[2] In the years 1950 to 1954 he studied at the Jordan Misja High School in Tirana under the direction of singer Marie Kraja.
He had stated that it had been difficult for him to combine school and having to provide for his family, but his hard working wife Kalliroi helped him do it.
For two years his salary decreased significantly and he was made to clean the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania.
However, the Albanian people collected a large number of signatures in order to get him back on stage, in which they succeeded.
They had 4 children: Freideriki, a violinist in the National Albanian Opera Orchestra, Konstantinos, an engineer, Linditta, a painter, and Artemisia, a choreographer and dancer.