Angelo Avramakis
(Greek: Βαγγέλης Αβραμάκης)
is a Greek musician and bouzouki player. Born in
Serres, Greece, he has spent most of his life in Australia.
He is considered the leading bouzouki player in Australia and
among the top bouzouki players in the world.
Avramakis began playing drums at the age of 4.
He learned the bouzouki at the age of 8 and began studies in
music theory and harmony at
Melba Conservatorium of Music. He also plays
the guitar, keyboards, bass guitar and Greek
baglama.
Avramakis has performed and toured with some
of Greece's well known artists: Vaso Hatzi,
Vasilis Saleas,
Tasos Bougas, Stamatis Gonidis,
Zafeiris Melas,
Rita Sakellariou, Doukissa,
Tzeni Vanou, Stamatis Kokotas, Antzela Dimitriou,
Lefteris Pantazis, Yiannis Katevas, John Tikis, Giannis
Vasileiou and
Marinella. He has also performed with the very popular and
talented Turkish singer
Ibrahim Tatlises when he appeared in Melbourne as a guest at
"Nikos Greek Tavern" in the 1990s.
Over the last three decades, Avramakis has
appeared in Greek newspapers as well as TV shows such as
“Tonight Live with
Steve Vizard”. Some of Angelo's original music has been
played on radio stations 3XY and
FOX FM. Thousands of YouTube and Facebook followers
regularly share his music videos online.
Avramakis has released a number of CDs, the
most popular being "Terma Oi Thisies" and "New Wave Passion",
which contain some of the most beautiful bouzouki pieces ever
written.
Angelo's bouzouki playing style is
rebetiko,
laiko with new ideas. Most noticeably, his playing style is
very clean, sweet sounding, pleasant to the ear, accurate and
well disciplined. His main influences are
Manolis Hiotis (Greek: Μανώλης Χιώτης) and
Giorgos Zambetas (Greek: Γιώργος Ζαμπέτας).
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