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GEORGE KOULAS
Date and place of birth: 12.02.1966, Evrychou, Cyprus
He started to play the drums when he was 16
years old.
Initially self-taught, his ears led him to
such powerful rhythm. Playing club dates during his high school years, George
attended to the technical aspects of drumming, but his primary focus
was playing the “ groove”.
1988 - 1990 He studied in Germany (Bonn
University).
1990 -1994 He studied in Boston, U.S.A There he took lessons with:
Alan
Dowson, Jon Hazila, Skip Hadden and Dave Dicenso and
performed with various local artists in different styles. In 1995, George relocated in Holland, where he graduated from the Rotterdam
Conservatory.
In 1999 he got his BA and in 2001 MA.
During his studying years he was performing
and recording with local and international artists like:
Annelies de Jong, Ed Verhoeff, Ben van den
Dungen, Paulino
Vieira, Claudio Roditi, Larry Harlow, etc.
1997-2001 he created a privet drum school
in cooperation with Annelies de Jong
1999-2001 he was teaching part time at
Rotterdam Conservatory
1999-2001 he was main drum, percussion
teacher at Utrecht Music School
2000
he was part of the band that represented the Rotterdam Conservatory at IAJE
Conference in New Orleans.
2001 he was awarded with a scholarship from
Rotterdam Conservatory for further studies in New York.
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