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A musical journey
in contemporary European jazz, with explicit Ethnic characteristics and
impressionistic improvisation. The three artists – Andreas Georgiou on
guitars, Gabriel Karapatakis on bass, and Rodos Panagiotou on drums
and percussions - will present compositions by Andreas Georgiou, who is
one of the most important personalities in European jazz, he has 9 personal CDs
and collaborations with some of the greatest musicians worldwide …. Eberhard Weber, Airto Moreira, Rainer
Bruninghaus, Reto Weber, Paul Mccandless, Mark Walker, Ramesh Shotham …
| Andreas Georgiou Photo: Yiannis Zafiris |
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His
research, expanded in different ethnomusicological idioms, such as
African and classical Indian regions, playing traditional instruments
like, sitar, shahnay, tambura, african sanza, cretian mantoura,
pithkiavli of Cyprus and small percussion. Georgiou's interest, towards the polyrhythmic approach of the
guitar, lead him to the design of different, multi-string acoustic
guitar models, with 13, 14, 15 and 16 strings, all materialized by the
Greek luthier Leonidas Vrachatis. Furthermore, his research for non
tempered scales, lead him to the design of an electric fretless guitar,
which can create very special "etherial" quality of sound, by the
superimposition of electromagnetic fields. Personal Discography: "SPATIAL TREMBLING" Praxis GM1008 [1987] |
Andreas Georgiou, composer and multi-instrumentalist, was born in Famagusta, Cyprus.
He began his musical activities at the age of ten, with classical
guitar studies and continued later on with classical piano, classical
and contemporary harmony, counterpoint, fugue and composition with
composer Dimitris Dragatakis. Furthermore he studied Byzantine music at
the National music school of Simon Karras with precentor George
Remoundos.