Theo Kosmidis

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Acoustic Guitar, Blues Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitar, Jazz Guitar, Lead Guitar, Rock Guitar

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  • Theo Kosmidis was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. His first musical experience was at
    the age of 14 from a friend who was playing the guitar. He fell in love with music
    ever since. He started as a self - taught musician gaining my skills from various
    friends who were more experienced. Started playing rock and pop music and
    participating in several bands.
    He was really fond of guitar players such as Vinnie Moore, John Petrucci, Randy
    Rhoads, Steve Vai, Satriani, Eric Johnson etc. He got into jazz at the age of 18 when
    he started taking lessons from Sakis Zachariades, a guitar player who attended the MI
    school in Hollywood and was a student of Scott Henderson.
    Many guitar players had influenced him. So, he begun studying guitar players such as
    Robben Ford, Wes Montgomey, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, Grant Green etc. Meanwhile,he
    formed a trio and a quartet and he was performing around Thessaloniki. After
    completing his military obligation he planned to attend the Sydney Conservatorium.
    Although he was accepted, for financial reasons he decided to apply in schools in
    Netherlands. He got accepted, together with his brother Dimitrios Kosmidis, in
    Maastricht Conservatorium. From the beginning, he started to play there with
    musicians and try to form bands and gig around the Limburg area. In 2008 he formed
    2 bands: GrePol M.af.i.a (Musical Affairs Internationally Active) and GG Connection.
    With GG Connection he performed for three and a half years, every Thursday in Edd's
    Cafe in the Jam gigging all over Limburg in clubs and Festivals.
    In 2011 GrePol M.af.i.a (Musical Affairs Internationally Active) recorded their first
    complete CD (in 2009 they recorded a demo CD with four songs) and they promote it
    performing around Europe. In 2011 he also recorded a mini CD with GG Connection
    with three original compositions. From 2007 to 2011, while he was in Maastricht, he
    took a number of lessons from several teachers of different instruments, with one
    cause which was Jazz and Improvised music. Along with his Bachelor studies he
    attended for 3 years a minor subject in Music Pedagogics. He focused on teaching the
    guitar in the best way to students.
    He took lessons from: Frank Wingold (Germany - Guitar), Mike Moreno (USA-
    Guitar), Dave Allen (USA- Guitar), Rory Stuart (USA- Guitar), Gilad Hekselman
    (Israel – Guitar), BC Manjunath (India – Konnakol) ,Claudius Valk (Germany - Sax),
    Harmen Fraanje (Netherland – Piano), Jan Formannoy (Netherlands – Guitar),
    Edoardo Righini (Italy – Guitar). He shared the stage with musicians like Ronvan
    Stratum, Gerald Canon, Phillipe Cathrine, Carlo Nardozza , Daniel Daemen, Timmy
    Daemen, Arnoud Gerritse, Jan Formannoy, Claudius Valk, Frank Giebels and many
    more.
    He performed as a leader or sideman in bands such as GrePol M.af.i.a (Musical
    Affairs Internationally Active), GG Connection, Jazz Check it out, The Dark
    Essence, Maastricht Conservatorium Big Band, Theo Kosmidis Trio and Golden Eye.
    He participated in many Festivals such as the Jazz Masters Festival in Maastricht, the
    Prominade Festival, Jeker Jazz Festival, Thorn Jazz Festival, Small Festival in
    Greece.
    Since 2011, he moved back in Greece where he formed his own band to perform and
  • record own compositions. Despite that , he also flies  in Netherlands to perform with
    GrePol M.af.i.a (Musical Affairs Internationally Active) and promote their CD "Bros
    Playin Across" all over Europe.
    In 2013 he joined the band Crime Swing Investigation , as a sideman, playing together
    for more than 3 years. He recorded also the debut CD of the band “Shot in the Dark” .
    During that time he was also teaching privately and in music schools. He organized
    music workshops in Athens, Thessaloniki , Amfissa , Chalkida involving harmony
    and theory.
    He released 2 books “Improviser’s manual” and “ Guitar Technique Workout Book” .
    Both of them are available in Amazon and Lulu.
    In 2018 he joined forces with Panos Vasilonikolos and recorded their first smooth
    Jazz album Aegean Colors with 5 original compositions . The CD is available in
    iTunes, Distrokid, Spotify , Youtube and all the other music platforms.
    At the moment Theo Kosmidis is composing and arranging music to record his debut
    CD as a leader. Besides that he is teaching privately in Athens. You can always find
    more information about Theo and news in his website www.theodosios-kosmidis.com
     
Teaching Style

Bachelor in Jazz Guitar Performance with Honors from Maastricht Conservatoire . The Netherlands

Specialization in Music Pedagogy.

Published 5 books (2 of them available in Amazon and Lulu and 3 e-books)

From the beginning I want the lesson to be as musical as possible. We learn famous guitar Riffs from my 2 books. Chords in the basic position and apply them to songs. Also we learn notes on the fret board and some note-reading.  We learn small melodies from the 80's and 90's guitar era. Also we learn famous guitar solos and work in the art of improvising. Repertoire may vary, depending on the choices of the student. Later on , we learn some theory with examples from songs. Also we work on our technique , expression and artistry.

 

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