Manolis Christodoulou is a Athens based kanun player and composer. His influences from Greek, East Mediterrenean music, Arabic, World Music, can be shown in his first personal album "Dawn". He was born in Athens in 1990. At the age of 8 he started playing the piano, studying western classical music, but also Greek tradiotional and rebetiko music. After in 2009 he began his studies at the Department of Folk and Traditional Music in Arta. He also studied at the historical conservatory of Istanbul "ITU", taking lessons on Oriental music theory, as well as the kanun by famous Turkish musicians and organists. He is one of the founders of the band "Dysanatolia" who released their first album "After a long time" in 2021, he is also a founder member of the band KoYaMan, as well as the Intercultural Orchestra of the Greek National Opera. In 2021 he participates playing music in the Greek National Theate, and he has also composed music for theater and TV shows. In 2023 he released his first album "Dawn". He has played and collaborated with many famous artists, participating in many large festivals and music scenes throughout Greece, Cyprus, Istanbul, Germany, Spain as well as on Turkish and Greek state television and radio.