About: Michalis Travlos

Michail Travlos (Greek: Μιχάηλ Τραυλός) was born in 1950 in Piraeus, Greece. He started his musical studies at Athens National Conservatory in 1970 with . In 1975, he was accepted to the Hochschule das Künste Berlin, where he studied composition with Isang Yun until 1980, when he obtained his diploma in Music Composition. He lives in Piraeus as an independent composer and professor of theory and composition. He taught at the Hellenic Conservatory (1980-1982), the Contemporary Conservatory (1987-1996) and at the "Nikos Skalkotas" Conservatory (1982-2014) where he was also the artistic director (1989-2014).From 2015 he teaches music theory and composition at the Conservatory of Modern Art in Anavissos.