Yiorgos Kaloudis, born in 1973 in Athens, Greece, is a cellist and Cretan lyra
player from a musically inclined family. He began playing various instruments
under his parents' tutelage before focusing on the cello. Kaloudis studied at
the Athenaeum Conservatory with Claire Demeulenere and later in Los Angeles
through the Fulbright Program under Ted Greene. His debut album Truth was
released in 2005, followed by On the Wind in 2009. He gained significant
attention for his unique interpretation of J.S. Bach's Cello Suites on the
Cretan lyra (2017) and he notably performed live at t...