Personal music - making "gestures"

Georgia Velivasaki (vocals) & Andreas Ziakas (guitar)

Georgia Velivasaki, a distinctive, expressive and fresh voice, together with the virtuoso guitarist Andreas Ziakas will present a programm of personal music - making "gestures", andalousian flamencos, enchanting melodies from Argentina, gypsy songs of Granada, sephardic serenades and songs from the album the two artists record in cooperation with the world famous maestro of Tango Nuevo, Louis Borda.

Georgia Velivasaki - Singer
ΗGeorgia Velivasaki writes poetry, lyrics, emmetric fairy tales, theatre plays and short stories, while she also occupies herself professionally with singing, musical theatre and performance as a singer and a composer. She has studied music, theatre ( Theatre of Changes, A4M Center of Graphic Arts), European Culture (Greek Open University), she has a master's degree in "Creative writing" (University of Western Macedonia) and has also completed the program "Performance - Theoretical Approaches, Practical Applications" (National Capodistriako University of Athens). In her curriculum vitae she includes an extensive personal discography, and also participations in projects by other artists. Her constant partners the composer/director Konstantinos Athiridis, guitarist Andreas Ziakas and lyre performer Lefteris Andriotis. In the last few years she collaborates, both on stage and with the discography, with the famous Argentinian maestro and pioneer of Tango Nuevo, Luis Borda. www.velivasaki.gr  

Andreas Ziakas - guitar
Born in 1976 in Germany. From a young age he took up guitar lessons in the Public Conservatory of Katerini and he graduated with full marks from the diploma class from the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki with professor Konstantinos Kotsiolis. He possesses a diploma in Musical Harmony, in Musical Counterpoint and in Fugue and since 2003 he works as a professor in classical guitar. He has participated in international guitar festivals in Volos, Naxos and in Veria, and also he has performed in concerts by the groundbreaking Alexander the Great Rock Opera (Music Megaron of Thessaloniki, Music Megaron of Athens and many more). Since 2012 he has musically collaborated, in both recordings and concerts, with performer Georgia Velivasaki, and he has contributed to the creation and the production of the CD "Aleli - De Creta a Buenos Aires" (2015) alongside the international reputation Tango Nuevo maestro, Luis Borda.