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Konstantinos Mitropoulos

guitar

Mitropoulos Konstantinos was born in Athens in 1969. At the age of 14 he started playing the guitar as a self-taught and soon rehearsals and various bands became part of his life. By the age of 19 he started playing at Athens clubs (Rodon, An Club, etc.). Then he studied electric guitar with Costas Baltazanis, jazz, theory and improvisation with Markos Alexiou and arranging with Takis Paterelis, at the modern music department og Filippos Nakas Conservatory and he graduated receiving a scholarship. He was also a member of the Big Band led by Dimitris Vassilakis, with which they presented the theatrical "The story of jazz", performing it in venues such as the Athens Concert Hall.

In 1996 with a Berklee College of Music scholarship he went to Boston to attend the summer performance program and with a second one (awarded by Fender) he attended seminars by remarkable guiarists, such as John Petrutsi (Dream Theater) and Mark Whitfield.
Returning to Greece, he started performing and recording as a session musician, with Greek and international artists. As a member of the group D.N.A., he composes music for theatre, films, TV and spots.

From 2003 to 2009 he taught electric guitar at the Filippos Nakas Conservatory and at music school ΜΟΜi in Pireaus.

He is a founding member of the band Gadjo Dilo, with which he has released 2 CDs, some digital recordings and has performed in Greece and abroad. He is also the leader of the project "Djangotropia", a manouche trio, inspired by his favorite guitar player, Django Reinhardt. He is a member of Interchange Jazz Trio.

His first personal album entitled “Enatenisi”, arranged and produced by him, includes his own compositions.

Δισκογραφία

Ως leader
Ενατένιση

Protasis

2016

Με Gadjo Dilo
Ως co-leader
Instinct

Published with the support of Jazz Solidarity Network

2022


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