Manos Athanasiadis

Born in Athens, Manos started piano at the age of 6 years old with the composer G. Kouroupo and then with Nylian Perez and Maria Efstratiadi. He studied   Music Theory (Harmony, Counterpoint, Orchestration) with conductor and composer C. Ioannidis and   composition with composer E. Kokkoris. He attend courses of orchestra direction with F.Papadopoulo. He studied at Philippos Nakas Conservatory from 1993-97 with Takis Patereli and had lessons on   improvisation with Markos Alexiou. In 1999 he attended courses in Milan with the famous Italian pianist E. Pierranungi and with   the famous american pianist Benny Green, and seminars on   modern style compositions of the 20th century with Th.Antoniou. Since1996, he   works as  professor  of jazz piano and classical harmony at the Philippos Nakas Conservatory. In September 2011, he released his first album ''Everybody swings'' with well known jazz standards of his own arrangements