Achilles Liarmakopoulos

Achilles Liarmakopoulos (born August 29, 1985) is a Greek trombonist and member of the Canadian Brass.

Early life and education

Born in Athens, Greece, Liarmakopoulos started trombone lessons at the Philipos Nanas Conservatory, graduating with Excellent Unanimous and first prize. At the age of 18, Liarmakopoulos performed as a soloist at the Walt Disney Hall as the Grand Prize Winner of the Pasadena Showcase House Instrumental Competition, judged by members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Liarmakopoulos holds degrees from the Yale School of Music, the Curtis Institute of Music (class of 2008)[1] the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Philippos Nakas Conservatory in his hometown of Athens, Greece.[2] His studies have been supported by merit-based scholarships, Bok Foundation and Milton L. Rock Annual Fellowships and scholarships from the Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Alexandros S. Onassis Foundation and the Greek State Scholarship Foundation. Yale University awarded him the Philip Francis Nelson Prize for outstanding musicianship.

Career

In December 2010, Liarmakopoulos won the position of principal trombone of the Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he played for one season before joining the Canadian Brass. He has also performed with the Malaysian Philharmonic, Jacksonville Symphony and European Union Youth Orchestra.[2]

In April 2011 he was invited to audition for the Canadian Brass and since then he has been their trombonist touring all over the world.

Liarmakopoulos has received awards in the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe and the 2nd Christian Lindberg International Trombone competition. His debut solo album, Ástor Piazzolla: Tango Distinto was released by Naxos Records in 2011. It is the first full album to appear with Astor Piazzolla's music played by solo trombone.[3]

In 2013, Liarmakopoulos released his second solo album entitled "Discoveries" [4] with new works for trombone and piano, collaborating with piano soloist Amy J. Yang.[5]

In January 2013, Liarmakopoulos was invited to play with the Oregon-based genre-bending ensemble Pink Martini. Since then he is performing with them regularly all over the world.[2]

Liarmakopoulos' third album "Trombone Atrevido"[6] with choro music from Brazil was released in July 2015 on the ODEG label. The album was produced by guitarist Spiros Exaras and mastered by Bernie Grundman at the Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios-Los Angeles, CA [7]

Liarmakopoulos is an adjunct trombone professor at Brooklyn College in New York City.

Premieres

Liarmakopoulos is a supporter of new music and new works for trombone, and has premiered a number of pieces by new composers. Four Trombone concertos and several chamber pieces have been written specifically for him . He premiered Dream (for trombone solo, string orchestra and harp) by Andrew Cadima at the Curtis Institute of Music in May 2008.[8]

Notable premieres

Competitions and awards

Discography

Solo

With the Canadian Brass

Notes

    Footnotes

    1. ↑ "Full Alumni Listing". Curtis School of Music. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
    2. 1 2 3 http://achillestrombone.com/bio/
    3. ↑ http://www.trombone.net/news/news.cfm?ID=1556
    4. ↑ "Discoveries - Achilles Liarmakopoulos, trombone and Amy J. Yang, Piano CD". Canadian Brass Store. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
    5. ↑ "Amy Yang, pianist - Official Site". www.amyjyang.com. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
    6. ↑ "Achilles Liaramakopolous / Trombone Atrevido / Linus Entertainment". linus.labelstore.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
    7. ↑ "Bernie Grundman Credits - ARTISTdirect Music". www.artistdirect.com. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
    8. ↑ International Trombone Association :: Events :: Cadima Premiere Archived February 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
    9. ↑ Curtis Brass.com :: Recent News Archived February 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
    10. ↑ http://www.sfcm.edu/pdf/April_May.pdf Archived April 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
    11. ↑ "Instrumental Competition". Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
    12. ↑ "Winners of the 2010 Woolsy Hall Concerto Competition Announced". Music at Yale. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
    13. ↑ http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572596
    14. ↑ http://www.amoeba.com/trombone-discoveries-achilles-liarmakopoulos/albums/3431781/
    15. ↑ "Trombone Atrevido". Opening Day Entertainment Group. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
    16. ↑

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