Yiorgos Kaloudis on Music Traveler

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Athens, Greece

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violoncello, classical cretan lyra
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Athenaeum Conservatory
classical, contemplative music, jazz
DNA Label Records

Biography

Yiorgos Kaloudis is a cellist, classical cretan lyra performer, improviser, composer, cello professor at the Athenaeum Conservatory, in Athens.

He presents the recitals “Aptera” with his compositions, “J.S.BACH: Cello Suites on the Cretan Lyra” and “La Reveuse” Early Music on the Classical Cretan Lyra, in concert halls, archaeological monuments, churches and museums around the world.

Born in Athens, he had the privilege of growing up in families of music origin (Crete & Corfu).
He studied classical music at the Athenaeum Conservatory in Athens with Claire Demeulenaere, where he graduated with Honours. He also studied cello for a year with Renato Ripo in Athens, and with Vitaliy Maltsev in Rethymnon.

Yiorgos was awarded a scholarship by the Fulbright Foundation for his solo cello compositions in 2002, providing him with the opportunity to continue his studies in Los Angeles under the tutelage of Ted Greene and James Mahlis, in composition and improvisation.
His discography consists of 5 albums, TRUTH, ON THE WIND, APTERA, DRIOPI, with his compositions, and the J.S.BACH: CELLO SUITES ON THE CRETAN LYRA, released by the DNA Label Records. He worked on the J.S.BACH: Cello Suites on the Cretan lyra, by maintaining the original tonalities of the work, in deep respect for the tone colour of the composer in attempting to avoid unnecessary changes in the music.

Motivated by his Cretan origin and his cellist skills, he created an innovative Cretan Lyra by adding a fourth-string (the low C of the cello), on the traditional three-string lyra, in order to be able to perform Bach’s composition.
Working on this project has been a longstanding effort and has taken twelve years of study and research before achieving it.

As a Cretan lyra soloist he collaborated with international orchestras including the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and the Lege Artis Chamber Choir in St. Petersburg, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra of Thessaloniki.

https://www.yiorgoskaloudismusic.com/biography