The distinguished musician and composer Stavros Lantsias and the eminent Andreas Polyzogopoulos visit Santorini for a special musical journey.
They presented a unique concert with a program that was presented in Germany, Greece and Cyprus, where it was enthusiastically received. It includes melodic compositions by Stavros Latsias with influences from classical music, film music and Jazz.
Stavros Lantsias was born in Cyprus in 1966. He studied classical piano and music theory at the Hellenic Conservatory of Nicosia. In 1986 he moved to America where he received a degree in orchestration from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He also took courses in film music composition. He was awarded the "Count Besie Jazz Masters award for pianists 1989" and the "Quincy Jones Jazz Masters award for arrangers 1990". Stavros Lantsias is highly regarded as a pianist and has collaborated with important Greek artists such as Dionysis Savvopoulos, Elli Paspala, Alcinoos Ioannidis, Orpheas Peridis, Eleni Koraindrou, Nikos Xydakis, Haris Alexiou, Kostas Tournas, Giorgos Dalaras, Christos Thivaios, Yiannis Charoulis and Eleni Vitali. In recent years, in addition to Greece and Cyprus, he has been presenting his music in concert halls in various German cities.
Andreas Polyzogopoulos was born in 1981 and grew up in Saamiko, Ilia Prefecture. He studied jazz guitar at the Philippos Nakkas conservatory and graduated in 2002, while two years before he started playing the trumpet. In October 2002 he moved to the Netherlands and studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory. While studying in Amsterdam he participated in various "multinational" groups and in 2006 he created the Poly Quartet, a group with which he presented his compositions for the first time. In 2008 they recorded the CD "Perfumed Dreams" and won first place at the Motives for Jazz competition in Belgium. He has collaborated with Tore Brunborg, Markus Stockhausen, Michel Portal, Tony Lakatow, Gunter baby Sommer, Anne Paceo, Mode Plegal, Psarantoni, Savina Giannatou, Maria Faradouri, Dulce Pontes, Serge Teyssot Gay (Noir Desires), Nikos Sidirokastritis, Kostas Theodorou , Giorgos Trantalidis, Haig Yazdjan, David Lynch, Vangelis Katsoulis, Takis Barberis, Thanasis Papakonstantinou etc.. In 2014 he created a new band and in 2015 he released the CD "Anicca" which consists of his compositions.
Stavros Lantsias |
Piano, Melodica & Metallophone
Andreas Polyzogopoulos |
Trumpet & Flugelhorn