Tassos Tataroglou
Geboren 1985
Composer
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Tassos Tataroglou is a musician, composer, improviser and choir conductor, born in 1985 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He lives in Basel since 2013. He studied in Greece at the schools of Musicology and Pedagogy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as well as classical trumpet, modern singing and music theory. Postgraduate studies in contemporary improvisation with Fred Frith and Alfred Zimmerlin at the Basel Academy of Music. Further studies in Choir conducting at the Basel Academy of Music as well as Shakuhachi studies with Seian Genshin (Myoan-ji Doshoukai Kyoto), Marek Kimei Matvija (Prague) and Ueli Fuyûru Derendinger (Basel). In 2017 he designed the Microtone – Duplex trumpet, which is the result of a combination of different construction techniques for brass instruments from the Renaissance up to the 20th century. With the Microtone-Duplex trumpet, Tassos has significantly expanded the trumpet’s tonal and timbral palette, as well as its possibilities in the field of electroacoustic music. His research in the field of manipulation of feedback loops through the trumpet and electronic pedal effects let him create a unique way of performing the trumpet both as a musical instrument as well as an analogue controller of a synthesizer simultaneously. He is a member of Insub Meta Orchestra (Geneva) & Unorthodox Jukebox Orchestra (Basel). He has performed across Europe and Russia and collaborated with leading figures in contemporary music as a solo and ensemble musician. He has composed music for theater and film, as well as ensemble and solo music. An important field of his artistic research is the analysis of Honkyoku and the use of these elements in contemporary composition and performance practice. In June 2023 he presented his research on the performance of Honkyoku (original pieces for shakuhachi) with the Microtone – Duplex trumpet at the opening concert of the International Shakuhachi Festival of Prague (CZ). Tassos has recorded four personal albums and he has numerous other contributions. His book with the adaptation of Tsuru no Sugomori – Renpoken for solo shakuhachi in western staff notation was appreciated by leading shakuhachi experts from all over the world as well as from academic institutions.
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