Events and Festivals in Crete

Zacharis Spyridakis is one of Crete's finest and most innovative lyra players. He was one of Kostas Mountakis' foremost students since childhood and, upon completing his studies, worked for many years as an assistant teacher to Mountakis. In recent years he founded the group Palaina Seferia, whose fresh and different approach to Cretan music deeply impressed Cretan music lovers on Crete as well as elsewhere. He also has broad experience in incorporating the lyra into ensembles of music other than Cretan. As a teacher, he is much sought after because of his extreme generosity in giving all he knows freely to his students, and also as a result of his particularly well-organized method of teaching.