Michalis terlikkas biography examples

Michalis Terlikkas was born in the currently occupied village of Kapouti near Morphou in 1955, where he lived until the 1974 Turkish invasion.

Michalis terlikkas biography examples

He graduated from the First Gymnasium of Morphou and then studied electronics in Athens (1976–80). Since then, he has been living and creating in Cyprus.

Terlikkas has been singing since childhood. His life in a primarily rural community, his contact with people living in villages before the war, his authentic aural and life experiences, all helped form a solid foundation and motive for him to busy himself systematically with the traditional songs of Cyprus.

In 1979, while still a student, Terlikkas met the late poet and singer Andreas Mappouras.

The two recorded three cassette tapes together, featuring Cypriot oral improvised couplets (tsiattistá), produced by Lambrophone label.

Between 1981 and 1983 Terlikkas took lessons in Byzantine ecclesiastical chant under Theodoulos Kallinikos, a leading Greek Orthodox cantor, collector and interp