ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ. Alex Papadiamantis was born in Hamburg.
He began his violin education when he was 8 years old .
Under the teaching of Stelios Kafantaris he took his soloist diploma with A and won the first prize.
He continued his studies on music (including piano, harmony, history of music and Counterpoint)
Since then, he took part in several music competitions in Greece and awarded with the first prize ("Young Musicians" Athens ,and "Chamber Music", Salonica ). After his degree, he attended master classes for chamber music in Greece and abroad (USA) under the instructions of famous violinists like L. Mordkovich and P. Zuckerman.
From 2004 he is member Symphonic Orc*** of Greek Broadcasting and Television (ERT) in first violins.
Since 2000, he works as a soloist with Greek composer and performer Stamatis Spanoudakis and has taken part, always as a soloist, to Spanoudakis albums. He has given concerts all over Greece and in Europe
He has been a member of the Greek metal band "Deviser". Since 2005 he is a member of the Greek epic metal band "BattleRoar".
He started to play his own music at an early age, at violin or piano improvisations. He has composed music for chamber or bigger music ensembles. His compositions are using modern music technology like synthesizers and PCs. He likes to experiment with many kinds of music like new age, electronic and metal. His music, which is a combination of acoustic physical organs, electric violin and electronic sounds, has been written for films, plays, dramas, poems diction and television commercials. His ideal composition is when music is combined with pictures or scenes.
He is the owner of three violins. The acoustic one is Joannes Baptista Zanolli of 1780 the 4string electric violin was made by Andy Holliman in UK and prototype 5string electric violin was made by Nikos Bras in Greece.
Albums:
Clytaemnestra (1997)
(Electronic Symphonic poem) mp3records
Colors of Memory (2000)
(Soundtrack) mp3records
Sky Chasing (2002)
(Electronic music with electric violin) mp3records
Summer Dawn (2002)
(New age music) mp3records
Seven Songs (2002)
(Classic music with string quartet & voices) mp3records
Lakonika - Helen's Smile (2004)
(Documentary) lelouda productions
Memories of a Journey (2007)
(New Age Music with electric violin) melodiko karavi
The new cd ''Island of the Dawn'' from 4music records and Oxygen media group is now available in Public Stores and iTunes!
ΜΕΛΗ. all my synths and violins
ΜΟΥΣΙΚΟ ΥΦΟΣ. electronica and new age