Stamos Semsis

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Stamos Semsis ( Greek Στάμος Σέμσης , * 1964 in Athens ) is a Greek violinist, violist, composer and lyricist. He comes from a family of musicians whose roots go back to the 19th century. His grandfather Dimitris Semsis (Salonikios) and his father Michalis Semsis were violin players and his brother Dimitris Semsis is also a violin player.

He received his first lessons from his father when he was five. In London he studied violin and viola at the Royal College of Music and is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama . He plays the viola in the Elliniki Kamerata, which his father founded in the early 1980s.

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He has also appeared outside of classical music and has worked with many Greek musicians in various functions.

  • 1986: Savina Yannatou - Zei o Vasilias Alexandros (Ζει ο βασιλιάς Αλέξανδρος) Stamos Semsis, violin and viola
  • 1989: Cairo (Κάιρο) with Elly Paspala
  • 1990: Elly Paspala - To Nisi ton Lotofagon (Το νησί των λωτοφάγων, 1991 with English texts as Living a Lie), songs by Stamos Semsis and Vasilis Nikolaidis
  • 1991: Tania Tsanaklidou - Nadir (Ναδίρ) with compositions by Stamos Semsis, texts Ifigenia Giannopoulou, Lina Nikolakopoulou
  • 1994: Giorgos Marinos - O Pektis (Ο παίκτης), music by Stamos Semsis, texts by Giorgos Theofanopoulos
  • 1995: Giorgos Dalaras - Stin Ellada kani kryo (Στην Ελλάδα κάνει κρύο) with compositions by Stamos Semsis and texts by Michalis Bourboulis
  • 1997: Melina Kana - Genei erotes (Γενναίοι έρωτες), with compositions by Stamos Semsis, texts by Michalis Bourboulis
  • 1999: Heather Mills - VO! CE, with Paul McCartney (vocals + guitar), Stamos Semsis (violin) and Jonathan Elvey (piano)
The earnings of the single went to war victims in Yugoslavia.
  • 2002: Elly Paspala - Se poio theo na pistepso (Σε ποιο Θεό να Πιστέψω, Which God Should I Believe In) with compositions by Stamos Semsis
Stamatis Spanoudakis - Kai to xeres (Και τό 'ξερες)
  • 2005: Giorgos Dalaras - Sta tragoudia pou sou grafo (Στα τγαούδια που σου γράφω), texts by Stamos Semsis and Andonis Bardis

He composed the music for short films by Kostas Macheras.

  • 1995: Mikres meres (Μικρές μέρες)
  • 1997: Kairos itan (Καιρός ήταν)
  • 1998: Chips (Τσιπς)

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personal data
SURNAME Semsis, stamos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Σέμσης, Στάμος (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens