Yorgos Foudoulis (born 1964) is a Greek
classical guitarist and
composer. His professional activities include performing, master classes, editing, and recording.
He is the director of the Examination Center of
Trinity College, London,
Century University in
Volos, Greece, and the conservatory bearing his name.
He is artistic director in the Winter Guitar Festival of Volos and the Porto Heli International Guitar Festival, and chairman of the International Art Society.
Biography
Foudoulis was born in
Volos,
Thessaly, Greece in 1964.
He obtained his Teaching Diploma from the
Philarmonical Conservatory of the Municipality of Volos and his Soloist Diploma from the
New Conservatory of Music in
Thessaloniki by Costas Kotsiolis. He also obtained his post graduate diploma, Fellowship Diploma of
Trinity College London (FTCL) with the best of reviews.
As a young guitarist he won many first prizes in international guitar competitions and attended a number of seminars including those with
Leo Brouwer,
Alirio Diaz, and
David Russell.
He has given many concerts in Greece as well as abroad (Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Bulgaria, Servia, Turkey, Cuba) and he has made recordings for the ERT (Greek Radio Television).
From 1989 he has participated as soloist and teacher in Greek and international Festivals, such as the
Volos International Guitar Festival,
International Festival of Instabul,
Zory International Guitar Festival,
Corfu International Guitar Festival,
Hermoupolis International......
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