Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Demetrio Stratos akaberekwa saEfstratios Demetriou muAlexandria, Egypt musi waApril 22, 1945, nevabereki vechiGiriki (Janis Demetriou naAthanassia Archondoyorghi). Akapedza makore ake ekutanga gumi nematatu muAlexandria kwaakadzidza piyano uye accordion pa "Conservatoire National d'Athènes" ("National Conservatoire yeAthens"), uye akadzidza Chirungu paBritish Boys School. Sezvaakataura gare gare, chokwadi chokuti akaberekerwa muAlexandria chakamuita kuti anzwe se "muchengeti" akasarudzika uye ane ropafadzo muhotera yenyika dzakawanda, yakagadzirirwa kurarama ruzivo rwekupfuura kwevanhu uye kubatsira mu "kutengeserana" kwechokwadi kwetsika munzvimbo yeMediterranean, yakazara nemarudzi akasiyana-siyana uye tsika dzakasimba dzemimhanzi. Mhuri yake yakanga iri yechitendero cheGreek Orthodox, naizvozvo mukati mehucheche hwake akateerera nziyo dzechitendero dzeByzantine, mimhanzi yechinyakare yechiArabic uye ipapo mavambo ekutanga edombo uye roll. Inzwi rose iroro rakamubata zvakasimba kwoupenyu hwake hwose. Muna 1957, nemhaka ye
zviitiko zvematongerwe enyika zvakashungurudza Egipita, akatumirwa kuKaturike College yeNyika Tsvene muNicosia, Cyprus uko, makore maviri gare gare, mhuri yake yakamujoinha.