Roman Kariolou (born 1983)MusicAustria entry
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TV series. He has also been composed to write official songs and music for sport and media opening ceremonies, including the

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in Turin and the official song for the EHF's Champions League.

Education

He received violin lessons from the age of three and was invited to the

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himself aged five. He was considered a child prodigy and performed in Vienna, London, Prague and Athens during his childhood. Thanks to a

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grant he studied for a year at the

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before moving in 1991 to the

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, where he was taught by Jewgenia Tschugajewa. He continued his studies at the

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and under Tibor Varga at the Musikhochschule Graz. In 2004 he took a course in film-music at the Film Music Institute Los Angeles.

Selected filmography

TV documentaries

* 2006–2017: Universum (18 episodes) ** 2015: Wüstenkönige – Die Löwen der Namib * 2007: Die Gräfin und die russische Revolution * 2007: Entdecker der Wellness (2 episodes) * 2014: Wo sich Himmel und Erde begegnen – 900 Jahre Stift Klosterneuburg * 2017: Universum History – Maria Theresia – Majestät und Mutter * 2015–2018: Terra Mater (7 episodes)

TV drama series

* 2012:

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(1 episode, 'Kein Entkommen') * 2013:

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(1 episode, 'Vergissmeinnicht') * 2014 onwards: Landkrimi ** 2014: Steirerblut ** 2018: Steirerkind ** 2019: Steirerkreuz * 2016: Das Sacher (1 episode, 'In bester Gesellschaft') * 2017:

(1 episode, 'Virus') * 2017–2019:

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* 2019: Vienna Blood

TV film

* 2008: Das Musikhotel am Wolfgangsee * 2011: * 2011: Die Abstauber * 2013: * 2013: Die verbotene Frau * 2014: Die Kraft, die Du mir gibst * 2015: Kleine große Stimme * 2017:

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* 2019: Der beste Papa der Welt * 2020:

Prizes, awards and nominations

: 2009: Wiener Filmmusik-Preis : 2016: US International Film- and Video Festival Award, for ''Vanishing Kings'' : 2017: Gold Camera Award;:US International Video Festival, for ''Europe's Last Nomads''

Nominations

* 2013: Best Music, for ''The Empress and the Forest'', Green Screen Festival, EckernfördeORF Universum
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