Giorgos Karadimos

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Giorgos Karadimos
BornPeristeri, Athens, Greece
OriginGreece
Occupation(s)Singer, composer, lyricist, stage actor
InstrumentsVocals, guitar
Years active1994 –present

Giorgos Karadimos is a musician from Greece. A composer and lyricist, he was nominated for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010.

Biography[]

Karadimos was born in Peristeri in Athens, Greece on 7 October 1975. He studied journalism. He is self-taught on guitar. He is also a music composer and lyricist; he has written for Eleftheria Arvanitaki's album "", the song "toso megala logia" and Melina Aslanidou's latest hit "".

His career started on 1994, participating in a musical by Sofia Spyratos and her team "Roes".

In 2001 he joined Stamatis Kraounakis's theatrical team "Speira Speira" which at the time was in a show called "Sold Out". The same year Giorgos Karadimos started his collaboration with Alkistis Protopsalti on her summer tour, a collaboration that continued for several years (until her most recent appearances in music hall "Vox" with Dimitra Galani). Many important Greek singers have collaborated with Giorgos Karadimos, including Dimitris Mitropanos, Dimitra Galani, , Melina Aslanidou, and Eleonora Zouganeli.

In 2003 he released his first CD album "" orchestrated by . In March 2007 his album "" was released by Universal Music. It includes the hit single duet with Dimitra Galani titled "" (a Greek version of Andrea Bocelli's song "Vivo per lei") as well as the new singles "" and ". The music was produced and arranged by & C. Avdelas, mastering was done at by Leo Zervos, and was the producer of the album.

In 2010 he was one of the Greek nominees for the 55th Eurovision Song Contest with a ballad called "".[1]

In April 2010 was released his third CD album "" by Universal Music that includes the hit singles "", "" (a Greek version of Calogero's song "Pomme C") and "". In the same year was his summer tour around Greece with .

In winter 2010–11, he was part of the Jonathan Larson's musical "Rent" playing the main character, Roger Davis.

References[]

  1. ^ Barclay, Simon, Eurovision Song Contest – The Complete & Independent Guide 2010, Silverthorn Press, retrieved 7 May 2011
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