Iasonas Psarakis

Iasonas Psarakis is a Greek-born composer and musician of North Indian Classical and World music, soloist of Sitar, Esraj and many other world music instruments, presently based in Santiniketan, Kolkata, India. His career spans from European classical to Middle Eastern Music and journeys through Hindusthani Classical Music under the guidance of his gurus: Ameena Perera (daughter of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan), Pandit Debi Prasad Chatterjee, Shiraz Ali Khan, Amie Maciszawski and Sabyasachida Sarkhel. He graduated from Sangit Bhavan - Visva Bharati University (BMus-HCM-Sitar/performance arts, final grade A+) and is a holder of scholarships under ICCR India along with 4 other Indian Merit scholarships. Iasonas published his first album "Clay" (2014), a music album which was recorded in Lebanon with elements of Indian Classical Music and sounds of Iran. He has showcased his music in theatres, concert halls, auditoriums, collectives, cultural venues, street performances, radios, international music festivals and archaeological sites in Turkey, Greece, Italy, Iran, Egypt, Lebanon, Greece, India, Italy, Bangladesh. The world-renowned cultural organization "Bibliotheca Alexandrina" recently organised his first solo concert in Cairo, in the palace Beyt al Sinnari . He recently performed in Theocharakis B&M Foundation for the Fine Arts & Music in Greece. Iasonas is also the founder director and composer of musical art project "Iasi Ensemble" whose first music album includes collaborations with esteemed musicians and artists from Iran, India, Greece and China. It is currently being produced by Nikolas A Gkinis. For their fist song who published "WhilringDesert " he awarded by Palm Beach International Music Awards with the award of the"Best Song Arrangement" . The judges of Palm Beach International Music Awards includes briliant world artists us Al Di Meola ,Arturo Sandoval ,Jon Secada etc . Also recently he recieved more 14 awards from recognised International Film Festivals He is also a part of the musical "Hellenic Traditional Project", produced by Nikolas A Gkinis. Iasonas also collaborates with renowned international artists like Kehua Li (Lico Dance), Ador Hooyar, Nikolas A Gkinis, Takis Loukatos and many others. Most recently, he founded and curated the International "Independent Global Art Festival" and "Mukhti Bhoomi Festival", both hosted by Hihiri Pipiri international Art Residency.