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Markos Chaidemenos

Markos Chaidemenos is a Jazz musician who discovered his love for piano at the age of 16 (2005) and his passion for jazz piano at the age of 22. Although he earned his first bachelor at Informatics & Telecommunications in National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, he never worked in that field.

After he mastered the classical piano in Athina Conservatory he completed his Jazz piano studies in 2,5 years at Athina Conservatory.

Finally, he received a master degree in Jazz Performance after graduating from Ionian University of Corfu and that exact year (2016) he recorded his first album Remains (Live) at the radio show “Jazz in the City”.His inspirations growing up as a Jazz musician was mainly from the traditional jazz scene. Oscar Peterson played a major role such as Chick Corea and Mulgrew Miller.

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Take Five With...

Take Five with Markos Chaidemenos

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Meet Markos ChaidemenosMarkos Chaidemenos is a jazz musician who discovered his love for piano at the age of 16 (2005) and his passion for jazz at the age of 22. Although Markos earned his first bachelor at Informatics & Telecommunications in National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, he never worked in the field. After he mastered classical piano in Athina Conservatory he completed his jazz piano studies at Praxis Conservatory. Later, he received a master degree in Jazz Performance after ...

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Markos Chaidemenos: McModal

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The Greek pianist Markos Chaidemenos has released a wonderfully uplifting tribute to the late McCoy Tyner with this track, in anticipation of a full-length album. The song was recorded live in Athens at The Zoo. It has a feel of focused spontaneity that dances through the ear and bears repeated listening very well, capturing Tyner's essence without sinking into unworthy derivatives. Tidbits seemingly inspired by familiar compositions like “The Greeting" spark up as Chaidemenos sticks to an amalgamated ...

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Recording

Pianist Markos Chaidemenos New Album 'Caravan' — Available now!

Pianist Markos Chaidemenos New Album 'Caravan' — Available now!

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Markos Chaidemenos is a jazz musician who discovered his love for piano at the age of 16 (2005) and his passion for jazz at the age of 22. Although he earned his first bachelor at Informatics & Telecommunications in National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, he never worked in the field. After Chaidemenos mastered the classical piano in Athina Conservatory, he completed his jazz piano studies in 2,5 years at Praxis Conservatory. He then received a masters degree in Jazz ...

Primary Instrument

Piano

Location

Athens

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

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Self Produced
2021

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Caravan

Self Produced
2021

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Game for two-single...

Irini Konstantinidi
2021

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Smile - Single song

Irini Konstantinidi
2021

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Nothing to Lose

Irini Konstantinidi
2021

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McModal

Self Produced
2020

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Nothing to Lose

From: Nothing to Lose
By Markos Chaidemenos

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