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WINNER OF WEEK 109 classical music:

"New Millenium" by Spiro Cardamis. Vocalise by soprano Julie Ziavras

*Read the review for New
Millennium (http://www.godsofmusic.com/gom/
reviews.php?action=detail&id=5478), Spiro's special offer & dedication to the Olympic Games 2004, at godsofmusic.com

*NOV.19.2003, Wednesday night,Spiro will give his first live
performance on the INTERNET at ArtMusicCoffeeHouse. (http://ArtMusicCoffeehouse.com). A 2 hour program,9-11pm, with live performances & interviews. Set before a live audience, the concert begins with host DON SLEPIAN'S electronic keyboard improvisations. It moves between interview and live music, revealing the artistry, thoughts and musical personalities of the evening's featured performers.

Multifaceted musician: pianist/synthesizer player/composer/arranger/producer.
Born in Athens Greece. Has lived in the U.S (New York, New Jersey) since 1986. Performs and works in the Metropolitan area as a bandleader or solo pianist. Well acquainted with diverse genres of music especially classical, jazz, pop, Greek and Middle Eastern. Strong personal style both as a performer and composer with emphasis on the spiritual & the mystical. Highly esteemed within the Greek- American community for his talents and musical output.

His music has been performed, presented or heard at:

In 1998 the documentary "GREEK AMERICANS", produced by George Veras (producer of video concerts of YANNI, NANA MOUSCHOURI etc.) was presented by WLIW ch21, featuring Spiro's well-known hit "WE THE HELLENES"

OUTPUT:

CD "Of Mystic Places & Troubadours" (1991)
CD "Soothing to the Savage Beast" (1994)
CD "SOULMATES" (2002 mp3)
CD "Beast & The Beauty" (2002 mp3)
CD "IMMORTAL BELOVED" (2002 mp3)
CASSETTE "VOYAGE '89" (1989)
CASSETTE "Mystic Transportation" (1989)
CASSETTE "We the Hellenes" (1997)

DEGREES:

Masters in Music. EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC (major composition).
Law degree. ATHENS UNIVERSITY (passed bar exams but never practiced)

DISTINCTIONS:

First Prize Chamber Music Composition Contest MINISTRY of GREEK CULTURE.
First Prize Best Orchestration SALONIKA POP MUSIC FESTIVAL.
Piano distinction & money prize, at age 15, for exceptional performance by the NATIONAL CONSERVATORY, Athens, Greece.

POSTS:

Taught Advanced Theory & Orchestration Techniques at NATIONAL CONSERVATORY, Athens, Greece, 1982 (among his students was Perickles Koukos, eminent contemporary Greek composer and former artistic director of the OPERA HOUSE in Athens).
Bandleader at well-known night clubs in N.Y. & N.J. special events, cruises, etc (since 1988).

MUSICAL GROUPS:

DREAMBAND: 4 piece band with dancer (Shamira Shahinian), to perform Spiro's New Age music. (1993)

2ND & 3RD GENERATION: 8 piece band along with 4 young Greek American singers of 2nd or 3rd generation to perform Spiro's Greek music on poetry by Dino Makropoulos (1997)

CURRENT ACTIVITIES:

Spiro is remixing,remastering his first cd "OF MYSTIC PLACES & TROUBADOURS" to be rereleased in June 2003 (more on NEWS page). At the same time he is preparing his 3rd NEW AGE CD entitled "Beast & The beauty".
He is organizing and orchestrating his material for future events featuring his music. He still freelances and updates his home studio in N.Y.

Spiro's greatest dream & involvement for now is getting his music to be performed at the OLYMPIC GAMES 2004 in Athens, Greece.