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 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.
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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.
Georgiou has composed music for the Third program of the Greek radio, for theatrical performances and dance theater.
During the last 20 years, he has been giving concerts all over the world, solo, leading, as well as participating in Jazz and Ethnic groups, such as, "Sansa Quartet", "East-West Wind", "Szabo Sandor Duo", "Hermae", "Embryo", "Aeora ", "Trio Kutsukuta", "Trias ".
Among his most recent cooperations exist some of the world's most creative musicians: bassist Eberhard Weber, percussionist Airto Moreira, drummer Reto Weber and pianist Rainer Bruninghaus.
He has been teaching Jazz improvisation and harmony at the Municipal Conservatory of Patras since 1989.
Personal Discography:
"SPATIAL TREMBLING" Praxis GM1008 [1987]
"HERMAE" H.T.1001 [1990]
"TALISMAN" CON1081 [1990]
"MODUS VIVENDI" Thema TMPR011 [1994]
"VANANDA" Libra Music LM016-2 [1998]
"ASATE" Libra Music LM028-2 [2003]
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