BACKGROUND

Who is Panos

Musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter with critically acclaimed discography, several tours around Europe and collaborations with well-known artists. For detailed artistic biography, videos, photos, audio tracks, please visit www.panosgourgiotis.com/en

Panos is a guitar and music theory teacher and award-winning guitarist, with 20 years of teaching experience and more than 350 students to date.

Studies:

BSc in Music Performance (Classical Guitar) - Volos Municipal Conservatory (Prof. Argyris Batskinis)
Department of Theatre, School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Certificate in Music Therapy - Kapodistrian University of Athens
MBA - St Mary’s University, Twickenham

Honours and awards:

2019 - The album "Mahi", as well as the so-titled song, are included in Mixgrill's list of the 50 best songs and albums of 2019.
2007 and 2008 - Participations in Thessaloniki Song Festival: Best Lyric Award for the song of 2008.
2002 - Panhellenic Guitar Competition - Ag. Anargyroi Conservatory: 1st place at the highest competition level.
2001 - Panthessalian Student Music Games: 1st place in the highest competition level of classical guitar.

Seminars - Training:

"Organizing and Conducting an Online Course" - Teachers' Network 2020
"Identifying learning difficulties and informing parents" - Teachers' Network 2020

Collaborations:
Craig Walker (Archive) / Lavrentis Mahairitsas / Salvatore Adamo / Thanos Mikroutsikos / Endeleheia / Magic de spell / Ypogeia Revmata / Manolis Famellos / Stathis Drogosis / Panagiotis Berlis / Sakis Mpoulas / Nikos Aliagas / Giannis Zouganelis / Elisavet Karatzoli / Leon of Athens / Katerine Duska / Giouli Asimakopoulou / Myronas Stratis / Komis X / Despoina Olympiou and more.

Numerous sold-out shows across Europe in historical venues and festivals. Paris, London, Berlin, Brussels, Amsterdam, Antwerp, The Hague, Luxembourg, Athens, Thessaloniki, just to name a few.

Experience:
Guitar and advanced music theory teacher - [ 01/09/2006 – Current ]
In-person and online courses and seminars. More than 350 students to date. Organization and presentation of masterclasses with the participation of well-known guitarists. Guitar teacher and artistic director of the CliqueArt music school. Head of Guitar Department of “Tritono” online music school.

Songwriter / Composer / Singer - [ 01/09/2002 – Current ]
Rich music career. Intense discographic presence. Music compositions for theater, cinema, commercials. Live performances in every important greek venue and festival, as well as touring across all Europe. Collaborations with numerous well-known artists.

Session recording musician - [ 01/05/2008 – Current ]
Recordings in big studios as a session guitarist, for well-established artists’ albums, in collaboration with well- known record companies (EMI, Universal, Lyra etc.)