Chrysanthi Gika was born in Athens.
At the age of thirteen, she came in contact with the lyre for the first time. Since then, she has studied alongside distinguished musicians and teachers such as Socrates Sinopoulos, Derya Turkan and Ross Daly.
Her academic education began in 2014, with her admission to the Department of Music Science & Art of the University of Macedonia, in the direction of Greek Traditional Folk Music. After completing the first cycle of studies, receiving a degree of specialization in the instrument, she continued (in 2022) her studies in the second cycle and, specifically, in the program “Music Sciences and Arts” of the same institution.
From a young age he participated in various musical ensembles and student orchestras (Athens Conservatory, the Students “Orchestra of the Music Workshop” Labyrinth “, the Orchestra of the” Tettix “School, the musical ensembles of the K.E.P.E.M., the Romana Orchestra). In recent years he has performed in renowned festivals and concert halls around the world (Athens Epidaurus Festival, Festival D” Aix en Provence, Festival of Religious Music, Alkantara Music Festival, Houdetsi Festival, Herodou Atticus Conservatory, Oscar Niemeyer Auditorium, Auditorio Ibirapuera). In addition, he has collaborated with musicians and musical groups in Greece and abroad for the purpose of conducting performances and producing recordings.
Since 2017, she has been intensively involved in the teaching of the lyric lyre, having been a member of the teaching staff of her conservatories and conducting seminars in Greece and abroad. Since 2020, she has been a member of the “artistic mentors” of the “Ethno” program organized by Jeunesses Musicales International, while in the academic year 2021-2022, she undertook, as a scholarship holder of the University of Macedonia, the teaching of the polyphonic lyre at the Department of Music Science and Art.