Spiros Exaras is a Greek

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, composer, producer and arranger.

Career

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Albums

* Spiros Exaras plays

- (MBI Records) 1992 * Everything For A Reason (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - (Polyglottal Music) 2000 * Niko's Restaurant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - (Polyglottal Music) 2001 * Gallathea (Original Theatre Soundtrack) - )Polyglottal Music) 2002 * Phrygianics --- Spiros Exaras World Jazz Ensemble - (

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) 2003 * Old Waters New River — Spiros Exaras/Ellio Villafranca - (Harbinger Records) 2014 * Just Cause (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - (Polyglottal Music) 2014 * Mark Murphy feat Spiros Exaras : Live in Athens, Greece - (Harbinger Records) 2016 * Stis Paralies Tou Feggariou --- Spiros Exaras/Iakovos Kambanellis/Lina Orfanou- (MLK) 2016 * Anatomia Enos Eglimatos - Spiros Exaras/Fondas Ladis - (Metronomos 2023)

EPs

* Unbounded Blue (feat Randy Brecker, Mark Egan, Tom Schuman, Joel Rosenblatt, Don Harris, Tom "Bones" Malone, Alex Blake, Bill Harris, Gerardo Velez) - (Polyglottal Music 1994) * The Dwarf Planets with Achilles Liarmakopoulos on trombone - (Spiros Exaras Music 2020) *The Magic of Christmas, feat. Eugene Ruffolo and Amanda Homi (Polyglottal Music 2021)

Singles

* I Will Never Forget - Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Spiros Exaras - (AL Music, Polyglottal Music 2019) *La Ruta (featuring Nancy Ticotin) - (Polyglottal Music 2020) *Yanni mou to Mandili sou/Take 5 - Loukia Valasi/Spiros Exaras (Apollon Productions/Polyglottal Music 2021) *Christmas Fantasy - Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Spiros Exaras (AL Music 2021) *This is for U (feat. Georgia Lazaridou) - (Polyglottal 2022) *Take Five (Live) - Spiros Exaras/Costas Baltazanis - (Polyglottal 2022)

*The Three Secrets of Rain - Spiros Exaras/ Achilles Liarmakopoulos/ Georgia Lazaridou - (Polyglottal 2023) *Unbounded Blue - Spiros Exaras World Jazz Ensemble (Polyglottal Music 2024) *Dance of the Tears with Achilles Liarmakopoulos on trombone and Theodor Milkov on marimba (Polyglottal Music 2025)

Other Discography

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: Eho Apopse Rendez-Vous (Sony Greece 1992) - (guitarist) * John Modinos : Our Roots (Alfa Mi 1993) - (guitarist) * Thomas Bakalakos : Ap'Tin Ellada Ya Hara (Alpha Mi Records 1993) - (guitarist) *

: My All & Breakdown (Sony Music 1998) - (guitarist) * Man-Yee Lam : Awakened to a Dream (Starlight Music 2000) - (guitarist) * Aris Tomas : Wild World (Wizard Records 2003) - (guitarist, producer) * Philip Hamilton: Blues, Rhythm, Rhythm & Blues (Montenegro Records 2003) - (guitarist) * Ensemble Elektra : Afrodite's Smile (Milo Records 2004) - (guitarist) * Christie : Who Needs Love (Christie Productions 2005) - (guitarist) * Richard Khuzami : Fused (Dahdoo Records 2006) - (guitarist) * Lina Orfanos : Enchanted Night (Romanos Productions 2007) - (guitarist, producer, arranger) * Mitch Zorba : Zorba (Young Pals Music 2009) - (guitarist, co-writer, co-producer) * Emre Yilmaz : Kaderin Yerine (Yasar Kekeva Plakcılık 2011) - (guitarist, arranger producer) * Argyro Kaparou : Xeirolaves (R-Time 2012) - (guitarist) * Angeliki : Middle Earth Sea (Angel Bee Productions 2013) - (guitarist, arranger, producer) * Dimitris Maramis-Lina Orfanos : Ay Amor (Romanos Productions 2013) - (guitarist) * Amanda Homi : Till I Reach Bombay (Drumgirl 2013) - (guitarist, arranger) * Tasso Zapanti : Reflections Upon (Zapanti Music 2014) - (guitarist) * Lina Orfanos : Mathausen/Desserters (Babinis Productions 2015) - (guitarist, arranger, producer) * Achilles Liarmakopoulos : Trombone Atrevido (ODEG 2015), (guitarist, arranger, composer, producer) * Νικοs Platyrachos/George Dalaras : Ta Astega (Feelgood Records 2015) - (guitar) * Lina Orfanos : Essentially Ella (Babinis Productions 2016) - (guitarist, arranger, producer) * Doros Dimosthenous : Compere (Purple Lily Records 2016) - (guitarist) * Achilles Liarmakopoulos : Ethereal - (AL 2017) - (guitarist, composer, arranger, producer) *Nikos Platyrachos/Dimitris Lentzos : Mavri Mpogia sto Marmaro (MLK 2018) - (guitarist) *

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, George Andreou, Nikos Xydakis : Neos Kosmos (Mikri Arktos 2019) - (guitarist) * Lina Orfanos : Dream (Bambinis Productions, 2019) - (composer, guitarist, arranger, producer) *Samo Salamon : Almost Alone, Vol 1 (Samo Salamon 2020) - (featured guitarist) *Lina Orfanos - Love Matters (Bambinis/Romanos Productions, 2021) - (guitarist, arranger, producer) *Aggeliki: Samba Griega (Rtime, Polyglottal Music 2021) - (arranger, producer, guitarist) *Vaggelis Tzitzis : Apostalagmata (Metronomos 2022) - (guitarist

*Lina Orfanos : Ta Lyrika (Metronomos 2024) - (guitarist, arranger, producer)

Featured in Compilations

* ROW : Rivers of the World (ROW - 2001) - (guitarist) * KOSMOS 93.6 : Ethnic Collection (Universal Music/MINOS 2005) -(composer, arranger, guitarist, producer) * Various Artists (Lyra- 2008) - (guitarist, arranger)

Music for Film and Theater

* Everything for a reason- 2000 - directed by Vlas Parlapanides, written by Vlas and Charles Parlapanides, executive producer Larry Meistrich * Niko's restaurant - 2001(short) -written by Evan Camfield and

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, directed by Efterpi Charalambidis * Just Cause - 2014(short) -written and directed by Paul Krisikos *

Gallathea ''Gallathea'' or ''Galatea'' is an English literature#Elizabethan era, Elizabethan era stage play, a comedy by John Lyly. The first record of the play's performance was at Palace of Placentia, Greenwich Palace on New Year's Day, 1588 where it w ...

(play) (2002)

References

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