
Makrygiannakis studied music at the Synchronon Conservatoire of Thessaloniki, with Stavros Sourgounis and at Trinity College of Music in London, with Nicola Hall and Colin Downs. Since 1997, he has performed in venues and festivals in Greece, UK, Germany, Denmark, Romania, Cyprus, Switzerland, Finland and the Czech Republic. He has a strong interest in chamber music, new music for guitar, historically based performance as well as pop music, conceptual music and composition. His collaborations include many distinguished musicians, dancers and actors. Makrygiannakis has premiered many new works for solo guitar as well as for chamber ensembles, promoting contemporary music in Greece and abroad. “Fragments” is his first album featuring his solo guitar music.