Notis Mavroudis

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Notis Mavroudis
Born
Panagiotis Mavroudis

(1945-07-15) July 15, 1945 (age 78)
Athens
NationalityGreek
EducationNational Conservatory of Athens
Known forclassical guitarist, songwriter, composer, teacher

Notis Mavroudis (Athens, July 15, 1945)[1] is a Greek composer, songwriter, guitarist, columnist and radio producer. He has been active in music creation, classical guitar performance and discography since 1964.

Biography

Notis Mavroudis spent the first two years of his life in prison next to his mother, who was a political prisoner after the Greek Civil War. In 1958 he started classical guitar lessons at the National Conservatory of Athens under the tutelage of Dimitris Fampas and graduated in 1969 with honors.[1]

In 1970 he settled in Italy, where he was assigned the classical guitar chair at the Scuola Civica di Milano, where he taught until 1975. In 1970 he also attended the Santiago de Compostella Academy in Spain with Jose Tomas. In 1975 he settled permanently in Athens and from that year he taught classical guitar at the National Conservatory. In 1975, 1977 and 1979 he gave recitals at the Esztergom Classical Guitar Festival in Hungary. In 1978 he took part in the International Festival of Political Song in East Berlin and the 11th World Youth Festival in Havana, Cuba.

As a composer and soloist he has performed in Greece, Italy, Finland, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Austria and Cuba. As a professor at the National Conservatory of Athens, he was the teacher of several popular Greek artists such as Manolis Androulidakis, Socrates Malamas, Panagiotis Margaris etc.[2]

He is one of the most distinguished contemporary Greek composers of song[3] and orchestral music, with the main instrument being the classical guitar.[4] His discography is remarkable in volume and distinctions[5] and his influence on contemporary Greek music is significant.[6][7]

He is the founder and director of the Greek music magazine "TaR". Since 2006 and in collaboration with the guitarist-composer Kostas Grigoreas, he publishes its digital version, under the name 'TaR online music magazine.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Kalogeropoulos, Takis (1998). Dictionary of Greek music (in Greek). Athens: Giallelis. ISBN 978-960-7555-06-9. OCLC 49371381.
  2. ^ "'Notis Mavroudis': Documentary on National Greek Television". National Greek Television.
  3. ^ Newsroom. "Νότης Μαυρουδής: «Η δισκογραφία βρίσκεται στο σημείο μηδέν» | Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ". www.kathimerini.gr. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  4. ^ "Συνέντευξη του Νότη Μαυρουδή στο MusicHeaven". MusicHeaven (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  5. ^ "Νότης Μαυρουδής". Discogs. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  6. ^ Dragoumanos, Petros (2000). Catalogue of Greek Discography (in Greek) (5th ed.). Athens. ISBN 978-960-220-295-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Μαλισσόβα, Χαριτίνη (2018-06-05). "Νότης Μαυρουδής: συνέντευξη στη Χαριτίνη Μαλισσόβα". diastixo.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  8. ^ "TAR - Διαδικτυακό Περιοδικό για την Κιθάρα". www.tar.gr. Retrieved 2022-02-07.

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