About Konstantinos

Qanun

London

Arranging and transcribing music from the Western Tradition for this particular instrument is not a common practice. Original

Konstantinos' Song list

Western Classical Music:

Baroque

J.S.Bach - Cello Suite no. 1(whole)

J.S.Bach - Cello Suite no. 5 (Prelude-Courante I-II)

J.S.Bach - Italian concerto (Andante)

Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in A minor

John Ernst Galliard - Bassoon Sonata no. 1

Early 20th Century

Erik Satie - Gnossiene 1,2,3

Erik Satie - Gymnopedie 1,2,3

(All the above are transcribed/arranged for solo kanun)

Turkish music:

I played and still playing a broad repertoire of Turkish music (folk sacred or contemporary) written by composers such as Tanburi Cemil Bey, Kemenceci Nikolaki, Lavtaci Andon, Giorgo Bacanos and Serif Muhittin Targan.

Greek folk and Rebetiko:

Traditional music from all over the Greece including music from Thrace, Macedonia, Islands, Epirus as well as Rebetiko music from Piraeus, Istanbul and Minor Asia.

Musicianship

Genres:

Folk, Baroque, Armenian, Arabic, Greek music

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Instruments:

Qanun, voice

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Event types:

Concert, Wedding, Private event, Recording session, Christmas party, New Year's Eve, Hotel / Restaurant event

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Other skills:

Transcription, Instrumental teaching, Community music worker