Alex Zaharias

Alex Zaharias, Clarinet Player

“I need to play because playing to me is like breathing”

Born: June 30, 1937
Died: October 11, 2016

Never able to read or write music, everything he played was by ear, “like the birds”, he used to say. He had an amazing ability to hear it once and play it back with a passion.

Originally From Orma, Greece on May 5, 1970, he and his family immigrated to the United States, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

During the 1970s, Alex played all over the greater Northeast United States, from New York to Washington, DC.