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Greek Musician - pianist - composer
Giorgos Paterakis is a contemporary Greek pianist and composer, born in Athens. He studied piano and graduated the Athens Conservatory, and composition with Yannis A. Papaioannou, and continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London (Philip Fowke class), and at the Liszt Ferenc Music Academy, Budapest (Zempléni_Kornél class), under the "Alexander Onassis Foundation" scholarship.

Until early 2000's he was a piano teacher giving lessons and masterclasses and leading a solo career performing as a soloist in orchestras, giving recitals and chamber music concerts, recording for the radio in Greece and abroad. After giving up teaching and solo-career he founded the String Theory Ensemble, a pioneering and very active group of classical & folk musicians, actors, singers and visual artists, merging Greek, Balkan and oriental ethnic regional music with classical forms and establishing a quite original artistic genre, embedded in projects like "CHEAP: low quality - high fun", "D.E.A.T.H. - Dual Existence Assertive Theory Hoax”, "The General Theory of Stupidity", "Baroque", "Drama Gallery", etc.

Until today he keenly and exclusively composes and performs as a pianist at The String Theory Ensemble.