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 very personal style of playing. 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), Queen Elizabeth Hall (London,2000,2002),Melbourne Festival (Australia 2001,2003), Megaron Mousikis (Thessaloniki,2001), Megaron Mousikis (Athens), State Theatre Adelaide, Greek State Theatre, Musical Workshop Labyrinth, and many others.