Sofia Lampropoulou has been playing Kanun since 1997. She graduated from Pallini music school. She was awarded a diploma in Byzantine music (tutored by S.Pavlakis).She studied piano (with Nelly Semitekolo and Eleni Zacharaki), classical percussion (with K. Vorisis and K. Thodorakos) and traditional percussion (with V. Karipis) in Greece. In 2003, she moved to Istanbul to study the Kanun with leading exponents of the instrument such as Ahmet Meter and Hakan Gungor (as for the technique of the instrument) and Omer Erdogdular and Necati Celik (Eastern theory-maqams). 

As a solist, she has collaborated with some of the most prominent traditional and alternative musicians, actors, directors and ensembles in Greece and abroad such as: D. Samiou, Chronis Aidonidis, A. Apergis, Glikeria, Oresti Karamanli, Interstellar Overdrive, Kostas Dimouleas, John Psathas, Karolos Voutsinas, Giorgos Trandalidis. Thanasis Moraitis, Kostas Kastanas, Elsa Stavridou, Evi Dimitropoulou, Claire Bloom, Marta Sebestyen, Kalman Balog, Victoria Herenzar, Haig Yazdjian, Ross Daly, Ballake Sissoko, Mamak Khadem, Efrin Lopez, Niyazi Sayin, Omer Erdogdular,Derya Turkan, Ahmet Erdogdular, Necati Celik, Ulas Ozdemir, Mehmet Gureli, Lamia Bedioui, Naziha Azzouz, Babuba Big Bang Orchestra, God Save the Rest trio, "THRIA" Orchestra, the Orchestra of Athen's municipality, and others. From 2005-2011, she was teaching at the Music School of Athens (Odeio Athinon). From 2012 till today, she is teaching at "Nakas" Conservatory.

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