Dimitriadis Nikos

My name is Nikos Dimitriadis and I come from the beautiful city of Thessalonica, which is located in northern Greece. I am a musician and my musical instrument is the Oud. I introduced myself to music in 1980 when I started learning the Guitar. At the same time, I started learning Greek music, and especially old traditional and folk Greek and Rebetika songs. After a few years, I started making public appearances, singing and playing guitar at many places in Greece and abroad. In 1994, with the guidance of my teacher, Mr. Vassilis Cassouras (Greece), I started learning the Oud. My turn and guidance to the instrument of the Oud was my father's origin and influence which comes from the area of Black sea (Turkey) from city Ordu, as he plays the traditional Pontiac lyre "Kemence". I started to explore the traditional music roots of the Oud from Arabia, Turkey, and Persia, trying to find out the differences between them and their relationship to Byzantine music. My main studies were focused on Oud solo, which to me is the most important.