ACCORDION - PERCUSSION
PANAGIOTIS ANDREOGLOU- 12-22July
Municipal Conservatory of Kavala
Panagiotis Andreoglou was born in Kavala in 1980. He graduated from the Municipal Conservatory of Kavala (Degree in Accordeon, 1996, and Diploma in Piano, 2003). He studied musicology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Helsinki (Finland), and accordion at the University of Makedonia. He completed his postgraduate studies in accordion with distinction at the Danish Royal Academy of Music.
He has won first prizes in accordion competitions for young musicians in Greece, is the recipient of the Danish scholarship “Ellen og Erik Valdemar Jensen's Musiklegat”, and has also been awarded scholarships by the Danish Royal Academy of Music and the City of Kavala. He has appeared as a soloist or member of chamber music ensembles in many European countries: Sweden, Danmark, Germany, Holland, United Kingdom, Italy and Spain. His performances have been broadcast live by the Danish State Radio (DR P2). In Greece he has performed at the Onassis Foundation Stegi of Letters and Arts, at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Ceremony Hall with the Thessaloniki City Symphony Orchestra and at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki.
His special interest in contemporary music has led him to collaborations with several young composers. He has premiered solo and chamber music works by Dimitris Maronidis, Gundega Šmite, Benjamin de Murashkin, Anders Monrad, Stefan Klaverdal and Gunnar K. Masson.
Outside of classical music, Panagiotis is interested in improvisational and incidental music for theater and dance. As a member of the “Kunst” theatrical group, he composed and performed music for the show “Nordost”, while with dancer Flora Tsoukala he created the experimental flamenco show “Post it”. In addition, he has collaborated with Matt Elliott/The Third Eye Foundation, the State Theater of Northern Greece and with composer Giorgos Kazantzis, for whom he recorded 3 CDs.
He has won first prizes in accordion competitions for young musicians in Greece, is the recipient of the Danish scholarship “Ellen og Erik Valdemar Jensen's Musiklegat”, and has also been awarded scholarships by the Danish Royal Academy of Music and the City of Kavala. He has appeared as a soloist or member of chamber music ensembles in many European countries: Sweden, Danmark, Germany, Holland, United Kingdom, Italy and Spain. His performances have been broadcast live by the Danish State Radio (DR P2). In Greece he has performed at the Onassis Foundation Stegi of Letters and Arts, at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Ceremony Hall with the Thessaloniki City Symphony Orchestra and at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki.
His special interest in contemporary music has led him to collaborations with several young composers. He has premiered solo and chamber music works by Dimitris Maronidis, Gundega Šmite, Benjamin de Murashkin, Anders Monrad, Stefan Klaverdal and Gunnar K. Masson.
Outside of classical music, Panagiotis is interested in improvisational and incidental music for theater and dance. As a member of the “Kunst” theatrical group, he composed and performed music for the show “Nordost”, while with dancer Flora Tsoukala he created the experimental flamenco show “Post it”. In addition, he has collaborated with Matt Elliott/The Third Eye Foundation, the State Theater of Northern Greece and with composer Giorgos Kazantzis, for whom he recorded 3 CDs.
CHRISTOPHER BAKA-classic, modern percussion 12-22 July
Municipal Conservatory of Kavala
Christopher Baka was born in Poland and graduated as a percussion soloist from the “Stanislaw Moniuszko” Music Academy of Gdansk. He worked as a first percussionist at the Gdynia Musical Theater Orchestra, as well as a performer, composer and orchestrator at the Polish Radio ofGdansk.
From 1988 until 1998 he was active in Greece as a teacher of percussion and drums, in addition to his work as a band leader at the Municipal Conservatory of Kavala (M.C.K.) and the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki. During this period he founded a percussion class at the Municipal Conservatories of Drama and Edessa, and in 1997-1998 he was engaged as an orchestral conductor at the Municipal Theater of Kavala.
In the following years until 2007, when he returned to Greece, along with his main activity as Director of International Events at Gdansk’s Baltic Sea Cultural Center, he became involved with stage directing and composing incidental music for theatrical plays. He has travelled around the world as a drummer and leader of musical or musical-theatrical workshops.
Christopher has taught at various conservatories in Northern Greece. He has been Artistic Director at the “Hedymelon” Conservatory of Polygyros and Deputy-Director of the M.C.K., where he continues to teach classical percussion and drums, and to conduct the “Young Power” Symphonic Rock Orchestra, which he founded.
From 1988 until 1998 he was active in Greece as a teacher of percussion and drums, in addition to his work as a band leader at the Municipal Conservatory of Kavala (M.C.K.) and the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki. During this period he founded a percussion class at the Municipal Conservatories of Drama and Edessa, and in 1997-1998 he was engaged as an orchestral conductor at the Municipal Theater of Kavala.
In the following years until 2007, when he returned to Greece, along with his main activity as Director of International Events at Gdansk’s Baltic Sea Cultural Center, he became involved with stage directing and composing incidental music for theatrical plays. He has travelled around the world as a drummer and leader of musical or musical-theatrical workshops.
Christopher has taught at various conservatories in Northern Greece. He has been Artistic Director at the “Hedymelon” Conservatory of Polygyros and Deputy-Director of the M.C.K., where he continues to teach classical percussion and drums, and to conduct the “Young Power” Symphonic Rock Orchestra, which he founded.