Evangelos Assimakopoulos studied the guitar at the National Conservatory with Dimitris Fampas and after his diploma he continued his studies with the Presti-Lagoya duo in France and Andres Segovia in Spain.

From 1959 he gave numerous recitals while in 1965 he and Lisa Zoe established the first guitar duo in Greece.

The international career of Evangelos Assimakopoulos began in 1967 when, since then, he has carried out extensive tours around the world with his wife, with hundreds of concerts in concert halls, on Radio and TV stations as well as at major Festivals.

The duo also performs as soloists with well-known symphony orchestras and teaches Seminars and Master Classes at renowned music Academies and Universities.

The two artists have not only received the most laudatory comments from prestigious newspapers but also the praise of Andrés Segovia who, in a handwritten dedication, considers them the leading guitar duo in the world.

In the duo Evangelos & Liza they dedicated works by Greek and foreign composers, while at the same time the two artists enriched the repertoire for one and two guitars with many of their transcriptions, most of which are released on CDs by well-known companies.

Evangelos Assimakopoulos has held numerous Seminars in the main cities of Greece and abroad, while he still holds Master Classes at the Guitar Festival in Patras, a festival-institute he has been organizing with Lisa since 1992.

At the end of his 60 years of teaching, Evangelos Assimakopoulos has published 31 educational books and created a school of elite guitarists who excel in Greece and abroad.

Lecture on "Ida Presti: 100 years since the birth
of a guitar prodigy"

Orestis Kalambalikis is a guitarist and composer who lives between Athens and Paris. 

His compositions combine the influences of the Greek tradition with Western musical language and classical form. In his constant search for new ways of expression, he continues to introduce new techniques and playing methods for the guitar. He performs his works himself or entrusts them to renowned soloists or ensembles. He also composes for the theater.

He was born in Athens and started playing the guitar at the age of seven. After completing his studies at the National Conservatory of Athens (Yiannis Petridis class), he was accepted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Paris (Roland Dyens class), from where he obtained the Diplôme de Formation Supérieure in 2009. During this of the period won many prizes in international guitar competitions.

Alongside his performance activities, Orestis Kalambalikis studied composition with Bernard Cavanna (Conservatoire des Gennevilliers) and also obtained a Master II degree in Music and Sound Creation (Création Musicale et Sonore) from the musicology department of the University of Paris VII. Three of his works for solo guitar have won first prizes in as many international composition competitions. For the publication of his works, he collaborates with the publishing houses Lemoine, Les Productions d'OZ and Papagrigoriou-Nakas (Panasmusic).

In addition to his classical studies, Orestis has been influenced by various musical styles and has collaborated with many artists (Kyveli Kastoriadi, Sofia Avramidou, Alkistis Protopsalti, Marios Fragoulis, Dionysis Savopoulos, Stefanos Korkolis, Quinteto TangARTo, etc.), while at the same time he has participated in many recordings. 

Finally, he has published a solo album (Blues for a Woodpecker, 2018) and a duet with Kyveli Kastoriadi (Songs for a Blue Cloud, 2017), while having many years of experience in teaching the instrument, he is often invited to Master-Classes in France. 

Moreover, from 2018 to 2023 he was the editor of Guitare Classique Magazine, being in charge of the pedagogical section of the publication.

Lecture on "The technique of transportation (arrangements-transcriptions) from another instrument"