Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Demetrio Stratos ko Efstratios Demetriou i Alexandria, Ihipa i te Paenga-whawha 22, 1945, o nga maatua Kariki (Janis Demetriou me Athanassia Archondoyorghi). I noho ia i ona tau 13 tuatahi i Alexandria i reira i ako ai ia i te piana me te accordion i te "Conservatoire National d'Athènes" ("National Conservatoire of Athens"), me te ako i te reo Ingarihi i te British Boys School. Ka rite ki a ia i mea i muri mai, ko te mea i whanau ia i Alexandria i meinga ia ki te ite rite te motuhake, me te whai mana "kaitiaki" i roto i te hotera ao, i whakaritea ki te ora i te wheako o te haere iwi'me ki te āwhina i roto i te pono "kawe" o te ahurea i roto i te rohe Mediterranean, na ki tonu o ngā rōpū iwi rerekē, me ngā mahi puoro kaha. Ko tana whanau he karakia Greek Orthodox, no reira i a ia e tamariki ana ka whakarongo ia ki nga waiata karakia Byzantine, nga puoro Arapi tuku iho me nga timatanga o te toka me te huri. Ko aua oro katoa i tino awe i a ia mo te toenga o tona oranga. I te tau 1957, nā te
I muri i ngā kaupapa tōrangapū i whakararuraru i a Ihipa, ka tukuna ia ki te Whare Wānanga Katorika o te Whenua Tapu i Nicosia, ki Kaiperu, i reira, e rua tau i muri mai, ka uru atu tōna whānau ki a ia.