On Saturday, February 10, 2018, a remarkable guitar recital will take place in Ioannina, featuring the soloist and lecturer at the Salzburg Mozarteum Academy, Kostas Tosidis. He is an artist with extensive guitar activity and concert experience in venues across Europe and the United States (a short biography follows below, while more can be found on his website: www.kostastosidis.com).
The recital will be held at the “Dimitris Chatzis” Cultural Venue (Old Slaughterhouses) at 8:00 pm, co-organized by the Rodotopi Guitar Ensemble (RGE), the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Ioannina, and the Pavlos Vrellis Museum of Greek History.
Recital ticket price: €5
Free Guitar Seminar
On the day following the recital, Sunday, February 11, 2018, Kostas Tosidis will hold a free guitar seminar at the RGE Hall in Rodotopi. A limited number of performers will participate, while the seminar will be open to all interested listeners. Both performers and auditors will receive a certificate of participation signed by the soloist. Auditors who wish to obtain a certificate should register for the seminar by February 8, 2018, using the contact form of this blog.
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10:00 – 14:30: 5 performers with works:
Agustín Barrios Mangoré: Julia Florida
Manuel Ponce: Allemande
Francisco Tárrega: Capricho Árabe
Dimitris Zafeirelis: Sketch 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude, Fugue (2nd Lute Suite) -
14:30 – 17:00: Break
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17:00 – 21:00: Opening with a group lesson (addressed to all participants, who may also bring their own guitar), followed by three performers with works:
Fernando Sor: Study No. 6
John Duarte: Prelude (English Suite)
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Study No. 11
Short Biography of Kostas Tosidis
Born in Thessaloniki, he received in 2003 his Guitar Diploma from St. Paul Conservatory, in the class of Yiannis Papakrassas, with highest honors and first prize.
He continued his studies at the Mozarteum University Salzburg with Eliot Fisk and Ricardo Gallén, obtaining his degree with top distinction. At the same time, he attended lessons with Marco Tamayo at the Klagenfurt Konservatorium.
In 2009 he completed his postgraduate studies with honors and became assistant to Eliot Fisk. From 2006–2009 he was a State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) scholar.
Since 2016 he has been a doctoral student at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
He is a founding member of the Miscelanea Guitar Quartet, with which he has won international awards. His discography includes two albums with the Quartet, one album featuring music by composer Marios Ioannou Elia, and a solo album with five sonatas, four of which are world premieres. In December 2017 he recorded his fifth album, featuring four sonatas by composer Atanas Ourkouzounov.
He has performed concerts in Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, and the United States. He plays an Alector guitar, with Guitarlift support and Knobloch strings.
