Stavros Lantsias

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Stavros Lantsias was born in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1966. He studied classical piano and music theory continuing his studies in Boston-United States at Berklee College Of Music where he graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor Of Music Degree in Arranging. He also received the "Count Basie Jazz Masters Award for pianists 1989" and the "Quincy Jones Jazz Masters Award for arrangers 1990". After Berklee he continued his jazz piano studies with highly respected educator Charlie Banacos. Stavros Lantsias is in high demand as a pianist and arranger, always active performing with some of Greece’s most respected and acclaimed artists. One of his most important projects is "Human Touch", a group he has formed with long time collaborators David Lynch and Yiotis Kiourtsoglou. In their first studio recording apart from composing and playing the piano Stavros expands his playing with Drums, Percussion and Acoustic Guitar. In 1999 Stavros Lantsias signed a recording contract with Warner Music Greece and since has released two solo albums "Return" (Nov. 1999) and "The journey of a note" (April 2002). In these albums he demonstrates his compositional and orchestration skills performing with both jazz and classical ensembles. His upcoming cd release is an orchestral suite entitled "Diary of Dreams" originally commissioned by Patra cultural capital of Europe 2006. Stavros Lantsias is also active in music education conducting seminars and master classes in music composition, arranging and piano impr

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