Ziarkas Thodoris

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Title

Ziarkas Thodoris

Instrument

bass

Discography

As a leader:
Monologue 01 (self-released) 2017

With Valia Calda
:
Valia Calda (EP) (self-released) 2014
Methexis (self-released) 2018

As a co-leader:
Roman Gomez, Thodoris Ziarkas: Vigilia (self-released) 2018
AMAN!!!: AMAN!!! (Discrepant Records) 2018
Maddalena Ghezzi, Thodoris Ziarkas: Amethyst (DēngYuè Records) 2020


As a sideman:
BLAM! Attached/Detached (Minced Oaths) 2015
Rough Guide To Psychedelic India (World Music Net) 2015
London Improvisers Orchestra: Twenty Years On (self-released) 2018
Mimika Orchestra: Divinities of the Earth and the Waters' (PDV Records) 2018
Tasos Stamou: Musique con Crète (Discrepant) 2020

Groups

Valia Calda
Thodoris Ziarkas's USCITA

Short Biography

Thodoris Ziarkas grew up with the sounds of Greek folk music and started playing regional instruments such as the Lyra and tsambouna. Later he discovered the double bass.
Since 2009 he is based in London. He is the co-founder of the group Valia Calda and leads the Thodoris Ziarkas's USCITA.
He also participates in other projects, such as Stamou/Chytiris/Ziarkas trio, AMAN, Udopia Trio, London Improvisers Orchestra, Bonnendis, COT and Electric Litany.
He has also collaborated with the dance artist Georgia Paizi, with the director Sean Turner, with Julianna Bloodgood & Rafal Habel and more. Furthermore he has been commissioned to compose music for the project Sound Photography of Cities & Memories (UK) and for two independed Greek film productions: "Soul Food" by Nikos Tseberopoulos (2020) and "White Mountains by Alexandros Papathanasiou. In addition he is a qualified teacher of the Alexander Technique, trained at London Centre for Alexander Technique & Training.

Short biography in greek

Ο Θοδωρής Ζιάρκας μεγάλωσε μεγάλωσε με τους ήχους της ελληνικής δημοτικής μουσικής και άρχισε να παίζει παραδοσιακά όργανα όπως η λύρα και η τσαμπούνα. Στη συνέχεια ανακάλυψε το κοντραμπάσο.
Από το 2009 εγκαταστάθηκε στο Λονδίνο. Είναι ιδρυτικό μέλος των Valia Calda και ηγείται του γκρουπ Thodoris Ziarkas's USCITA. Συμμετέχει και σε άλλα πρότζεκτ, όπως τα Stamou/Chytiris/Ziarkas trio, AMAN, Udopia Trio, London Improvisers Orchestra, Bonnendis, COT και Electric Litany.
Έχει επίσης συνεργαστεί με τη χορεύτρια Γεωργία Παϊζη, τον σκηνοθέτη Sean Turner, τους Julianna Bloodgood & Rafal Habel και άλλους.
Επίσης ανέλαβε να συνθέσει μουσική για το πρότζεκτ Sound Photography of Cities & Memories (UK) και για δύο ανεξάρτητες ελληνικές ταινίες: "Soul Food" του Νίκου Τσεμπερόπουλου (2020) και "Λευκά Όρη" του Αλέξανδρου Παπαθανασίου.
Ακόμη είναι δάσκαλος της Alexander Technique, εκπαιδευμένος στο London Centre for Alexander Technique & Training.

Item Relations

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