Aris Balatsoukas | Guitarra Latinamericana

Musical tour with solo guitar accompaniment to Latin American countries with sounds of choros, bossa nova, samba, valsas from Brazil, musical themes of Venezuela and Paraguay, tangos and milongas from Argentina and pieces by Joao Pernambuco, Dilermando Reis, Luis Bonfa, Baden Powell, Astor Piazzolla, Anselmo Aieta, Abel Fleury, Anibal Arias, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Jorge Cardoso, Carlos Moscardini, Agustin Barrios, Antonio Lauro and others.

Aris Balatsukas studied classical guitar with Michalis Karakontis and theory with Nikos Harizanos. He is involved with music as composer and performer of musical works in various groups and with transcriptions of musical works for guitar. In recent years he has been studying nei (found in Turkish, Arabic, Egyptian and Persian cultures with different idioms). [Biography updated on: 31/10/2017]