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Here you can read in plain text and PDF format the biography of Sakis Gouzonis, one of the most successful young Greek artists today. In short, we would call him the artist phenomenon. Over the last two and a half years, Sakis has won 8 international music awards, and more than 160.000 people that come from 216 countries/territories have become fans of his music!
"Checking out the world of electronic music as presented by Sakis Gouzonis is like traveling on a journey to the most wondrous and mystical of places." - Kenneth Morton
Sakis Gouzonis is a multiple award winning composer, orchestrator, arranger, and producer of electronic music. His music is based on the idea of taking the listener on a journey, giving the listener a whole new experience. In addition, his music defies all borders and speaks to people of all nations and cultures.
In The Beginning
He was born to Nick and Frida Gouzonis in Thessaloniki, Greece. Thessaloniki, which is the second largest city in the country, has given Greece some of its greatest artists and thinkers. Two lovely brothers named George and Peter would follow. At the age of ten, Sakis and his family moved to the town of Elassona, which is located at the foot of Mount Olympus, the mythic place of the twelve Olympian gods.
The Early Years
Sakis had always dreamed of having his own musical instrument. In 1990, his dream came true. His parents bought him an electronic keyboard. He was so happy that he started playing music immediately. Sakis had the innate ability to play by ear, to improvise, to arrange music and to create compositions. At the age of sixteen, his parents bought him a semi-professional electronic keyboard. He would spend countless hours in his room creating sounds, composing, arranging, and playing music.
In 1996, Sakis released a compilation of twelve Christian hymns that he had arranged on his keyboard. The compilation was a big success! People from the USA, Canada, Australia and Europe sent Sakis a lot of encouraging letters. It was amazing the fact that many listeners wanted to prepay for his next compilation!
After finishing Senior High School, Sakis served in the Greek Army for one and a half years. During his service he was given the opportunity to perform for the General of the First Army. It was a great honor for Sakis.
In 1998, Sakis released one more compilation of ten Christian hymns. His second compilation was a big success too! Many people around the world were blessed. Greek radio stations began to broadcast his music.
In 2000, Sakis was asked to play keyboards in a band that was backing up Greek singer Costas Fragoraptis. Sakis's ability to play the keyboard very accurately left the studio audio engineer speechless! They released two successful albums. All songs were aired by Greek radio stations.
A year later, he began to work as an English teacher. To this day, Sakis has taught English as a second language to hundreds of children, teens, and adults in Greece.
In 2002, Sakis bought his first professional music workstation and all the necessary equipment in order to build his own home studio. It was a really hard task.
In the summer of 2004, Sakis moved to Athens to persue his artistic career. In Athens he continued to work as an English teacher and write his own music compositions.
His Musical Career
In 2007, Sakis participated in the 5th International Music Composition Contest. This contest is an annual event that gives artists and bands worldwide an invaluable opportunity to promote their music. The results were stunning! Sakis won 3rd Prize for his original music composition "Anthem Of Love" and 1st Commendation Award for his original music composition "Give Me A Chance".
On 17 October 2007, Sakis created a MySpace account. Soon, he topped the MySpace Christian, Electroacoustic, Electro, Greek, Electronica, and Pop Charts. In less than two years and a half, more than 150.000 people have become friends and fans of Sakis. He has been receiving a respectable number of visits, encouraging messages and wonderful comments from a worldwide audience every day, and he always takes the time to communicate with each and every individual that makes contact with him on a personal level.
Since 1 August 2008, many listeners from all over the world have been visiting Sakis's Official Website www.SakisGouzonis.com on a daily basis, where they can read all the latest news about him, listen to audio clips, buy his music, take part in contests, and more. His website is overflowing with inspiring electronic instrumental music.
On 8 August 2008, Sakis released his long-awaited first personal album First Contact. The album features ten new tracks that range from atmospheric downtempo music, "Anthem Of Love" and "Elegy" to breathtaking uptempo music, "Give Me A Chance" and "A Star Brighter Than Others". The "First Contact" album is Sakis's first contact with the world as a composer, orchestrator and producer of his own music pieces. Sakis received excellent reviews and thousands of e-mails from every continent on earth. European and International radio stations began to broadcast his music.
In the same year, Sakis also participated in the 6th Composition Competition 2008 that was held in Greece. This competition is so well respected in the music industry that it receives many entries from Greek and international artists every year. Sakis won 3rd Prize for his original music composition "Elegy".
On 9 September 2009, Sakis released his second personal album New Earth. The album features ten new music compositions of dynamic, emotional, and melodic electronic music. As always, Sakis takes every musical skill he has, and crafts unique, memorable tunes. Greek and foreign music reviewers wrote excellent reviews about the New Earth album and thousands of people from all over the world sent e-mails to Sakis to congratulate him. European and international radio stations added tracks from the New Earth album to their rotation.
In the same year, Sakis participated in the 8th UK Songwriting Contest that was held in the United Kingdom. Almost 6.000 songs were submitted to the UK Songwriting Contest by artists from all over the world. Sakis was awarded a Semi-Finalist Certificate for his original music composition "Elohim".
During the 2nd Meeting of Music and Poetry that was held on 14 November 2009 in Greece, Sakis was awarded 1st Prize for his "New Earth" album. This Prize is awarded by the chairman of the International Art Society Mr. Yorgos Foudoulis, who is also the director of the Examination Center of the Trinity College and the Conservatory bearing his name.
In 2009, Sakis also participated in the 7th International Music Composition Contest. Judges for this prestigious contest are music industry professionals who look for artists and bands whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence. Sakis won 2nd Prize for his original music composition "Elohim".
In 2010, Sakis participated in the 9th UK Songwriting Contest that was held in the United Kingdom. There were over 5.000 entries this year from the United States of America, Canada, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and Europe. Sakis was awarded two Semi-Finalist Certificates for his original music compositions "Elegy", and "Eternal Peace". 2010 judges included the top producer, musical director and doctor of music Richard Niles, the top producer and songwriter Simon Ellis, the well known BBC Radio Controller Lesley Douglas (now a Director and Head of TV at Universal Music UK), the Stage's writer, blogger and BBC radio guest expert Scott Matthewman and many others.
Sakis has given more than 900 live performances so far. Thousands of people of all ages have been touched and blessed by his inspiring and full of energy music.
2007
Winner of 3rd Prize in the 5th International Music Composition Contest 2007. Sakis was awarded a medal and a diploma for his original music composition Anthem Of Love.
2007
Winner of 1st Commendation Award in the 5th International Music Composition Contest 2007. Sakis was awarded a diploma for his original music composition Give Me A Chance.
2007
No1 on the Christian Music Charts throughout the year 2007 among all Greek Christian Artists/Bands on MySpace.
2008
Winner of 3rd Prize in the 6th Composition Competition 2008. Sakis was awarded a medal and a diploma for his original music composition Elegy.
2008
No1 on the Christian, Electroacoustic, and Electro Music Charts throughout the year 2008 among all Greek Christian, Electroacoustic, and Electro Artists/Bands on MySpace.
2008
No1 on the Greek Music Charts throughout the year 2008 among all Greek Artists/Bands of all genres on MySpace.
2009
Semi-Finalist in the 8th UK Songwriting Contest 2009 among 6.000 entries from all over the world. Sakis was awarded a Semi-Finalist Certificate for his original music composition Elohim.
2009
Winner of 1st Prize in the 2nd Meeting of Music and Poetry 2009 for his New Earth album.
2009
Winner of 2nd Prize in the 7th International Music Composition Contest 2009. Sakis was awarded a medal and a diploma for his original music composition Elohim.
2009
No1 on the Pop, Electronica, and Electroacoustic Music Charts throughout the year 2009 among all Greek Pop, Electronica, and Electroacoustic Artists/Bands on MySpace.
2009
No1 on the Greek Music Charts throughout the year 2009 among all Greek Artists/Bands of all genres on MySpace.
2010
Semi-Finalist in the 9th UK Songwriting Contest 2010 among over 5.000 entries worldwide. Sakis was awarded a Semi-Finalist Certificate for his original music composition Elegy.
2010
Semi-Finalist in the 9th UK Songwriting Contest 2010 among over 5.000 entries worldwide. Sakis was awarded a Semi-Finalist Certificate for his original music composition Eternal Peace.
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Latest Update: 23 July 2010