A Simple Life and Some Tea Please
Apostolos Paraskevas
Image courtesy of the artist
This concert features new music composed and performed by Apostolos Paraskevas and friends.
Paraskevas is a classical guitarist, composer, award-winning film director, and producer. He has received multiple international awards for his compositions and was nominated for a Grammy Award. He is the only guitarist ever to have a major orchestral piece performed at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Lukas Foss–– and the only musician who has performed there in a Grim Reaper outfit. He has made over a dozen recordings of his music, and his orchestral music has been performed around the world by numerous symphony orchestras, including Albany, Boston Landmarks, Boston University, Newton, National Festival, Atlantic, Odessa, National Greek, Cyprus, Florida International University, Thessaloniki Municipal Symphony orchestras, and Boston Civic Orchestra. He was the founder and served 16 years as the artistic director of the International Guitar Congress Festival of Corfu, Greece. He is a voting member of the Recording Academy (Grammys) and a professor of Music at Berklee College of Music.