Georgios-Theodoros Rarakos has collaborated with a wide range of international artists, including Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and the Scorpions.
Compositional Technique
Spiros Mazis's piece 'Sirens' uses a 24-note scale with just intonation intervals based on the harmonic series, dividing the semitone into two smaller, unequal intervals.
Album & Artwork
This album, "Tuba Varie," is dedicated to the memory of Georgios-Theodoros Rarakos's beloved brother, Stefanos Rarakos.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Spiros Mazis's compositions are often based on extramusical ideas from contemporary Physics and Mathematics, which he transfers to the musical structure.
Recording & Production
This album features 9 world premiere recordings by 6 Greek living composers.
Composer Biography
Spiros Mazis, one of the composers on this album, has invented a system of new fingerings for microtonal intervals for brass instruments, allowing them to perform just intonation scales with real fingerings.
Performer Biography
Georgios-Theodoros Rarakos, the tuba player on this album, is the first Greek tuba player to use all four different tuba tones.
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