Kostas Grigoreas

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Background information
Birth nameKonstantinos Grigoreas
Born (1957-05-06) May 6, 1957 (age 66)
Athens, Greece
OriginGreek
Genres
  • Classical music
  • Folk music
  • Guitar music
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • Composer
  • Guitar teacher
Instrumentsclassical guitar
Years active1978-present
Websitehttps://grigoreas.com/

Kostas Grigoreas (born May 6, 1957) is a Greek classical guitarist, composer, recording artist and teacher.[1]

Studies

Kostas Grigoreas was born in Athens in 1957. He studied classical guitar, Music theory, and music technology. First learned to play the guitar when he was eight and later enrolled in the National Conservatoire (Greece), studying with Dimitri Fampas.

He continued his studies in the United Kingdom, as a scholar of the British Council. He studied at the Royal Northern College of Music under Gordon Crosskey and John Williams (guitarist)|John Williams (classical guitar), as well as with pianist and conductor George Hadjinikos (advanced theory and music analysis), obtaining a Postgraduate diploma from the University of Manchester.[1]

Music career

Kostas Grigoreas' activities include music performance, music composition, recordings, music production, articles, as well as classical guitar teaching.

As a classical guitar soloist, he has appeared in concerts (onstage or via electronic media) in Greece, in most European countries, in America, and the Far East.[1]

He has been a long-time collaborator of such Greek composers and Songwriter as Manos Hatzidakis,[2] Mikis Theodorakis, Nikos Mamangakis and Kyriakos Tzortzinakis, singers such as Savina Yannatou, Aliki Kayaloglou, Maria Dimitriadi and Nena Venetsanou, as well as significant Greek and foreign performing Musician.

Kostas Grigoreas' compositional oeuvre lays emphasis on the classical guitar as a Solo (music)|solo instrument or as part of an Musical ensemble|ensemble.[3] His influences include the Classical music|classical repertoire, traditional and modern Greek music, as well as various contemporary musical styles.

Most of his compositions have been published and presented in concerts,[4] in discography and on the internet.

He is active in the field of audio and video recording, both as a composer and as a recording artist (solo guitar, voice and guitar, chamber music, Film score). He has participated in a significant number of physical and streaming music albums of Greek discography.[5]

Kostas Grigoreas has been a classical guitar teacher in main Greek conservatories (National Conservatoire (Greece), Nakas Conservatory, Atheneaum, Pithagoreio, Nikos Skalkottas Conservatory etc.) and most of his graduates are pursuing professional careers.

He participates as a member of the jury in international Music competition, and also as a member of examination committees of the Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece).

Kostas Grigoreas is a regular member of the Greek Composers’ Union, and a founding member of the Panhellenic Society of Conservatory and Music School Graduates

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kalogeropoulos, Takis (1998). The Dictionary of Greek Music (in Greek). Athens: Giallelis. ISBN 960-7555-06-6. OCLC 49371381.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. Angellikopoulos, Vassilis. "The fascinating sound of a guitar, according to Manos Hadjidakis". 'Kathimerini' newspaper, Athens (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-01-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. Solomon, Ilan (2019-03-11). "Kostas Grigoreas: The musician, the man, the teacher, the concert". Avgi newspaper (in Ελληνικά). Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  4. Malandrenioti, Liana. "Kostas Grigoreas: His portrait as a composer". Epohi newspaper (in ell). Retrieved 2022-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. Dragoumanos, Petros (2000). The Catalogue of Greek Discography (in ell) (5th ed.). ISBN 978-960-220-295-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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