Takis Farazis was born in Athens in 1964 and got involved in music at an early age. In 1977, he started classical piano studies at the Hellenic Conservatory and he graduated in 1984 with honors in piano and harmony. While studying classical music he was attracted to jazz and started playing with acclaimed musicians of the Greek jazz scene. In 1983, he attended music classes with the Hungarian jazz pianist Bela Lacatos and one year later he co-founded the group Iskra, with which he presented some of his own compositions.

He has composed music for the National Theatre of Greece, mainly music for Ancient Greek Drama productions that have been presented at the Festival of Epidaurus, as well as music for the cinema.

Takis Farazis has worked in music arrangement with a great number of composers, musicians and singers of the Greek music scene. He has also taken part in numerous recordings and concerts in Greece and abroad as a pianist. His musical idiom combines a wide range of music styles balancing between classical, jazz and world music.

His first personal album "Spells of musing" was released in 1996. He participated in the album called "The Athens Concert" of the sax legend Charles Lloyd. Beside his career as a performing musician and as a composer, he also works as a piano teacher.