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Periklis Tsoukalas born in 1970 in Attica. He began to learn guitar from ten years old

and in the age of thirteen he gave his first concert. Grown in musical family

(his father was former musician in the known groups "Crowns" and

"Semprini"), he was helped by his parents in his musical studies.

Very shortly he left with his parents for Saudi Arabia where on fifteen roughly

years he travelled between various Arabic states and Greece.

There he was met with Arabian Oud players and Indian

Sitar players. He learned various categories of the Arabic and Indian musical

tradition. He has dealt with a lot of and various musical styles such as:

Blues, Jazz,’60’s – ‘70’s Psychedelia, Rock/Hard Rock, Experimental,

Heavy/Thrash Metal, Hardcore/Punk Rock, folk and classical music traditions of

eastern Mediterranean (Hellas, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Egypt e.t.c) and

instruments as well as with the composition of mainly organic music near

various occasionally professors.

 

He had performed as solo artist or band member in countries such as: Greece, Turkey,

Japan, Australia, Kazakhstan, India, Canada, U.S.A., Germany, France, Italy, Norway,

Sweden, United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Finland,

Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, Switzerland, Lithuania,

Austria, Serbia, Romania, FYROM, Holland, Cyprus.

 

Musical Education

European music (Theory, jazz , blues, rock), classical music of eastern

Mediterranean (Ottoman), Indian classical music of the north (Hindustani),

Byzantine Music.

 

Musical Instruments

Oud (private lessons and master classes), Sarod, Bansuri, Saz (Bağlama), Rabab (Afghan), Guitar

(fretted, fretless, electric).

 

Professional Experience

Lecturing

Music High-school of Heraklion as a teacher of Greek traditional music Oud and

Tambura. Teaching in primary schools and private institutes.

Solo oud recitals (Cairo opera house, Istanbul, Beograd and around Greece), giving

private lessons, playing on stages and recording for more than 35 years.

 

Music school Seminars

About the Oud and the Classical Music of East-Mediterranean (Ottoman), at music

schools and unions in Crete.

 

Solo Oud

Recitals and workshops participation:

At the '1st international Oud forum of Egypt' - Cairo 2010

At the '1st International Yorgo Bacanos Oud Festival of Istanbul' - Istanbul 2010

Solo oud recital in 'International Oud meeting'- Thessaloniki 2002.

 

As a band member:

He is currently main member of BaBa ZuLa and collaborating with Dora Bleu and Besidos.

In the past he participated as a main member of Hainides , former member of  Endofonon and Asfyx, Peri Jungle Blues

, Anna Goula me ta organa tis taxis and more.

 

Discography – Participations

1. Hayvan Gibi - BaBa ZuLa - 2020

2. Spank the world - Wight - 2020 

3. Derin Derin - BaBa ZuLa - 2019

4. Helsinki - Besidos - 2019

5. ‘Cloned From Ash’ – Dora Bleu & Periklis Tsoukalas - 2018

6. ‘XX’ – BaBa ZuLa – 2017

7. ‘Kozakuluçka’ – Deniz Tekin – 2017

8. '34 Oto Sanayi' - BaBa ZuLa – 2014

9 ‘Chapkamatic Rock’n’Roll’ – Besidos - 2014

10. 'Cities' - Away - 2013

11. ‘Target Earth’ – Voivod - 2013

12. 'H Katodos ton Saltimpagkon' - 'Hainides' - 2008

13. 'Kano tin riza mou ftero' - Christos Konstantinou - 2008

14.’O Karagiozhs sthn Eurovision' - 'Hainides' - 2007

15. 'Periklis Tsoukalas' – Personal - 2006

16.’O giteftis ke to Drakodonti' - 'Hainides' - 2006

17. Odyssey' - M. Mountakis - 2003

18.’En ergo ke logo' - Axegnii Perates – 2003

19. 'Endofonon' - 2001

20.’Crete-Land-maritime'- Music composed for the sculpture of Pantelis and

Nikos Sotiriadis, Ag. Nikolaos – 2000

21. 'O glykasmos ton Aggelon' (Sweetness of the angels) Prize by the Ministry

of Education - 2000

22. 'O Karagiozis paraligo veziris' – Music for theatrical act (All Kriti cultural

competition music prize win) – 1999

23. 'Constellations' – Personal – 1998

24. 'Psychonautis'- Personal – 1997

25. 'Greece Attacks' (compilation). Participation with the band 'Nightmare' -

1989

 

Also Participated with BaBa ZuLa in collaborations with Ya Toshiba, Seyyal Taner, Sabahat Akkiraz

He had also participate international music bands and recordings as in ‘Virtual

Strangers’ (world musicians band)

as well as international compilations cd releases with his compositions.

 

Organization of:

Symposium on the Music of Greece & Turkey entitled 'Journey through Modes and Makam',

as program manager artistic director, in collaboration with the Centre for

Inter-Mediterranean Cooperation. Participation of Greek and Turkish musicologists

and musicians.

 

Organization of concerts of:

Psarantonis (Greece), Claudia Delmer (Spain), Istanbul Sazendeleri (Turkey), Trio Roberto

Brandan (Argentina), Eastern Musical Workshop (Greece), Loudovikos ton Anogion

(Greece).

 

Radio productions:

Radio-broadcasting with musicological analysis of world music.

 

Article writings:

On music In journals and newspapers (Nea Kriti, Apopeira, I21).

 

Collaborations

Musicians

Diamanda Galas, Baba Zula, Voivod, Glykeria, Hara Kolaiti (Anna Goula), Zoe

Tiganouria, Hainides, Necati Çelik, Ömer Erdoğdular, Mehmet Erenler, Mohammad

Rahim Kushnawaz, Halil Karaduman, Psarantonis, Pantelis Thalassinos, Miltos

Pashalidis, Sokratis Malamas, Martha Frintzila, 'Mode Plagal','Sanades',

Christos Konstaninou, Mariza Koch, Manos Mountakis, Andreas Tsekouras, Kostis

Avissinos, Hristos Baltsidis, Alekos Kakepis, Andreas Skandalos,

Nikos Oikonomidis, Ross Daly and many more.

 

others

Noura Nahoy (Dancer), Umi Deniz (dancer), Bahar Sarah (dancer), Camilo Betancor

(acrobat, performer), Hristina Sougioultzi (acrobat, dancer), Antigoni Linardou

(dancer), Athos Danellis (shadow theater player), Hara Kolaiti (performer –

singer), Niki Papadaki (choreographer, dance teacher), Nikos & Pantelis

Sotiriadis (sculpturers), Kaiti Manolidaki (director).

 

He is currently recording, touring with BaBa ZuLa

and Dora Bleu and writing a book about Oud and giving Oud and Guitar lessons.