The baritone, Mr. Charitonos, has an obsession with the musical note “La”. This stresses him out so much
he sweats and suffers from feet swelling, an event that doesn’t go unnoticed of course.
As a result, he keeps visiting his favorite shoemaker, Mr. Lavrentis, who in turn provides him
with larger and larger sizes of shoes, reaching eventually the amazing size of 69!
There is nobody and nothing that can calm Mr. Charitonos down. Not even love or the constantly playful
disposition of his pianist assistant or the positive comments by the Maestro…
The story of the book was transferred on stage in the form of a dance theatre production by the Corfu
Municipal Theatre in 2015.

He grew up in northern Greece and moved to the city of Thessaloniki
when he was 16. He participated in numerous concerts
and has worked for the music and recording industry with
artists from various genres, either as a musician, a producer or an orchestrator. He is also an author, a music composer and a verse writer.
In 2013, he has been awarded with the national prize for his
children’s illustrated book under the title, «The angry mixer»
from the Department of Literature, Books & Digital Content of the Division of Cultural Policy Implementation of the Directorate General of Contemporary Culture, Greek Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs. This book has also been included in the White Ravens catalogue (A Selection of International Children’s and Youth Literature). In 2017, his book
“Pithanotētes” (Possibilities) was also added to the White Ravens catalogue.
The University of Cyprus has commissioned him to write an
educational children’s book about knowledge, research and
science entitled, “Sofia. A bee who liked to read” (2015), which has been published and distributed to libraries and book stores all over Cyprus.
Besides his personal albums, he has composed music for
the cinema and the theatre. As a producer, he organized and supervised various cultural activities and special projects such as festivals, events and special editions. Besides his own productions, he participated as a screenwriter and director in the animated film “The must cookies of Agisilagos” (2014), he directed together with Dιmιtris Soteriou the dance theatre “The baritone’s shoes” (Corfu Municipal and Regional Theatre) and the puppet theatre with live music “Agisilagos” (T theatre, 2016). Almost all of his books have been transferred on stage, usually as musicals or puppet shows with live music.
He taught the class “Special issues in children’s and youth
orchestras” in the postgraduate program of the Music and Art Department of the University of Macedonia (2015) and music at the Department of Traditional Music of the Technological Educational Institute of Epirus.