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Andreas Rodosthenous was born in Limassol , Cyprus in
1977. He started music by playing the electric and acoustic guitar. At the age
of sixteen he started playing the electric bass. In the year of 1999 he started
taking lessons with the bass player "Gabriel Karapatakis" where he got his first
influences in jazz. Later on he traveled to Greece and had lessons from "Yiotis
Kiourtsoglou" the famous bass player in Athens! Andreas recorded then two cd's
with the famous guitar player "Christoforos Krokidis" and on one of them
"Vasilis Papakostantinou" is singing. During that time he toured in London to
play in the "Picadilli Theater" with the singer "Michalis Xatzigiannis". In 2003
he took the audition in the Rotterdam 's Conservatory and he was the only one in
his year to pass the exam. He studied with the great bass player Pieter Douma.
In December 2004 he formed a band and toured in Switzerland along with eight
dancers for concerts arranged by the foundation "Janyce". Since then he played
in many theaters and jazz clubs in the Netherlands, including the "Bimhuis" in
Amsterdam, "Dizzy" jazz club, "Theater de Evenaar", "The White Elephant" all in
Rotterdam, "Concordia" theater in Enschede and many others. In 2005 he and four
others (Thierry Castel, Rob Vriens, Ulas Aksuenger and Jasper van Damme) started
the band "EnaSes" were they play eastern traditional music but also original
compositions. In September 2006 he played at the "Paradise Place Jazz festival"
with the band "Juba", with the English guitar player Philip Pearson, Giorgos
Koulas(drums) from Limasol and Marios Takoushis(piano)from Nicosia were among
others, Gilad Atzmon, Christos Raphaelides and Mete Erker played. In october
2006 he travelled to Rio de Janeiro for a tour with Annaelis de Jong and the
"Jobim project". June 2008 he played with the dub band “Brass Wood and Wires” at
the “Fusion Festival” in Germany" |
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