His musical apprenticeship began at the age of 3 with his father Stefanos Vlavianos, a musician with the Athens Radio Orchestra (trombonist) and an eclectic theorist.
[2] In New York, he also composed experimental music pieces with Fred Lipsius (saxophonist and clarinetist, founding member of the band Blood, Sweat and Tears).
In 2007, French pianist Yves Henry, Prix Schumann and teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris, played some of his pieces for piano.
He also composed the music for Les Fabuleuses Aventures d'Ulysse, performed by the Greek tragedian Angela Sonne in several theatres in France.
[4] Lexique de la Musique Grecque (Takis Kalogeropoulos - Éditions Gialleli - ISBN 960-7555-07-4) pages 374 and 375, in addition to the "Oxford Musical Lexicon".