SAZ GRUBU - THE PURPLE SHEEP (TO MOV PROVATO)

Pericles Papapetropoulos was born in Athens and grew up in Heraklion, Crete. He started playing Cretan music at the age of sixteen, playing the lute and the Bulgarian with Antonis Xylouris (Psarantonis) in Cretan centers and festivals.

In 1985 he meets Ross Daly. He learned saz and tambourine with him and later participated in the band "Labyrinth" in concerts, performances, discography and television. Experienced and recognized as a teacher of saz and political lute, he has taught at the school of the "Association for the Dissemination of National Music", at the Experimental Music High School of Pallini and at the music workshop "Labyrinth". Many of his students today are well-known masters of these instruments in Greece and abroad.

Periklis Papapetropoulos has released two solo albums, the latest of which is called "Saz Grubu" (Seistron / MBI) presenting the traditional music of Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria with an orchestra consisting mainly of saz. Makes live appearances and participates in recordings with many bands from Greece and abroad. He is a member of Ross Daly's band "Labyrinth" and often performs with his own band "Saz Grubu".