Tassos Kolydas is a member of the Laboratory-Teaching Staff of the Department of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has studied musicology (PhD), computer science (MSc), and guitar. He has published musicological and computer science papers in both Greek and international journals. He has presented papers on musicology and computer science at international conferences.

His teaching experience includes courses on history of music, guitar history in Europe, digital scores and electronic publications, and audio engineering. He has developed web applications for projects on digitising cultural collections on behalf of University of Athens, Greek National Opera, University of Ioannina and Institute of Research on Music and Acoustics. His research interests include Greek art music, Digital Management of Cultural Heritage and Information and Communication Technologies in Education.

A founding member of the musicological journal Polyphonia, he also serves as a member of its editorial committee. Kolydas has served as Executive Secretary of the Greek Music Council and Chairman of the Alumni of the Department of Music Studies of the University of Athens. He is a member of the Hellenic Musicological Society and the Greek Society for Music Education.