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Kelly Thoma was born in Piraeus in 1978. Since 1995, she has been studying the lyra with Ross Daly and very shortly thereafter has been travelling with him and his group, "Labyrinth" participating in concerts in Europe, Asia and Australia and the U.S. She has taken part in many projects with musicians from various different traditions from other countries, a fact which has resulted in her development of a unique and very personal style of playing. She has collaborated with many important musicians from all over the world such as the Trio Chemirani, Dhruba Ghosh, Ballake Sissoko, Nayan Ghosh, Mehmet Erenler, Khaled Arman, Hossein Arman, Goksel Baktagir, Yurdal Tokcan, Shubhankar Banerjee, Rufus Cappadocia, Huun Huur Tu and many more. Kelly Thoma has graduated from the English Literature department of the Athens University as well as from the "Rallou Manou" Dance School.
