Kerkezou Gary

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Kerkezou Gary

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Instrument

drums
violin

Short Biography

Kerkezou Gary is a drummer and violonist who lives and works in New York. She was born in Athens and comes from a family of musicians. At the age of 18 she obtained a diploma in classical violin and then continued her studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, having earned the Berklee European Tour Scholarship, the BIN Augmentetion Award and Kostas Kouvidis Foundation Scholarship.
In Boston she started playing and recording along with two other instruments and a couple of years later she became a member of the Boston Civic Symphony as one of the first violonist. She has attended lessons with Ralph Peterson Jr, Neal Smith and Billy Kilson whereas during her studies she earned many awards: the Berklee Achievement Grant, the "Most Improved" Award, the Terri Lyne Carrington Scholarship and the Zildjian Scholarship. She continued studying for a master's program with Kendrick Scott at the Manhattan School of Music (MSM) in New York and graduated in May 2020. At the same year she was chosen for the Student Awards from the Downbeat Magazine in the Latin Jazz Ensemble category. 
Among other places, she has appeared at the Lincoln Center's Dizzy’s Club and at the United Palace Theater. She has given masterclasses at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, the KC Area Youth Jazz and at the Mont Saint Charles Academy.  
Also she has collaborated with Lalah Hathaway, Javon Jackson, Chris Brubeck, Bill Pierce, Christian McBride, Cyrus Chestnut, Jacob Collier, Patrick Doyle and Vladimir Fedoseyev. She continues her professional career in the USA.

Short biography in greek

Η Γαρυφαλλιά Κερκέζου είναι ντράμερ και βιολονίστα με έδρα τη Νέα Υόρκη. Γεννημένη σε οικογένεια μουσικών στην Αθήνα, πήρε το δίπλωμα κλασσικού βιολιού στα 18 της και συνέχισε τις σπουδές της στο Berklee College of Music στη Βοστώνη, κερδίζοντας τις υποτροφίες Berklee European Tour Scholarship, BIN Augmentetion Award και Kostas Kouvidis Foundation Scholarship.
Ξεκίνησε να παίζει και να ηχογραφεί στην περιοχή της Βοστώνης και με τα δύο όργανα και δύο χρόνια ενώ στη συνέχεια έγινε μόνιμο μέλος της Boston Civic Symphony στα πρώτα βιολιά. Μαθήτρια των Ralph Peterson Jr, Neal Smith και Billy Kilson, κατά τη διάρκεια των σπουδών της παρέλαβε πολλά βραβεία: Berklee Achievement Grant, "Most Improved" Award, Terri Lyne Carrington Scholarship και Zildjian Scholarship. Συνέχισε τις σπουδές της στη Νέα Υόρκη με τον τον Kendrick Scott στο μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα του Manhattan School of Music (MSM) από όπου και αποφοίτησε τον Μάιο του 2020. Την ίδια χρονιά επιλέχτηκε για το Student Awards από το Downbeat Magazine στην κατηγορία Latin Jazz Ensemble. 
Μεταξύ άλλων έχει εμφανιστεί στα Lincoln Center, Dizzy’s Club και United Palace Theater και έχει παραδώσει masterclasses στα Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, KC Area Youth Jazz και Mont Saint Charles Academy.  
Επίσης, έχει συνεργαστεί με τους Lalah Hathaway, Javon Jackson, Chris Brubeck, Bill Pierce, Christian McBride, Cyrus Chestnut, Jacob Collier, Patrick Doyle και Vladimir Fedoseyev. Συνεχίζει την επαγγελματική της πορεία στις ΗΠΑ.