Chanters
Alexandros Prokopiou
Alexandros was born and grew up in London. From around six years of age, he regularly attended the chanter stands at both the Church of St. Andrews in Kentish Town and The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Wood Green, North London.
As a young boy, he enrolled at the Archdiocesan School of Byzantine Music in London soon after its establishment and was subsequently accepted in the adult class under the direction of Father Joseph Paliouras. Alexandros graduated from the school in 1996 with the Diploma of Chanter.
He joined the chanters at The Twelve Apostles Church in September 1999 and was elevated as Right Hand Chanter (Protopsaltis) in 2006.
In the year 2000, Alexandros visited the Great Church in Constantinople as part of the millennium celebrations hosted by the Patriarchate and has been a frequent visitor ever since.
He has sung on several occasions with the world-famous CMK choir in Athens, Constantinople, Drama, London, Mount Athos and Thessaloniki. He has appeared on several programmes including "Anesperon Fos" (Hellenic TV), "From the Hymnology of Our Church" (LGR) and the 4E channel.
Alexandros produced a joint CD and digital album called "Byzantine Musical Anthology" (2010) and is currently working on the publication of a book entitled "An Harmonious Melody of Theology".
He holds a degree in Computer Engineering and resides in London with his wife and children.
Theodoros Liousas
Theodoros was born and grew up in Neo Souli, Serres, Greece. His interest in music was sparked at an early age, when he started studying accordion as well as European Music Theory. He is a graduate of Music School of Serres where he took piano and taboura lessons as well as Music Harmony and Ear Training lessons. During his school years, he was a member of European, traditional Greek and Byzantine choirs. He won the first prize in the Traditional Music competition of Northern Greece in 2004 and took part in the “Axion Esti” of Mikis Theodorakis in Thessaloniki Concert Hall.
At the age of eleven he attended his first lessons at the Byzantine Music school of Maximeio Cultural Centre of Holy Metropolis of Serres, being a student of Christos Karamanis. He took part in the Maximeio choir under the direction of Ioanni Papachroni. He attended as Lampadarios the chanter stands of the Church of Ayios Panteleimon next to the Protopsalti Sotirio Gkirini, the Metropolitan Church of Holy Archangels in Serres next to the Protopsalti Christo Tsimerika, The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Neo Souli and the Church of Ayios Athanasios in Emmanouil Papa next to the Protopsalti Ioanni Tiritiri. In 2014 he obtained the Diploma of Chanter.
Theodoros is a Mechanical Engineer and relocated to London in 2018 with his wife and son.