Marino Pliakas

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Marino Pliakas, 2007

Marino Pliakas (born November 1, 1964 in Trogen , Appenzell Ausserrhoden ) is a Greek-Swiss musician ( guitar , electric bass ) and lecturer at the University of Education in Zurich .

Live and act

From 1984 to 1988 Pliakas studied classical guitar at the Zurich Conservatory (instrumental teaching diploma) and history, musicology and Russian studies at the universities of Zurich and St. Petersburg . In 1995 he founded the “ Hammond Avantcore Trio” Steamboat Switzerland, which still exists today, with Dominik Blum and Lucas Niggli . He also plays in the Trio Full Blast with Peter Brötzmann and Michael Wertmüller . He was also active in the improvisation quartet Die Firma and with Stephan Wittwer (in a duo and trio with Michael Wertmüller).

He has also performed with Caspar Brötzmann , John Cale , Nels Cline , Holger Czukay , Jacques Demierre , Robert Dick , Fred Lonberg-Holm , Steve Noble , Norbert Möslang , Jim O'Rourke , Ken Vandermark , Trevor Watts and Kenny Wollesen . He has given concerts in many European countries, in Egypt, South Africa, Mozambique, Israel, China, Japan, North America and Brazil. From 1998 to 2003 he was president of the Zurich section of the International Society for Contemporary Music . In 2019 he plays with Dominik Blum and Lucas Niggli in the Trio Steamboat Switzerland .

Discographic notes

  • The company WIM - Radio Days (1999)
  • Brötzmann / Pliakas / Wertmüller Full Blast (Jazzwerkstatt 2006)
  • Mösiöblö Ample Food (Percaso, 2007)
  • Steamboat Switzerland Zone 2 (GROB, 2007)
  • Full Blast & Friends (Brötzmann-Pliakas-Wertmüller + Ken Vandermark, Thomas Heberer , Dirk Rothbrust ) Sketches and Ballads (Trost, 2011)

Lexigraphic entries

Marino Pliakas in Club W71 , 2009
  • Bruno Spoerri (Hrsg.): Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz CD supplement to: Spoerri, Bruno (Hrsg.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories . Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Pliakas, Marino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek-Swiss musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Trogen AR