Boudounis Evangelos (1950)
Greece / More info in Enciclopedia de la Guitarra
Guitarist and composer, was born in Athens.
English
Evangelos Boudounis was born in Athens. He studied the guitar with Dimitris Fampas at the National Conservatory of Athens from where he graduated with honours. He continued his studies on a scholarship under the supervision of Jose Tomas in Spain, Alirio Diaz in Italy and Alexander Lagoya in Canada.
In 1968 he won Second Prize in the International Guitar Competition in Czechoslovakia and the following year he was honoured with the “Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco” award at the International Competition “Viotti” in Italy. He was also honoured with first prize in the Competition of the Andres Segovia class in the Academy Of “Santiago de Compostella” in Spain. Finally, a year later he won the first prize at the International Guitar Competition in Milan.
In 1969 he met Andres Segovia and had the privilege, at the invitation of the great guitarist, to attend private lessons with him in Granada and Madrid for two years. Evangelos Boudounis has performed in Spain, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Lebanon, Sweden, Hungary, Canada, the United States, the Soviet Union, Denmark, Holland, France as well as all over Greece. He has performed as a soloist with the National Orchestra of Athens, Camerata of Athens, Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra, the “Patras Soloist”, “Colours Orchestra”, Philarmonia Orchestra of Istanbul. He has also recorded for the Radio and has appeared repeatedly on T.V.
His relationship with Manos Hatzidakis and his long-lasting and close cooperation with him which started in 1975, was so constructive, that Evangelos Boudounis considers him the most significant teacher he has ever had.
For many years now he has been working on guitar compositions, many of which were included in several of the CD's he has recorded for companies such as “LYRA”, “MOTIVO” and “SIRIOS”. All his compositional works, transcriptions, tutorial works, including this guitar method, are published in cooperation with the “Papagrigoriou-Nakas” company.
A long with his artistic career, he has been teaching guitar for many years, at the National Conservatory of Athens, having creating a school of many outstanding and some of them famous guitarists. In 1993 he set up an orchestra which consists solely of guitarist and is unique in Greece, and one of the few of its kind in Europe. A combination of his artistic and teaching activity has been a series of Guitar Festivals and Seminars in Rethimno (1985-1986) and Ioannina (1988-1993), in which Evangelos Boudounis has been the animating spirit as well as the main teacher.
Web: http://www.boudounis.gr/life.html
In 1968 he won Second Prize in the International Guitar Competition in Czechoslovakia and the following year he was honoured with the “Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco” award at the International Competition “Viotti” in Italy. He was also honoured with first prize in the Competition of the Andres Segovia class in the Academy Of “Santiago de Compostella” in Spain. Finally, a year later he won the first prize at the International Guitar Competition in Milan.
In 1969 he met Andres Segovia and had the privilege, at the invitation of the great guitarist, to attend private lessons with him in Granada and Madrid for two years. Evangelos Boudounis has performed in Spain, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Lebanon, Sweden, Hungary, Canada, the United States, the Soviet Union, Denmark, Holland, France as well as all over Greece. He has performed as a soloist with the National Orchestra of Athens, Camerata of Athens, Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra, the “Patras Soloist”, “Colours Orchestra”, Philarmonia Orchestra of Istanbul. He has also recorded for the Radio and has appeared repeatedly on T.V.
His relationship with Manos Hatzidakis and his long-lasting and close cooperation with him which started in 1975, was so constructive, that Evangelos Boudounis considers him the most significant teacher he has ever had.
For many years now he has been working on guitar compositions, many of which were included in several of the CD's he has recorded for companies such as “LYRA”, “MOTIVO” and “SIRIOS”. All his compositional works, transcriptions, tutorial works, including this guitar method, are published in cooperation with the “Papagrigoriou-Nakas” company.
A long with his artistic career, he has been teaching guitar for many years, at the National Conservatory of Athens, having creating a school of many outstanding and some of them famous guitarists. In 1993 he set up an orchestra which consists solely of guitarist and is unique in Greece, and one of the few of its kind in Europe. A combination of his artistic and teaching activity has been a series of Guitar Festivals and Seminars in Rethimno (1985-1986) and Ioannina (1988-1993), in which Evangelos Boudounis has been the animating spirit as well as the main teacher.
Web: http://www.boudounis.gr/life.html