Makis Ablianitis was born January 29, 1964. He’s an acclaimed composer and one of the best guitar players in Greece.
His relationship with music began at the age of 15 when he got his first guitar. He studied theory by attending seminary courses of Theodoros Antoniou and at the Center of Contemporary Musical Research. Following this, he studied higher theory by graduating from the classes of Fugas and Orchestration with excellent. He concluded his studies at the Berklee Music College of Boston with a scholarship. The period of his studies at Berklee was decisive for his later course as a musician, because at the same time of his studies he had the ability to play with renowned musicians of the Boston jazz scene.
Ablianitis also in involved with the tuition of jazz music by teaching jazz guitar, modern harmony and orchestration at various auditoriums in Athens. In 1993 he formed the quartet Jazz Steps and in 1995 the group Jazz Crew. During the period of 1996 – 1998 he was a member of the ethnic group of Michalis Nikoloudis and Omar Faruk Tekbilek, participating in the concerts they gave in Greece and abroad.
His debut took place in 1997 with the album Flame Keeper (Thesis). An integral part for his career also was his collaboration with “ARTS, DANCE & MUSIC PRODUCTIONS”, in November 1999. It was involved very successful Broadway shows with American performers.
Ont his second album Bahar (Libra Music), Ablianitis met the world famous Indian flute player, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, and one of the best Greek singers, Manolis Lidakis. Bahar was very successful and many labels askrequested licenses to include Bahar tracks in their collections.
On January 2004, Makis participated in Mosaic (Libra Music), the album from the famous Greek singer Maria Farantouri (featuring: Glen Velez, Fuat Saka, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ross Daly). Makis Ablianitis contributed 3 songs to Farantouri and made all the arrangements of the album.
Discography:
Flame Keeper (Thesis, 1997)
Bahar (Libra Music, 2000)
Bahar Live
Kismet (2008)
Uranos (2017)
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.
