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Alexander Gavras

From the beats of a heart to the movement of planets, Rhythm is all around and inside us.
Join the Lab team and let us help you find yours!

Studies:

•Graduate of Varvakeio Model School.
•Graduate of Department of Optics and Optometry at Technological Educational Institute of Athens.
•Playing drums since 1999.
•Continuous training and attendance of drum/music seminars with renowned Greek and international musicians (Steve Gadd, Tony Royster Jr., Benny Greb, etc.).

Performances / Collaborations:

•Worked as a live and touring drummer with numerous bands, artists, and projects in Greece, Cyprus, and internationally.
Indicatively: Social Waste, Dimitris Mentzelos (Imiskoubria), Dimitris Mitsotakis (Endelecheia), Revans, Idra Kayne, Panx Romana, Mighty N, C.Real, Maria-Elena Kyriakou, Two Smoking Barrels, Beggars Blues Diary, Nothing Personal, Vertigo, Natalia Douso, etc.
•Participated as a drummer and in sound design for children’s musical-theatrical performances by the group “Kokou Mouklo.”
•Performed as a drummer in numerous choreography masterclasses at the commercial dancing school “NMDF - Nick Marianos Dancing Factory.”
•Performance on a monastery semantron for the needs of an international film production (The Invisible Fight, 2023).
•Performance in the Lucozade commercial in Greece (2011).
•External collaborator as a performer with the National Conservatory (Holargos branch) (2005).

Discography:

•Performed as a permanent or session studio drummer in album and single recordings.
Indicatively: Pinocchio / Acropol Theatre (2013), Anna Vissi – Parole (2017), Teo Arian – Off the Ground (2018), Jozette – Inner Self (2020), Paraskevas Theodorakis – Spitha (2024), Least Concern (2025).

Teaching Experience:

•Freelance professional since 2009 as a drum, percussion, and rhythm instructor for all ages, offering both private and group lessons.
•Preparation for performance diplomas (LCM and Rockschool).
•Drum instructor at Lab Music Education (Psychiko, Chalandri, and N. Irakleio branches) (2025).
•Head of the drums department, drum and rhythm instructor, coach, performer, and co-supervising teacher of music ensembles at the following schools:
2020–2018
“Studio Vocalis” & “Vocalis Band”, Glyfada
2017–2016
“Modern Music School – MMS”, Glyfada
2016–2015
“JAM School of Music”, Glyfada
2014–2011
“Modern Music Arts”, Glyfada.

Dimitris Schizas Trio - Mambo Cheeks
Δημήτρης Μητσοτάκης - Διαμαντένια Προβλήτα
Λένε - Social Waste