Maria Manousaki Quartet featuring Kyriakos Stavrianoudakis

Maria Manousaki stands as one of Greece’s most successful and versatile musical talents, working to great acclaim and commercial success as a violin performer, band leader, composer, festival organizer and curator. Maria’s musical style can be best categorized within the jazz and world music scene.

Maria Manousaki was born in Johannesburg of bicultural parentage, her base is in New York but commutes between the island of Crete and New York.
She received a scholarship from the world renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA, earning an Honors Degree in Professional Music in 2002.

Since her arrival in New York, Maria has performed alongside some of the worlds most renowned musicians and has released two outstanding albums: Sole Voyage and Hidden Trails.

Maria is the founder of The Cretan World Music Festival which was initiated in Hania Crete in July 2014.

She is also the musical curator for the Vlatos Jazz series taking place in the island of Crete since 2018.