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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
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Wednesday 31 December 1.10pm
‘…Athanaselo’s playing is full of crisp colors and feeling; it’s a piece of light and darkness, joy and melancholy, and Athanaselos renders each part with clarity and precision. Whether playing single-note lines, complex chordal passages, or delicate melodies, Athanaselos seems fully in control of his instrument…”
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 1:10pm.
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Free admission | Donations welcome
Programme
A programme of romantic and tango music for guitar, including some well known pieces by Astor Piazzola , Chopin, Albeniz etc.”..a musical journey from romantism and Spanish temperament to the lyrical tangos of Argentina…”
St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.
Artist Bio
Thomas was born in Larissa Greece in 1990. He started his studies on classical guitar at the age of 11. He graduated from Modern Conservatory of Larissa at the age of 20 from Mr.Theodoros Charos guitar class. He attended postgratuate lessons in Thessaloniki with Pr.Fotis Koutsothodoros along with seminars at International Guitar festivals of Greece.He also has a distinction in electric guitar from RGT University of London.
He has performed as a soloist in various cities of Greece ,Vienna and Budapest, also collaborated with other artists (Guitartetto,The Blue Jazz Duo,Steelmuse) and he has presented and recorded his own compositions. His latest works were published by Bergmann Edition and Candyrat Records, getting great reviews.His repertoire includes classical and modern composes as well his own compositions. From 2015 until 2018 he was the artistic director of the Larissa Guitar Festival (Greece).
Thomas has released two solo albums ( In Memoriam 2018, Iguazu 2021) with music of Astor Piazzolla , well known Jazz standards , Brazilian composers and his own compositions. Since 2010 until now he teaches guitar at various guitar conservatories of central Greece. Thomas plays with a M. Contreras handmade classical guitar.
