Maria Melachroniou was born in Athens and is a graduate of the
Experimental Music High School and Lyceum of Pallini. Under the tutelage of Pericles Papapetropoulos, she devoted herself to the sazzi, while through her acquaintance with Ross Daly she became close to the teachers Mehmet Erenler and Erdal Erzincan, studying the Turkish folk repertoire. He holds a degree in Greek Traditional Instruments – Tamboura from the Ministry of Education and Culture of Greece, and a Master’s Degree in Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology, specializing in the performance/interpretation of Traditional Music and specializing in Tamboura from the Hellenic Academy of Music and Performing Arts.
She has studies in Developmental Psychology, Music Therapy and Special Education, and has been trained in issues of children with deafness.
During his school years, he started oud lessons with Antonis Apergis, and then studied with Necati Çelik and Yurdal Tokcan.
He holds a diploma in Byzantine Music and a degree in Fugue. He has been teaching tamboura since 2000 in Music Schools and in 2011 he obtained an instrumental position at the Music High School of Pallini. She has collaborated, as a music performer and singer, with important people in the field of Greek music, both in concerts and on recordings, such as Lykourgos Angelopoulos, Michalis Adamis, Giorgos Koumentakis, Martha Mavroidis, Savina Giannatou, etc. She is a member of the vocal quartet “Jasemi” and the musical group Palimpsisto Trio.