George Zervos studied piano, theory and composition in Athens. Post-graduate studies: studied formalized music under Iannis Xenakis as well as musicology and aesthetics of music under Michel Guiomar and Daniel Charles. In 1982, he received the post-graduate diploma D.E.A. from the University of Paris I Panthéon – Sorbonne. His thesis on «The crisis of theme in the work of the Second Vienna School composers: Schönberg, Berg, Webern» earned him a Ph.D. degree in Musicology from the University of Thessalonica in 1995. He has composed chamber and vocal music, as well as works for orchestra. Two of his pieces of music (the ballet Eros and Psyche and the String quartet No 2) have been recorded by Warner Music and Agora respectively. His works have been performed in Greece as well as in Italy, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France and USA (Florence 1981, Sofia 1985, Naples 1987, Cannes 1987, Orleans 1987, University of Boston 1991, Louisiana 2004, etc.). Two of his pieces of music (the ballet “Eros and Psyche” and the “string quartet no2”) have recently been recorded by Warner Music and Agora. G. Zervos has also published several articles on music of the 20th century (in international journals such as “Musik & Ästhetik”, “Musicologia”, “arts 8”, etc), has given lectures and participated in many national and international congresses. He has also published two books on music of the 20th century (The crisis of music through the crisis of the theme and the forms, Athens 2002, and Nikos Skalkottas and the European tradition in the beginning of the 20th century, Athens 2002). Ιs former Assistant Professor, Department of Music Studies, University of Athens.