ABOUT
PERSONAL DETAILS
Address: OMHROY 10 Mobile: 6945936244 / 2314002850
NEA EUKARPIA E-Mail: prodromidis_babis@yahoo.gr
56429 Nationality: Greek THESSALONIKI/GREECE
Date of birth: 16 April 1974 Military
Obligations: Completed
EDUCATION
1998: Thessaloniki Conservatory “NEO ODEIO”
Degree of HARMONY (8.5)
1999: Thessaloniki Conservatory “NEO ODEIO”
Saxophone Diploma (10)
2004: Berklee College of Music - Summer School, Perugia, Italy.
2006: Thessaloniki Conservatory “KENTRIKO ODEIO”
Degree of COUNTERPOINT (9.5)
2007: Thessaloniki Conservatory “KENTRIKO ODEIO”
Degree of ORCHESTRATION (9.5)
2009: Thessaloniki Conservatory “KENTRIKO ODEIO”
Degree of FUGUE (10)
SEMINARS
1995: Ovidiu Caplescu - Paidopolis, Kavala.
2004: Greg Badolato - Perugia, Italy.
2004: Ron Savage - Perugia, Italy.
2006: Chico Freeman - Thessaloniki.
2006: Eric Alexander - Thessaloniki.
2014: Diego Rivera (Michigan State University) Thessaloniki.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Founding member of the Association of Professional Saxophone Musicians of Greece.
2015-2020 Art Director of Arnaia and Ierissos municipal music schools (Khalkidhiki/Greece).
2004-2008 Saxophone teacher for a number of years in the public Music schools of Thessaloniki, Serres, and Katerini.
2004-2021 Conductor in the Philharmonic Band of the Municipality of Ierissos and Stratoni.
2004-2009 Teacher of Music Theory and Traditional Clarinet and Harmony at the Conservatory of the Municipality of Toroni (Khalkidhiki).
2004-2009 Teacher of Traditional Clarinet at Thessaloniki Conservatory "Symfonia Odeio”.
2009-2011 Saxophone teacher at the Municipal Conservatory of Kavala.
2007-2009 Saxophone and wind instruments teacher at Athens Conservatory “Thalis”.
2010-2011 Teacher of Saxophone at Thessaloniki Conservatory "Xorodeio”.
2009-2013 Teacher of Saxophone at Thessaloniki Conservatory "Neo Odeio”.
2012-2017 Teacher of Saxophone at Kavala Conservatory "Odeio Neapolis”.
2013-2019 Teacher of Saxophone at Thessaloniki Conservatory "Melodia Odeio”.
Collaborations with many well-known artists in Greece such as S. Kraounakis, K. Makedonas, K. Kouka, N. Lotsari, V. Lekkas, and many others around Greece in many concerts, music halls, theaters, and TV shows from 2000 until today.
Also has participated playing all Saxophones, flute, and clarinet in many recordings in music studios in Athens, Thessaloniki, and other cities in Greece, mainly but also abroad with Musicversal and other music producers from abroad.
From 2016 he is an Endorser of world-famous saxophone mouthpieces DAVE GUARDALA and specifically those produced by Nadir Saxwind company based in Germany.
In 2021, participated as a saxophonist in the Hollywood movie "The Enforcer" starring Antonio Banderas and Kate Bosworth.
Compositions:
From 2020 he started writing and presenting his own compositions, samples of which can be found on his YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/babisprodromidis/videos such as APOCALYPSIS, GENESIS, ANAGENESIS, ARMENIAN RHAPSODY, etc.
In conclusion, he has participated in Municipal Philharmonic Orchestras: Kavala, Kilkis, Kalamaria (Thessaloniki), Ierissos, as well as a member of the military philharmonic orchestra of Kilkis and Kavala during military service.
In addition, for many years he organizes all kinds of events such as weddings, grand openings, etc., providing audio coverage and all kinds of other services that are necessary for the organization with all kinds of music in collaboration with renowned artists.
Also, he has been working almost 20 years - mainly in most well-known 5-star hotels and casinos of Greece (Sani Resort & IKOS, Miraggio, Pomegranate, Hyatt Regency, etc.) - playing solo with his backing tracks or with a band having over 700 songs available in his playlist, with any kind of style with international and Greek songs. Many of these tracks have been made in his own home studio.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
SOFTWARE: - User of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and music professional software such as Cubase, Band in a Box, SoundForge, Sibelius, OBS, Vegas Pro, Pinnacle Studio, and many others for professional music and video production mainly.
LANGUAGES: - English: Fluent (lower) – Throughout my career, I have used English in all business circumstances and it was also mandatory in all courses at my postgraduate studies.
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