Costas Andreou () is a musician and composer based in
Athens
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, Greece. He processes the sounds of
fretless
A fretless guitar is a guitar with a fingerboard without frets, typically a standard instrument that has had the frets removed, though some custom-built and commercial fretless guitars are occasionally made.
The classic fretless guitar was first ...
electric bass in real time, creating multi-level
soundscape
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s. He has written and performed the music and done the
sound design
Sound design is the art and practice of creating auditory elements of media. It involves specifying, acquiring and creating audio using production techniques and equipment or software. It is employed in a variety of disciplines including filmmaking ...
for theatre performances and other artistic productions. His music has been used in various documentaries, films and television productions. His music is available to preview and download on his website.
His solo concert
Live Ambient' has been presented at Poli Theatre (
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...
) on 10 October 2015, at Art Theatre Karolos Koun (Frinichou 14,
Plaka
Pláka () is the old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture. Plaka is built on top of the residential areas of the ...
) on 21 April 2016 and at Fournos Theatre (Mavromichali 168,
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...
) on 15 December 2017, on 19 and 26 October 2018 and on 7 and 8 January 2019.
His solo concert
Ippokratous' has been presented on 17 and 24 May 2019, 9 and 16 October 2019 and 11 and 18 November 2022 at Fournos Theatre in
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...
.
In 2021 he wrote music for the documentary series
Why 21? 12 questions' by director Elena Lalopoulou on ERT (
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation
The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly shortened to ERT (), is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of Greece.
History Overview
ERT began broadcasting in 1938 as the Radio Broadcasting Service or YRE ().
Followin ...
).
Since 2021 he presents his production
MIF (Musique Indépendante Francophone)'. In 2022 he started the DJ set
Musique francophone au coucher du soleil', as part of the MIF production. In 2023 and 2024 the DJ set was presented, among other venues, at Kir-Yianni wine estate, in Giannakochori, Naoussa.
In 2024 he started presenting the DJ set
Czech Jazz , Czech Jazz', as part of the
Hudba' cultural production, featuring contemporary Czech music.
Music/sound design
Theatre
* ''Twelfth Night'' (
William Shakespeare
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)
* ''Deirdre'' (
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats (, 13 June 186528 January 1939), popularly known as W. B. Yeats, was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th century in literature, 20th-century literature. He was ...
)
* ''Youth Without God'' (
Ödön von Horváth
Edmund Josef von Horváth (9 December 1901 – 1 June 1938) was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the ''nom de plume'' Ödön von Horváth (). He was one of the most critically admired writers of his g ...
)
* ''The Burrow'' (
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...
)
* ''An Unknown From The Seine'' (
Ödön von Horváth
Edmund Josef von Horváth (9 December 1901 – 1 June 1938) was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the ''nom de plume'' Ödön von Horváth (). He was one of the most critically admired writers of his g ...
)
* ''I Should Have'' (
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...
)
* ''Woyzeck'' (
Georg Büchner
Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchn ...
)
* ''"What Do You Say, Babis?"'' (Sakis Serefas)
* ''Riddance'' (Linda McLean)
* ''Leaves of Glass'' (
Philip Ridley)
* ''Chroniques Des Jours Entiers, Des Nuits Entieres'' (Xavier Durringer)
* ''Places To Hide''
* ''Children's Tales''
* ''Blackbird'' (
David Harrower)
* ''Sabbathland'' (Lena Kitsopoulou)
* ''The Small Things'' (
Enda Walsh
Enda Walsh (born 1967) is an Irish playwright.
Biography
Enda Walsh was born in Kilbarrack, North Dublin on 7 February 1967. His father ran a furniture shop and his mother had been an actress. He is the second youngest of six children. Walsh ...
)
* ''L'Hereux Stratagème'' (
Pierre de Marivaux)
* ''The Pillowman'' (
Martin McDonagh
Martin Faranan McDonagh ( ; born 26 March 1970) is a British-Irish playwright and filmmaker. He is known for his Absurdism, absurdist Black comedy, dark humour which often challenges the modern theatre aesthetic. He has won List of awards and no ...
)
* ''Amphitryon'' (
Heinrich von Kleist
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (; 18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays ''The Prince of Homburg'', '' Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'' ...
)
* ''Tone Clusters'' (
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novels ''Black ...
)
* ''The Mandate'' (
Nikolai Erdmann)
* ''King John'' (
William Shakespeare
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)
* ''Far Away'' (
Caryl Churchill
Caryl Lesley Churchill (born 3 September 1938) is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non- naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes. )
* ''Flirtations'' (
Arthur Schnitzler
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)
* ''City in a State of Emergency'' (Aghelliki Darlassi)
* ''Mr Ouatson would like some more snow'' (Giannis Dumos)
* ''Tabataba'' (
Bernard-Marie Koltès)
film, documentaries, animation
* ''Arctic star''
* ''A Bitter End''
* ''Exploro''
* ''Meridian''
* ''The Navigator''
* ''In The Wind''
* ''Clementine''
* ''Αerostat''
* ''Devotion''
* ''Southern Skies''
* ''Moment Of Torsion''
* ''Kinetic''
* ''Uptown''
* ''Indirect Fire''
* ''Easter Island''
* ''Netrino''
* ''Μoment Of Torsion''
* ''Kinetic''
* ''Uptown''
* ''Indirect Fire''
* ''Bella''
* ''Νo Relation''
* ''Behind A Cloud''
* ''Walls Are Dancing''
* ''Acquisition''
* ''Red Chamber''
* ''Sophia Girl''
* ''Fantastic Festivals Of The World''
* ''Blue Realm''
* ''Airborne''
multimedia, audiovisual
* ''Morph''
* ''Flavescent''
* ''Radioscopic''
* ''Restless''
* ''Spectrum''
* ''Geo''
Discography
Solo albums
* ''Observation Point'' (2017)
* ''Blind Journeys at Sea'' (2011)
* ''Dolphin Dreams'' (2006)
* ''Transpacific EP'' (2005)
Collaborations
* Per Boysen & Costas Andreou – ''Nanetora'' (2008)
External links
costasandreou.com– official website.
References
Ippokratousinformation about the concert
Live Ambientinformation about the concert
Vicky Georgiadoutheatre productions directed by Vicky Georgiadou
Pulsar theatre grouptheatre productions
Viber channel
Interviews
*
Costas Andreou in fretless pathways on a rich musical journey!'
*
Costas Andreou: music improvisation and other stories'
*
Costas Andreou: I am interested in stimulating the audience's mind to create images'
*
Costas Andreou: Fretless electric bass is the instrument with which I express myself, it's a companion'
*
Costas Andreou: Every concert is a different journey that we take together'
Costas Andreou: Fretless electric bass has a lot in common with the human voiceAthens-Macedonian News AgencyDION TV
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Musicians from Athens
Greek composers
Ambient musicians
Greek electronic musicians
Theatre in Greece
Greek bass guitarists
Alternative rock bass guitarists
Greek male film score composers
Minimalist composers