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Oscar Ghiglia |
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Born of an artistic family - his father and grandfather both famed painters, his mother an accomplished pianist - O.G. had to choose between a path strewn with brushes and colours and a world cut into harmony and melody.
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Marco Socias |
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Marco Socias was born in Málaga - Spain, in a family of musicians. He studied in Malaga and in the Cologne Musikhochscule (Germany). Some of the most significant persons who have influenced him are Carmen Gallardo, Antonio Company, José Tomás, José Miguel Moreno, and David Russell.
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Thanos Mitsalas |
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Born in Naoussa (Greece) Thanos Mitsalas is placed among the greatest virtuosos of his generation. He has earned highest praise from audiences and critics for his superb musicianship and inspired artistry. His intense musical intuition, flawless technique and provocative lyrical phrasing, always captivate the audience from the first to the last note.
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Yorgos Behlivanoglou |
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A multi-faceted music personality. As a soloist has won 4 awards, has played recitals and concerts with orchestras in international festivals in Greece and abroad and has released his personal CD by EMI entitled “All that Guitar”.
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Elena Papandreou |
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Elena Papandreou, “a poet of the guitar” according to The Washington Post, was born in Athens, Greece in 1966. She studied with Evangelos Boudounis and Oscar Ghiglia. In 1985 she received her diploma with honours from the National Conservatory of Athens. With a scholarship from the British Council she studied with Gordon Crosskey at the Royal Northern College of Music, England (Diploma in Advanced Studies in Musical Performance in 1986). She also had lessons with Alirio Diaz, Julian Bream, Leo Brouwer and Ruggero Chiesa.
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Theodoros Kitsos - baroque guitar |
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Theodoros Kitsos read music at the Department of Music of the Ionian University, studying at the same time the guitar with P. Ioannou and C. Grigoreas. Thereafter he moved to England in order to specialize on the early music performance, studying historical plucked instruments (lute, theorbo, baroque guitar) with E. Kenny. With a scholarship by Michelis Foundation, he did his Masters at the University of York. He continued his studies with scholarships by the Onassis Foundation and the University of York and in 2005 he received his PhD.
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Stelios Moustos |
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Stelios Moustos studied music in Greece and obtained his diploma in guitar under the guidance of Costas Cotsiolis. As one of the most prolific figures concerning the guitar in Greece, he has has taught many young guitarists-prize winners in national and international competitions.
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Theodora Baka - mezzosoprano |
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Theodora Baka was born in Larisa, Greece, where she first studied singing with Kitsa Damasioti. She then proceeded to study at the Higher Academy of Music and Theatre in Hannover (Germany) and graduated from the Schools of Opera and Chamber music (classes of Norma Enns and Frank Bungarten).
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Pinelopi Firtinidou |
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Born in 1966 and raised in Veria, Pinelopi Firtinidou studied Physics in the Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki, Piano in the Municipal Conservatory of Veria and Fugue in the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki.
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