SPIROS EXARAS

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Here’s a video of Spiros playing Eric Clapton’s “Change The World” on a Ken Parker Archtop that Yanni bought.

Of Exaras’s work, Al Di Meola says, “The sophistication and eloquence one can hear makes it clear to me that Spiros Exaras’s way of executing guitar is compelling and beautiful.”

A graduate of the Athens Conservatory of Music with degrees in classical guitar and composition, Spiros Exaras is an internationally acclaimed musician, regarded as a master of fusing musical cultures. In his native Greece, Spiros has been a featured player with the Greek National Radio Television Orchestra (ERT), the Orchestra of Colors, Kamerata Symphony Orchestra, as well as working with such acclaimed composers and singers as Yannis Markopoulos, Mario Frangoulis, Alkistis Protopsalti, Evanthia Reboutsika, Elias Andriopoulos, Petros Gaitanos and Kostas Hatzis.

Internationally, Spiros has played with such artists as Shirley Bassey, Randy Brecker, Jon Benitez, Hernan Romero, Matt Garrison, Ray Vega, Tessa Souter, J.D. Walter, and Joel Rosenblatt as well as Grammy Award-winners, Dave Valentin, Gerardo Velez and Arturo O’Farrill.

Exaras also played the searing guitar solo on Mariah Carey’s platinum hit, “My All.”

His film and theater scoring includes Everything For a Reason, Niko’s Restaurant, Just Cause, the plays Gallathea, and The Hand And Hen, in addition to numerous commercials. 

He has released 4 personal albums:

“Spiros Exaras plays Kostas Hatzis” (MBI, 1992)
“Phrygianics” (Blue Note, 2003)
"Old Waters New River" (Harbinger/Naxos, 2014)
"Stis Paralies Tou Feggariou" with ten original compositions based on the poetry of the legendary poet Iakovos Kambanellis  9MLK 2016) 

He is featured artist on a new Mark Murphy's CD entitled  'Live in Athens, Greece" (Harbinger/Naxos, 2016).

Spiros is a guest composer/guitarist on Achilles Liarmakopoulos's (Canadian Brass) "Trombone Atrevido" and "Ethereal" albums, with the compositions "Chorinho Do Sol" and  "Nostos"  and on Lina Orfanos's album "Dream Odyssey" with the song "Dream". 

Learn more about Spiros at spirosexaras.com