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Takis Barberis

Born: July 14, 1963

Takis Barberis was born in Athens in 1963. His relationship with music began at the age of 10. He attended the National Conservatory of Greece, studying classic guitar with Dimitris Fampas, higher theory with Yiannis Avgerinos and on graduation also received the Harmony certificate. Simultaneously he played electric guitar in many rock groups. His interest in jazz began in 1979 and it would determine his future course. In 1982 he presented his first compositions with the band "Jazz Fusion Quintet" when his cooperation with David Lynch and Takis Farazis began, continuing later in the group "Iskra" (1985), with G

Andreas Varady

Born: July 24, 1997

Andreas Varady is “one of the most talented people on this planet, who takes the music back to where it belongs,” says legendary music icon, Quincy Jones. Within the past few years, a just-turned-16-year-old guitar sensation, Andreas Varady, has risen to the foreground of the jazz guitar arena. Andreas has played an impressive list of shows including: Bray Jazz Festival, Festival Django Reinhardt, Samoise, Sligo Jazz Festival, Cork Jazz Festival, Glasgow Jazz Festival, Derry Jazz Fest, Festival da Jazz, International Guitar Festival Santo Tirso, Newton Arts Guitar Festival, Riga Jazz Festival, Aalen Jazz Festival, Freiburf Jazz Festival, Ballidehob Jazz Fest, Innishowen Jazz Fest, Montreux Jazz Festival, New Caledonie Gypsy Jazz Fest, Dusseldorf Jazz Rally, Scareborough Jazz Fest, Rheingau Music Festival, Savannah Jazz Festival, International Wiehler Jazz, Wigan Jazz Festival, Northside Music Festival, Zelt Music Festival, Ronnie Scotts, Pserov Jazz Festival, Oslo Jazz Fest, Bolzano Jazz Festival, Clifden Jazz Fest, Dingle Jazz Fest, Doonbeg Jazz Fest, Bay Jazz Fest, and others. Andreas started his ascent to mastering jazz guitar at a very young age

Christos Anestopoulos

Born: September 5, 1971

Christos Anestopoulos was born in Patras (Greece) in 1971. He started music lessons and in particular in the guitar in 1986 under the guidance of Dionisis Sabaziotis. Very soon he got involved in music composition and presented the first ones of his own with his teacher in 1993 in a concert organised by Nikos Touliatos. He engaged in the classical guitar and the study of the instrument and received a diploma with the teachers Dionisis Sabaziotis, Rouli Kolokytha, Dimitris Dimakopoulos. He also completed courses in advanced music theory. From very early he started teaching the classical guitar as well as the electric guitar later. He composed music for dance and co-operated with the dance companies of Tatiana Loverdou in performances in Patras and Athens festivals. He studied the electric guitar with the teachers Dionisis Sabaziotis, Takis Barberis, Giotis Samaras and attended several guitar workshops by many well known jazz musicians such as Pat Martino-John Scofield-John Abercrombie-Markos Alexiou. His relationship with jazz music started very early and many times he created and participated in trio-quartet bands performing in Greece and co-operating with musicians like EIVIND AARSET, DAVID LYNCH, NIKOS TOULIATOS, Natassa Mare Moumtzidou,Vasilis Podaras,George Daravelis, George Metaxas, Vasilis Stefanopoulos, Sotiris Douvas and many others. His relationship with classical and modern music has always been long and has created the Orange trio (violin-cello-guitar) and the duo DIADROMES (EN ROUTES duo) (sax-guitar) with the composer and teacher George Daravellis. Moreover, he has carried out concerts with his own music in festivals (Patras festival,Ladonas,Elefsinas,Aishylia festival,Soundtrope festival). His first album ‘Swinging over the surfaces’ was released in 2003 and his second one in 2014 with the title ‘Wish You Could Stay’ in which David Lynch, George Daravelis, Vasilis Stefanopoulos have participated along with many musicians from all over Greece. In 2016 he co-operate with drumer NIKOS TOULIATOS and tour on Greece with a new duo project based on free improvisation and experimental music, with many guests like Natassa Mare Moumtzidou on vocals or Giannis Panagiotopoulos on lyra. The same year presents live on tour the album “Wish You Could Stay…“ with David Lynch-Vasilis Stefanopoulos-Vasilis Podaras. 2017 co-operate with dancer and choreographer YANNIS ADONIOY and presents live on tour a duo project based on guitar electronics,fx,computer music and dance.

Yuval Amihai

Born: May 18, 1981

Jazz guitarist, composer and bandleader Yuval Amihai was born in Beer Sheva, Israel in 1981. Beginning with piano studies at the age of 8, Amihai switched to the electric guitar at 13, and by the time he was 16 he was leading his own bands and performing regularly around the country. During his mandatory military service, Amihai found great inspiration in classical guitar music and composed a chamber music piece for guitar, piano and a string quartet. His music was selected to be featured in a series of concerts by the city of Beer Shava’s Municipal Symphonic Orchestra. Amihai was then commissioned to compose an original work for the city’s string quartet, featuring renowned oud and violin player Yair Dalal

Anthony DeCarlo

Anthony DeCarlo is a musician from Trenton, NJ. He began playing the guitar at the age of 6 under the instruction of Ernie White. He was exposed to the great roots of blues and rock in Trenton. He played seriously throughout his childhood and wanted to take it a step further. He crossed the bridge to the city of Philadelphia to attend the University of the Arts for Guitar Performance. After graduating, he moved down to South Philadelphia and started Taskerhouse, a community music venue/studio/rehearsal space. In addition to running Taskerhouse, Anthony performs and records throughout the world with a variety of artists, as well as being involved in many original projects.

Tom Giacabetti

Born: 1951

Known for his soulful lyricism and fluid technique, Philadelphia jazz guitarist and educator Tom Giacabetti has long been praised as an improvising artist of great sensitivity and skill. His talent as a composer of vocal and instrumental jazz works will soon become more widely known with the winter 2015 release of his first CD as a leader, “Tender Heart: Songs of Tom Giacabetti and Melissa Gilstrap.” Tom has always intended for his compositions to be sung, and his vision is now being realized through his partnership with lyricist/producer Melissa Gilstrap, who successfully collaborated with legendary tenor saxophonist Larry McKenna on his last two CDs and penned the lyrics to their song “One Falling Tree,” voted #2 favorite new release out of 100 for the year 2013 by listeners of WRTI (90.1 FM Philadelphia)

Julien Desprez

Julien Desprez is a musicianand performer based in Paris. Jazz and rock were his early musical loves but they evolved rapidly to free forms where body and space find their places through sound. As his practice progressed, his conception and approach to his instrument as well, and music and space changed. He is now considering the guitar more likea battery, an organ, a modifiable instrument deployable at will. Through a mix of actions on the instrument and a play of foot on effect pedals, taking inspiration from the technique of Tap Dance, it completely opened the possibilities, sound and physical environment of the instrument

Eugenio Mirti

Born: 1972

Eugenio Mirti was born in Torino in 1972 and developed his musical talents studying jazz guitar with Luigi Tessarollo and rock guitar with Jose Perfetto. Earning his certificate in music theory at the Conservatorio G. Verdi in Torino, Italy, Eugenio perfected his skills following many seminars including those hosted by B. Buethe, J. Batten, S. Morse, S. Gibellini, M. Petracca and B. Kessel; he also attended courses offered by Boston’s Berklee College of Music at the Umbria Jazz satellite school in Perugia, Italy in 1994. In 1995 he started the rock band Matka which recorded two albums, “Lavorare Stanca” in 1998 and “Zen Number 3″ in 2000

Eran Sabo

Born: March 16, 1991

Born and raised in Israel, Guitarist Eran Sabo has arrived to New York in 2012 and continues to march down his promising path as a performer and composer, whilst expanding his musical development through explorations of his own roots and traditions as well as Afro-American influences. Born in 1991 in the Israeli town Kfar-Saba, Only 5 years after picking up the guitar , Eran got accepted to the prestigious “Thelma Yellin High School For the Arts” Jazz Department, where he graduated with excellence in 2009. After a selective audition, ranked 1st by the Israeli Ministry Of Education, he recieved an "Excellent Musician" status. That status allowed Eran to complete his 3 year mandatory service for the IDF, while being part of the first school year at the Israeli Conservatory "CJS" program founded by Amit Golan (R.I.P) in direct link with "The New School For Jazz and Contemporary Music" in Manhattan. Thanks to this special status, throughout his military service Eran was permitted to perform widely in Israel (sharing the stage not only with local musicians but also Jazz legends such as Jimmy Cobb ,Reggie Workman and Mulgrew Miller (R.I.P) ) and travel abroad to perform in the 2011 “Umbria Jazz Festival” as well as play on the opening concert for the 2012 “Umbria Jazz Winter Festival” in Orvieto, Italy. During that time, thanks to his High School teacher and mentor Amos Hoffman,he started to experiment and add the “Oud” to his music , which is a Middle Eastern-oriental instrument. In 2012 Eran moved to New York to complete his B.F.A at the "New School" where he got the privilege to be mentored and instructed by inspiring masters such as Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille, Ari Hoenig, Sam Yahel, Jason Lindner, Ben Monder and Aaron Goldberg. As well as being a recipient of several awards and grants (*see complete "Gig list" under EPK for more info) Eran was selected as one of the 24 young performers/composers participants in the 2014 "Betty Carter's Jazz ahead Residency program" at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C, directed by Jason Moran. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "interesting and complex music that predicts the arrival of a young and very talented musician." Avishai Cohen/Bass Player (on "Remez")

Brandon Vetrano

Born: September, 1985

Coming out of the progressive Studio Composition program at the renowned Purchase Conservatory of Music, Brandon is known for his experimental, ethereal soundscape compositions that pique the ears, mind and soul. In addition to his compositional work, Brandon leads and performs in several Jazz ensembles in the New York area. He can be seen regularly performing with his own acclaimed Gypsy Jazz group throughout the country, The Bailsmen, and leads the eclectic Atlas Duo in addition to being a regular member of Sweet Megg and the Wayfarers, Bedlam Swing, Jazzingaro, Hot Club of Flatbush and many more