Thenia Prantikou was born in Athens and is originally from Kouklioi, Ioannina. She has been involved in music since a young age, studying classical guitar and voice. In recent years, she has been taking oud and amane lessons with Evgenios Voulgaris while continuing her vocal training with Eva Xenou. She has attended seminars at the Music Courts of Ikaria and at the Labyrinth of Crete. For years, she has performed rebetika and old folk songs with bands in Patras, though she now focuses on the music of the eastern Mediterranean and the Smyrna-style tradition. She is a member of the “Sakaraka Band” and co-created the performance “Tis thalassas vasto kakia” (“I Bear the Sea’s Cruelty”), which addresses the theme of uprooting. She has co-organized artistic and social events in Patras through collective initiatives.

Thanasis Viltaniotis is a researcher and performer of Epirus polyphonic song, with a long-standing presence in the field of traditional and choral music. He is a founding member and President of the Pogonisi Polyphonic Song Association, and since 2022 he has been actively involved in teaching and coordinating polyphonic groups for children and adults. She teaches Epirus polyphonic singing to the children’s group “PogoNeoi” and at the Lyceum of Greek Women in Ioannina, and has conducted workshops and seminars in Greece and abroad. At the same time, she actively participates in the organization and promotion of the Polyphonic Song and Music Festivals in Pogoni and is involved in the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of the traditional repertoire of Epirus.

Alexandros Rizopoulos (Musician, Ethnomusicologist, PhD) was born in Ioannina (1982), received his musical training in Thessaloniki, and lives in Athens. His music is associated with both the traditional and the art music scenes. For years, he has focused on the study of percussion in festive performances. He has composed music for interdisciplinary productions (Aurekios the Messenger) and is active as a recording artist primarily with the groups Alenti, People of the Wind, and “Sima Vounou” (solo performance). He teaches traditional percussion in the Department of Music Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.