Yorgos Dousos is a Greek Multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Athens, Greece. Γιώργος Δούσος ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΔΟΥΣΟΣ

A founding member of several projects, including prog-folk group Darnakes and Balkan jazz band Local Heroes, he has been active in performing, composing and recording for many years.

Originally trained in classical flute and Greek folk clarinet, Dousos gradually developed a personal sound that sits between classical, folk and experimental music. His solo work began with the debut album Serres in 2021, and continues with his latest release LUPUS (Love Under Pain Upon Suffering). LUPUS condenses the sonic exploration of recent years into an introspective, expressive soundscape that marks his most personal work to date.

He studied classical flute at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki with N. Dimopoulos and at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Abbie de Quant; traditional clarinet with S. Vasdekis in Serres and A. Arkadopoulos at the Athens Conservatoire; musicology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; and composition at the National Theatre of Greece workshops with K. Selamsis.

As a performer, he has collaborated with T. Tsanaklidou, G. Haroulis, G. Negka, M. Kana, M. Frintzila, M. Aslanidou and M. Hatzigiannis, and has taken part in National Theatre of Greece productions such as Opereta (N. Karathanos), Ploutos (N. Milivojevic), Iketides (S. Livadinos) and O Kotzampasis tou Kastropyrgou (D. Tarloou).

As a composer, he has written music for the National Theatre of Greece productions Aftochiras (G. Papageorgiou) and O Impresarios apo tin Smyrni (V. Papavasileiou), as well as for numerous independent theatre productions (Aristos, Kanonia kai trompetes, silence speaks, Apethanto, Vurkolakas). He has collaborated with the National Theatre of North Macedonia on the production An Enemy of the People (N. Nikolic) and has participated in the Greek National Opera’s educational programme “Melisma”, composing music for the performance Topos Ateleiotos. He has also composed music for the short film Hopepunk (V. Lazaridou, Homemade Films) and for the documentary series The Ways of the Heroes (Eho Animato, LOOP, Creative Europe).