The pianists Chris Marinos and Nikos Adraskelas started playing as a piano duo in 2002, while still studying at the Ars Nova Conservatory in Athens, Greece. Their debut took place in 2006 at the 22nd Horto Summer Festival at Mount Pelion in Central Greece, where they participate every summer since, also collaborating with other artists. They have performed in recitals and concerts with orchestras and ensembles in Greece, Austria, The Netherlands and the UK. As their repertoire ranges from the Baroque Era to the 21st century, they aim in the presentation of lesser known works by foreign and Greek composers.

Among their most beloved activities is arranging works for 4 hands and 2 pianos, collaborating with singers, choirs and instrumental ensembles, while they also prepare lecture-recitals presenting various works through praxis and theory. Likewise, their educational activities are quite notable, with the presentation of school programs that include the active participation of pupils and teachers.

Very significant to their development has been their association with the pianist, conductor, teacher and philosopher of music Prof. George Hadjinikos, with whom they continue studying.

Chris Marinos took his first piano lessons in 1988 at the Frank Toscano Music School in New York. Upon his return to Greece, he continued his studies at the Ars Nova Conservatory in 1999, piano with Christina Tertipi and theory with Alexandros Faris. From 2002 to 2011 he was appointed administrator of the private archive of the Greek composer Jani Christou. In 2005 he had been a contributor at the Greek music website Classical Music for one year, while since 2007 he is a basic contributor at the web-radio station RadioArt. He holds degrees in Tonal Harmony (class of Yannis Pantazatos) and in Baroque and Renaissance Counterpoint (class of Panayotis Adam), and a Diploma in Piano Performance as a pupil of Prof. George Hadjinikos since 2002.

Nikos Adraskelas began his studies in music in 1994 at the Ars Nova Conservatory, graduating in 2004 from the piano class of Christina Tertipi with a Diploma in Piano Performance (Excellence and First Prize), while also earning his degrees in Tonal Harmony (class of Yannis Pantazatos) and in Baroque and Renaissance Counterpoint (class of Panayotis Adam). Since 2005, he is held responsible of the private archive of Prof. Hadjinikos, with whom he studies since 2004.

Since 2003, Chris Marinos and Nikos Adraskelas collaborate with the Non-Profit Cultural Foundation "G. Angelinis - Pia Hadjinikos", which organizes every summer, since 1984, varied artistic and educational programs with seminars, master-classes and cultural events including all forms of art, with music being the core, at the beautiful seaside village of Horto on Mount Pelion.

They also hold the Recital Certificate of Pianoforte Performance of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, with honors. They have taken violoncello lessons with Rafael Kori and conducting lessons with Alexandros Charkiolakis, lessons on “Aesthetics of Music and Art” (class of C.P. Carambelas-Sgourdas), Contemporary Music (class of Giorgos Minas), “Interpretation of Early Music” and “Theory, Analysis, Technique” (classes of P. Adam), and Keyboard Harmony and “Music in Europe in the 20th Century” (classes of Al. Kalogeras). They have also participated in master-classes and seminars by Kurt Masur (Orchestral Conducting), Zouzou Nikoloudi (Ancient Greek Drama), George Hadjinikos (Essence and Origins of Musical Interpretation), Evgeny Kolmanovich, Evangelos Sarafianos and Dimitris Toufexis (Piano). Closing, they have accompanied pupils of the tenor Takis Finas’s singing class at the Ars Nova Conservatory and have been members of the Ars Nova Vocal Ensemble.