Career
In both Greece and Turkey he is currently considered to be the best Pontic lyra (or Kemençe) violinist. He is lauded for his wide range of styles, innovation and fusion with other ethnic performers from around the globe. Matthaios is sometimes also referred to as Makos or simply Makoulis.
Tsahouridis plays string instruments such as the violin, laghouto (Greek lute), oud, the Greek bouzouki, guitar, the Persian kamancheh, the Afghan rubab, as well as the Afghan and the Uzbek ghichaks.
Achievements
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Tsahouridis won the first prize in a Pan-Hellenic Music Competition organized by the Greek Ministry of at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron Mousikis) in 1996. He attained his Doctor of Philosophy in 2007, titled: "The Pontic lyra in contemporary Greece", the first doctorate in the United Kingdom referring to the performance of non-western music cultures.
