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YORGOS DIMITRIADIS
Drummer, Percussionist, Improviser
About Me
Yorgos Dimitriadis, born 1964 in Thessaloniki Greece, is an experimental musician, composer performer based in
Berlin. Using percussion, microphones, field recordings and minimal electronics his music focuses on real time
sonic landscapes, with an emphasis on timbre, sound color and long durations.
Since 2006 he lives in Berlin and appears at festivals and concert series worldwide.
He has performed/recorded as a soloist and in collaboration with an array of renowned international artists like
Audrey Chen, Paul Dunmall, Tristan Honsinger, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Matthias Bauer, Frank Gratkowski,
Lori Freedman, Michel Doneda, Amir ElSaffar, Tobias Delius, Marc Turner, Hilary Jeffery, Robin Hayward, Oguz
Büyükberber, Meinrad Kneer, Silke Eberhard and many more.
Current projects include: 14 20 22 (Solo for drums & electronics), Duos with Achim Kaufmann, Andrea Parkins,
Michael Thieke, Floros Floridis, DYET with Erato Tzavara (video), Trios HISS AND WHIRR (w/Achim Kaufmann,
Michael Thieke), GRIX (w/Antonis Anissegos, Floros Floridis), SYNOMILIES (w/ Peter Van Huffel, Meinrad
Kneer), GLUE (w/Tom Arthurs, Miles Perkin), KERN (w/Edith Steyer, Matthias Müller), TWIRLS Quartet, FABRIC
(w/Frank Paul Schubert, Mike Majkowski) and BeingFive (w/Axel Dörner/ Lori Freedman/ Andrea Parkins/
Christopher Williams).
Festival appearances at Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, Jazzfest Berlin, Jazzdor
Berlin/Strasbourg, Suoni Per Il Popolo Montreal, Something Else Festival Hamilton, Enjoy Jazz, Onassis Cultural
Center Athens, Nice Jazz Festival, Theatre de la Bastille, Paleo Festival Nyon, Jazz and More Festival, Konstanzer
Jazzherbst, Soundance Festival, Berlin Solo Impro, Moving Silence Nicosia and others.
Yorgos Dimitriadis can be heard on Relative Pitch, Jazzwerkstatt, NoBusiness, Creative Sources, FMR, Trouble In
The East and Evil Rabbit record labels.
http://www.yorgosdimitriadis.com/