Background
Skordalos was born in the village Spili of Saint Basil in Rethymno Prefecture, Crete.
Skordalos was born in the village Spili of Saint Basil in Rethymno Prefecture, Crete.
He finished grammar school in Spili.
lieutenant was about the same time that he first started to play the lira. He gave his first performance in front of the Cretans in Athens - at the historical music hall “Vizantio” in Omonoia Square. His first recording was in 1946 with the famous “Spiliano Syrto” where Giannis Markogiannakis was playing the lute.
In 1947 when he was 27 years old, he was positioned at the Security Services of the National Bank of Greece from where he later on retired.
During his long career, Skordalos performed in most of the countries where one can find Cretan immigrants like the United States, Australia, and Canada, in addition to many countries in Africa. Skordalos along with Kostas Mountakis are considered those lyra players who offered the most to Cretan music
Skordalos" legacy lasted for sixty years and he died on 23 April 1998 at the age of 78.