Arionas Gyftakis

Country: Greece
Instruments: Double Bass

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About Arionas Gyftakis

He was born in Kalamata in 1995.

At the age of seven he started violin lessons in the Municipal Conservatory in Kalamata.After four years, he started electric bass lessons with  Nikos Tsotra and Harry Charalampous.His great interest for jazz music led him to start bass courses so, at the  age of 14  he started jazz bass with  Sylvios Syrros.During these four years he also studied jazz harmony,improvisation and workshops.The last two years he had also studied classical bass with Takis Kappogianni. 

In May 2013 ,he gave exams in Berklee College of Music,where he won the Full Presidential Scholarship.Since September 2013 he has been studying in Boston at Berklee College of Music, where he follows  lessons with Eddie Gomez and Hal Crook. Collaborations includes musicians such as George Kontrafouris, Spiros Manesis, Giannis Papanastasiou, Andreas Polyzogopoulos, Chris Raphailides, Daniel Rotem, Anastasis Gouliaris,Vasilis Podaras and others.

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