Andreas Poulimenos

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Andreas Poulimenos is a professor of music at Indiana University at the Jacobs School of Music. [1]

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Poulimenos has both a B.M. and a M.M. from the Boston Conservatory of Music.

Baritone Andreas Poulimenos has made operatic and concert appearances throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland. Poulimenos was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship for study in Rome, Italy. Former faculty member of Bowling Green State University, [2] Poulimenos has been the recipient of the Faculty of Excellence Award. His students have won many national and international awards, including an Emmy and a Tony award. [ citation needed ] His students enjoy successful careers at internationally acclaimed opera houses, such as the Metropolitan Opera.[ citation needed ]

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