Vassilis Lazarides

Vassilis Lazarides, born on April 10th 1963, is one of those remarkable, very skilled luthiers, living and working in Athens. At first he constructed traditional instruments such as bouzoukis, oud, pontic and Istanbul liras and renaissance lutes. Vassilis analyzed the art of many great luthiers. By taking up the maintenance and functional repair of many master instruments he had the opportunity to watch from within, how some of the most important instrument builders work. In and ouside of Spain his guitars are highly valued, Jeronimo Maya played and recorded with one of his guitars. Vassilis his guitars are entirely handmade using very traditional techniques.