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Born and residing in Thessaloniki, Greece. She studied music and song in Greece and Austria, and continued her studies on vocals and drama in Holland. As a soloist, she took part with Thessaloniki State and City Orchestras, the Greek Radio Orchestra and Choral, and participated in different ensembles – string quartet, Tango quartet, jazz and improvised music groups.
Her first album with Celtic songs from the Hebrides Isles, “Trackers of Iura”, was released in 1994. Six more albums were released including poems and songs by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Tom Waits, Astor Piazzolla a.o., homages to silent films of Pabst and Murnau.
She is interested in the use of the voice in contemporary music as well as in performances with dance, theatre and silent movies.
Georgia Sylleou has been working with pianist – writer Sakis Papadimitriou since 1995. Since 2002 she cooperates with pianist – composer Thanos Mikroutsikos, and since 2004 with pianist – composer Theodoros Economou.
She has performed with Vincenzo Mastropirro, Vittorino Curci, Gianni Lenoci, Inge Missmahl, Michalis Christodoulidis, George Bandoek Apostolakis, Lakis Tzimkas, Christos Germenoglou, a.o.
Georgia Sylleou has been performing in many festivals around the world (Spain, Italy, France, Holland, Slovenia, Serbia, Egypt, Cyprus, Germany, China, Mexico)
Discography
Trackers of Jura (12 Celtic songs from the Hebrides Isles) LYRA 1994
The Song Of Lulu ( lyrics and music by Sakis Papadimitriou) AnoKato Records 1996
Open Routes (9 storied songs ) AnoKato Records 1998
Ballad Of the Pirates ( Weill, Brecht, Waits) 2000
Nosferatu Leo Records 2002
The Rope –Walker ( lyrics by Yannis Ritsos, music by Thanos Mikroutsikos)
Nosferatu a Monopoli Anakrousis 2005
She has performed at the following festivals
Mediterranean meeting, Seville, 1991
Jazz & Altro, Molfetta, 1996
European Cultural Month, Ljubljana, 1997
Druga Godba, Ljubljana, 1997
Europa Jazz Festival, Noci, 1997
Roma Jazz Festival, 1997
Festival Mediterraneo, Conversano, 1998
Festival Mediterraneo, Bisceglie, 1998
Greek Music Festival, Belgrade, 1998
European Music Programme, Cairo, 1999
European Music Programme, Alexandria, 1999
Theatre Rialto, Limassol, 1999, 2000
Gezziamoci, Matera, 1999
International Jazz Festival, Beijing, 1999
International Jazz Festival, Shanghai, 1999
Eurojazz Festival, Mexico City, Mexico, 2000
Festival Mediterraneo, Bisceglie, 2000
Festival Mediterraneo, Conversano, 2000
Kypria 2000, Nicosia, Cyprus
EuroChristmas, Hong-Kong, 2000
Winter in Sarajevo, 2001
Festival Paleariza, Calabria, 2002
Festival Griechenland, Stuttgart, 2003
Fonomanie, Bari, 2003
Helexpo, Paris, 2003
Musica Lontana, Bisceglie, 2004
Nosferatu, Monopoli, 2004
Eurojazz meeting, Cairo and Alexandria, 2005
Eurojazz Festival, Izmir, 2006
www.sylleou.gr
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