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. 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. Being a member of Labyrinth, she's had the chance to meet and play with many important musicians such as the Trio Chemirani, Dhruba Ghosh, Ballake Sissoko, Nayan Ghosh, Mehmet Erenler, Khaled Arman, Zohar Fresco,Hossein Arman, Goksel Baktagir, Yurdal Tokcan,Efren Lopez, Shubhankar Banerjee, Rufus Cappadocia, Pedram Khavar Zamini, Huun Huur Tu. She is a member of "Ross Daly Quartet", "Labyrinth Modal Ensemble", "White Dragon", "SEYIR", "Circle in the Crossroads", "IRIS", "Tokso International String Quartet" in Norway, "7 Lois Orchestra" in Portugal 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. She has performed with Ross Daly in many important venues and festivals such as: Theatre de la Ville (Paris ,2003, 2005, 2008), Queen Elizabeth Hall (London ,2000,2002), Melbourne Festival (Australia2001,2003) , Megaron Mousikis (Thessaloniki and Athens 2001 and 2005), Herodeon Theatre, CRR in Istanbul, Jerusalem Festival, and many others. Her debut album with her own compositions will be released in 2009.

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