Thanos Kalliris

ALL THANOS KALLIRIS VIDEOGRAPHY: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.viewVideos &channelid=187295667 Singing/ Composing Career: ******* Singer, songwriter of ‘’BANG’’, a band who represented Greece in Europe’s biggest music contest, ’’EUROVISION’’ with the song «STOP» and took the tenth place (among 22 Countries). This was a start of an extraordinary career in Greece and other European countries. ‘’BANG’’ worked with the most important producers and sound engineers of their time, such as Shep Pettibone (Madonna, G.Michael, E.John,etc.) , M.Hutchinson (Madonna,etc.) , Bob Kraushaar (Johnny Hates Jazz, Erasure, M.Almond, etc.) , Francois Kevorkian and others. Music video, «Holding My Heart» was shot in Hollywood with famous co-workers. Song, «You’re the One» entered the British ??P 75 and «Holding My Heart» the USA’s HOT100 and DANCE CHART of Billboard magazine ‘’?ANG’’ , have been interviewed in TV channels such as BBC,TELE 5 RTLPLUS, MTV ,CNN(JAPAN DIVISION) , ZDF e.t.c. They were the only Greek band that have given concerts in the USA, Germany and Japan for English- speaking audience exclusively and the first Greek band ever that was presented by MTV channel in 1989. Their video clips were aired continiusly from 1988 – 1991. ****** As a solo artist: Twelve personal CD’s have been released, and many singles as well.Among them an all time classic Christmas album. Three record releases as a music band member. A lot of his songs became huge hits and have been included in numerous music record compilations. Director of some of his music videos.(Thirty-nine in total). Composer and arranger of almost all of his songs. ************* Voice/ character actor in the animated picture “MADAGASCARE” as “King Julien”. Character actor in various translated tv shows for children. Author of numerous tv and radio shows and commercials. Host of a television show “THELEIS I DEN THELEIS”, for the biggest TV channel in Greece, MEGA Channel. Season 1999-2000. Currently is producing and writing hits for a lot of his famous fellow artists in Greece. His father is a very reputable jazz guitarist in Greece. Education: Graduate of ‘’Leondios French Private Highschool’’ in Athens. First Certificate in English as a foreign language,- University of Cambridge. Certificate in French from the French institute of Athens ’’Diplome De Langue Francaise’’. Graduate of “Athenian Music School” under the supervision of acclaimed maestro Kostas Klavas. (Piano, Guitar, Harmony) Bussiness Carieer: Co- founder of ‘’powernet.gr’’ a pioneer Greek internet Company concerning webdesign , portals, c.d roms, search engines (1995), of ‘’thea.gr’’ , the first “google like” search engine in Greece and of ‘’zoom.gr’’ the first Greek portal site as an entertainment guide. Co- founder of SOLOBUILD S.A. Accomplishments: Described as a very successful singer, performer, music composer, and lyrisist in Greece through the early 90’s and until today. Various music nominations and awards like : “best performance of the year 1996 ‘ , ’best singer of the year 1997’’ “Grammy-like” in Greece. Owner of numerous golden and platinum records. Performed as a singer for winner- prized TV and Radio commercials. Social activities: Co-founder and President for the first three years of the biggest charity association in Greece called «THE CHILD’S SMILE» ( To Chamogelo tou Paidiou http://www.hamogelo.gr/ ). Currently member of the board. ********** Hobbies: Photography, snow skiing, computers, tennis, ping pong