User:Michalis Nikoloudis

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A musician using a particular sound, playing mandola, baroque lute, mandolin, Constantinopolitan lute. His sound is well-recognisable, plain and clear. He participated in recordings and  live concerts with the association of leading composers and singers in Greece as well as abroad Being inspired from the western and eastern sounds he composed and recorded AEOLIA ,1995, being his first album containing the Mediterranean sounds and odour. (Libra music)

Michalis's second album titled "CHRISMOS (engl. ORACLE''), 1997, was composed, while he was pumping sounds from the past  and presenting an optimistic future. (Libra music)

After that, he had his third album recorded, titled "MELISSOKIPOS ( BEES - GARDEN ), 1997, including ten songs in verses written by ELIAS KATSOULIS , SOFIA TSEROU being their singer.(Libra music)	CD single "" TERRA MUSICA , 1998 , contains three of his compositions " three faces, three aspects'' .(FM records) Under the title " GAIA " ,1998, he revised eleven poems, creating a new sound and harmony, moving independently but at the same time and in parallel maner with YIOTA VEI' S single voice. (Libra music) " 1922 FROM ASIA TO EUROPE ,1999, is the title of his last album with the participation of   aeolia strings orchestra'', following people, in the adventure of escape and their coming in new countries. (FM records) His new album “DΕJA VU” has just been released by Sony Classical, December 2001         “When you experience as a child the essence of Déjà vu you are abruptly surprised. Within a split of a second you see a picture or hear a sound.You try to remember,but usually with no success. It happens like the speed of light and vanishes.Usually it is the   same repeated feeling. When it happens to you at an older age, you almost wait for it and try to target on on it a flash from the past or possibly the future. When this happens, you    have achieved something”

Participants in the recordings: Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Haig Yazdjan, George Maglaras, Andreas Trapalis, Mohamed Henkish, Haris Lambrakis Ross Daly, Tania Nikoloudi, Solis Barkis, Themis Nikoloudis, Arto Tuncboyadjan, Hossam Ramzy ,Tigran Sarcissian, Kora Michaelian, Dragan Dautovski, Vangelis Karypis, Yiota Vei, Vassilis Skoulas, Sophia Tserou, Klaudia Delmer

Concerts: ANCIENT CONCERVATORY ( Patra )1995 RODON ( Athens ) 1996, MYLOS (Thessaloniki )  1996 Festival JERUSALEM  3.000  Years, June 1997 SYNTHESIS 1998,  Jazz festival  ( Skopje ) March 1998 Live for the International radio Network ( Athens ) September 1999 Festival «BERESHIT» (Tel Aviv) September 1999 DIONYSIAN Festivities (Ikaria Island ) August 1999 Festival « DIMITRIA» ( Thessaloniki ) November 1999 Festival « IONIA 2000» (Athens) September 2000 Jazz week festival ( Athens ) July 2001 Balkan Voices Festival (Thessaloniki) September 2001 Michalis Nikoloudis and the Band on tour in Israel (June 2002)