ABOUT

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Panagiotis Andreoglou is a classical accordionist based in Thessaloniki, Greece. He focuses on the performance of contemporary music. He has presented the world premieres of many solo and chamber music works in concerts throughout Europe and in the United States. Performances of his have been broadcast live by the national radios of Denmark, Latvia and Greece.

In 2017, as a Fulbright scholar, he implemented research on works that combine accordion and electronics at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He has given lectures on contemporary accordion techniques at the University of Iowa, Bowling Green State University, Latvian Music Academy and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 

He has been invited by many international music festivals (“Arena” in Latvia, “28th International Review of Composers” in Serbia, “outHEAR New Music Week” in Larissa, 14th Music Festival of Aigina, G. A. Papaioannou festival) and has also performed at the Athens and Thessaloniki Concert Halls and Onassis Cultural Centre among others. 

Panagiotis has studied the classical accordion at the Royal Danish Academy of Music (MMus) and the University of Macedonia (BMus), as well as musicology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (BMus). He has also received the Degree in accordion and the Diploma in piano from the Municipal Conservatory of Kavala, his hometown.
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He is member of the folk band “Grikanta” where he plays folk music from South Italy. He currently teaches the piano at the Music School of Veria.