When Andreas Kapsalis began teaching himself to play guitar at age 11, he was captivated by heavy metal band ACDC and other riff-oriented guitar bands. Andreas Kapsalis is a Greek American guitarist and composer born in the suburbs of Chicago. His original music is also influenced by a variety of ethnic folk traditions, flamenco, Americana, blues and rock and roll. Andreas Kapsalis is a Greek American guitarist and composer born in the suburbs of Chicago. He grew up listening to Greek music and sometimes incorporates it into his own compositions. While he did write a song called Arcadian Blues that draws from American blues music and the folk music of Arcadia, the region in Greece where his family originated, Kapsalis says he does not write Greek folk music. In addition, concerts have taken place in Germany, Austria, Poland and Slovakia. Most recently Andreas was invited to Armenia to participate in “Sounds of Peace” a musical exchange featuring 60 artists from 10 different countries. His original music is also influenced by a variety of ethnic folk traditions, flamenco, Americana, blues and rock and roll. Being very much a self taught musician with a relatively unique playing technique and musical perspective, together with the variety of cultural experiences in the world of music, and as a traveler, Andreas continues to be inspired and eager to share the beauty of music and how it can enrich one's life. Founder of the Sundance Institute and Festival, Robert Redford, noted this was the first time in Sundance Institute history that documentary fellows and a composer fellow had an "official selection" at the Sundance Film Festival. You can do two shapes at once and play multiple things that way, it’s almost like you can sound like two or three guitar players … I can play percussion and drum beats with one hand and play melody and chords with the other hand.” “It’s a technique where you use both the hands on the fret board, kind of like a piano, so I can do a lot of different harmonies, a lot of different chords. Subsequently, he composed scores for several documentary and feature films such as "Pig Business" and "Mulberry Street" to name a few. He eventually regained the use of his hand, but during the time he was incapacitated, he trained himself to play the guitar using only his right hand. Being very much a self taught musician with a relatively unique playing technique and musical perspective, together with the variety of cultural experiences in the world of music, and as a traveler, Andreas continues to be inspired and eager to share the beauty of music and how it can enrich one’s life. Among his many projects, Andreas is composing and arranging pieces for a solo album. His first exposure to … His original music is also influenced by a variety of ethnic folk traditions, flamenco, Americana, blues and rock and roll. Following this, Andreas performed and recorded several discs with Polish singer/contra bassist Megitza and the AKGI duo. His first exposure to music was through his mother, Frances, a student of opera, and his father Peter, a violinist. I can play melody, bass and rhythm all at the same time, because I’m using all 10 fingers of both hands, versus the typical style of playing where you form shapes with one hand and play that same shape with the other hand. Andreas Kapsalis is a Greek American guitarist and composer born in the suburbs of Chicago. While performing in LA, he was invited to apply for the Sundance Composers Labs. Under the tutelage of composer and producer Jim Tullio, a student of Aaron Copland, he refined his compositional approach on the guitar using these techniques. Andreas began teaching himself guitar at the age of 11, reading and … It is quite amazing to hear my own music performed by great instrumentalists. Tullio produced Andreas' first EP with Andreas' arrangement of Dave Brubeck's composition Blue Rondo a la Turk, which garnered attention from the composer himself, who said "I am very impressed that Andreas could cover on guitar what I had written for piano. This was his initiation into film composing. Andreas began performing nationally with the Andreas Kapsalis Trio and recorded two discs featuring his compositions. At the age of 18 he suffered a hand injury; during his recovery period, he began developing his 10 finger tapping techniques. Andreas began teaching himself guitar at the age of 11, reading and writing music as well as music theory. His first exposure to music was through his mother, Frances, a student of opera, and his father Peter, a violinist. Get the latest on Andreas Kapsalis on Fandango.

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