George Dalaras is a Greek singer and musician. He is one of the most prominent figures of Greek musical culture. In October 2006, he was selected as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency.
Dušan Bogdanović is a Serbian-born American composer and classical guitarist. He has explored musical languages which are reflected in his style today: a synthesis of classical, jazz, and ethnic music. As a soloist and in collaboration with other artists, he has toured extensively throughout Europe, Japan, and the U.S. He has taught at the University of Southern California, San Francisco Conservatory, and the Geneva University of Music.
Apostolos Paraskevas is a Grammy nominated composer and guitarist. He was born in Volos, Greece. Parents of Apostolos were Panayiotis Paraskevas (1925-1990) and Chrysoula Paraskevas (1929-2002).
Sérgio Assad is a Brazilian guitarist, composer, and arranger who often performs with his brother, Odair, in the guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad, commonly referred to as the Assad Brothers or Duo Assad. Their younger sister Badi is also a guitarist. Assad is the father of composer/singer/pianist Clarice Assad. He is married to Angela Olinto.
George Hadjinikos was a Greek piano soloist, conductor, teacher, and author.
John Feeley is an Irish classical guitarist, and a teacher and editor of guitar music.
Dimitris Fampas was a Greek classical guitarist and composer.
George Chlitsios is a Greek conductor and composer.
Giorgos, Yiorgos or Yorgos is a common abbreviation of the given name Georgios. Notable people with the name include:
Ilarion Ionescu-Galați is a Romanian violinist and orchestra conductor.
Aniello Desiderio is an Italian virtuoso classical guitarist and teacher, professor at the Conservatorio Domenico Cimarosa in Avellino. He is known for his intricate touch, speed and precision on the instrument, delivering "acrobatic arpeggios and scales of extraordinary brilliance", which has led to comparisons with Paganini. He is particularly renowned for his interpretations of Paganini, Scarlatti, Carulli, and lesser known Italian composers on a world scale.
Roberto Fabbri is an Italian classical guitarist, composer, teacher and writer.
Ernesto Cordero is a Puerto Rican composer and classical guitarist.
Joaquín Clerch is a classical guitarist and composer. He was a close friend and protégé of Cuban guitarist and composer Leo Brouwer. Clerch's composition Yemaya won first prize in both the 1987 National Cuban Composition Competition and the 1987 Toronto International Guitar Competition. He currently resides in Düsseldorf, Germany, where he is a Professor of Guitar at the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule Düsseldorf.
Yiorgos Magoulas, is a successful composer of orchestral music and music for television and cinema. Among other projects, he has composed music for the documentary series WarZone and FOTEINA MONOPATIA, popular TV commercials and films. He has collaborated with the "Επιτροπή 2021 / Greece 2021" for the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, released six CDs and his music have been recorded and performed by the Contemporary Music Orchestra of ERT.
Luis Manuel Molina de Varona is a Cuban musician, concert guitarist, composer, arranger, musical director, broadcaster and radio producer.
Yorgos Manessis, was a Greek pianist and pedagogue, with a short but significant career as soloist.
Benjamin Dwyer is an Irish composer, guitarist and musicologist.
Interartia is an annual international art festival that takes place in Volos, Greece. It was organized for the first time in 2007.
