Giorgos Christianakis is a composer born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1961. He graduated from Law School and started his studies in classical piano at the age of 17. Since 1982 he is experimenting in the fields of electronic music. At the same time he records in studios and plays live with many well known bands of Greece such as Trypes, Apriori, Dacapo, Rodondo Rocks e.t.c.
He has been composing music for theatre and cinema, video art, installations and dancing performances since 1984. He has composed music for more than 35 theatre performances. In theatre he collaborated with directors like Vasilis Papavasiliou, Giannis Rigas, Kostas Tsianos, Stavros Doufektsis, Kyriakos Katzourakis, Vasilis Vafeas, Giannis Iordanidis, Fotini Siskopoulou e.t.c In cinema he has worked with Nikos Panagiotopoulos, Nikos Grammatikos, Panagiotis Karkanevatos, Fotini Siskopoulou, Nikos Giannopoulos etc.
He was awarded the 2000 Theatre Awards Prize for his music for the performance of Lorka's " Germa" with the National Theatre Of Greece. Since 1997 he has released three solo albums "Templo" (1997), "The Doorman" (2001) and "Strange Stories " (2003).
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