George Kontogiorgos: Guitar Works

Featuring

Pavlos Kanellakis
Vangjel Nina
George Kontogiorgos

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Recording & Production

This album features world premiere recordings of several works by George Kontogiorgos, including 'Elegy 1980' and 'Emotions'.

Compositional Technique

The composer's guitar works, though mostly tonal, also feature elements of other compositional devices like twelve-tone technique and atonality.

Performer Biography

Vangjel Nina, the cellist, was the principal cellist at the Opera Orchestra in Tirana and later with the Orchestra of Colours and the Greek National Opera Orchestra.

Composer's Artistic Vision

George Kontogiorgos, the composer, incorporates melodic fragments from his earlier ballades into a classical music setting in these works.

Composer Biography

George Kontogiorgos, the composer, decided to end his involvement with popular music and focus on classical music after a difficult period in 1980.

Performer Biography

Pavlos Kanellakis, the guitarist on this album, studied with Oscar Ghiglia at the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel and graduated with the highest mark of the year.