Bassist, guitarist and composer Kostas Theodorou has been an active member of the Greek music scene since 1983. That year he moved to Thessaloniki from his home village in Northern Greece, where he had abandoned school at the early age of 16 in order to devote his life to music. He taught himself guitar, then electric bass and finally decided to focus on the double bass in 1989.
For years he traveled throughout Europe in a mobile home, learning to play different musical instruments and styles. Since he returned to Greece, he has worked as a musician with many composers and performers, such as Mikis Theodorakis, Dionyssis Savvopoulos, Savina Yannatou, Theodosii Spassov, Ara Dinkjian, Arto Tuncboyaciyan and Nikos Kypourgos. He has arranged the music for CD productions of seven famous Greek performers, such as Dionyssis Savvopoulos and Thanasis Papakonstantinou (Melina Kana).
His own music is definitely jazz, but also clearly Greek, both with Balkan (his home village is on a large mountain called Kaimaktsalan, in the very north of Greece on the border with Macedonia) and Mediterranean influences all renowned musicians for their skill either in jazz or traditional music or both.
Discography:
Nostos (Lyra, 1999)
Echotopia (FM Records, 2003)
Sumiglia (ECM, 2005)
Songs Of An Other (ECM, 2008)
Songs of Thessaloniki (ECM 2398)
Rousilvo (ECM, 2018)
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
