Biography

Iasonas Psarakis is a a multi-award winning Greek-born composer, filmmaker, and multi-instrumentalist working across North Indian Classical, world, and experimental dance & music film forms. A soloist on sitar and esraj, he is a GRAMMY® Voting Member of the Recording Academy and contributed as a session musician to the GRAMMY®-nominated album The Colors in My Mind (Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album, 2026). His cinematic work explores the visceral meeting point of complex North Indian rhythmic structures, contemporary and classical movement, and the language of dance film.

He holds a B.Mus. in Hindustani Classical Music (Sitar) from Sangit Bhavan, Visva-Bharati University (India), supported by scholarships including ICCR, and has studied with acclaimed teachers in the Ali Akbar Khan lineage and beyond. His work has been presented internationally across concerts, opera houses, site-specific performances, and film contexts.

As founder, composer, and arranger of the Iasi Ensemble, he released the ensemble’s debut album Astris (2023), featuring collaborations with musicians from India, the Middle East, and Greece. Astris received six Silver Medals at the Global Music Awards, won Best World Music at the Clouzine International Music Awards, charted on Ethnocloud and One World Music Radio, and appeared on the first-round ballot for the GRAMMY® Awards in Best Global Music Album.

His film and music projects have been recognized and awarded by festivals including the Thomas Edison Film Festival and Jaipur International Film Festival, and he continues collaborating internationally across dance, music, and moving image works.
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