Georgios Bitzios

Georgios Bitzios was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. As a young child he showed great interest in music and singing; firstly, in English rock and afterwards, Greek music. His father was a huge influence and encouraged him to continue, as he also was a musician. As a result, he took advantage of listening and learning much from his father. In the year 1997, he met soprano Georgia Dimou and took singing lessons at the Municipal Conservatory in Thessaloniki where he studied classical music and his career as a tenor commenced.After only one year, he took part in the national singing competition in Greece where he won third place. This took place in Thessaloniki where the famous Romanian, baritone Dan Lordakeskou, was a judge. Georgios has given numerous concerts and has already performed three times in the opera ‘’Despo’’ by Pavlos Karrer, along with other artists, and the Lyrical Choral and Orchestra from Thessaloniki, under the famous conductor N. Astrinidis.In 1999, he performed as a tenor with Mimis Plessas, one of the greatest and most well-known Greek composers. That same year, he sang with Christos Nikolopulos, and also with great success.In May 2001, at the theater ANETON in Thessalonika, he sang for the first time in the comic opera ‘’La Cantarina’’ by J.Haydn, and as in his previous performances, was met with great enthusiasm. His repertoire includes works from G.Verdi, G.F.Händel, W.A.Mozart, J.Brahms, E.Grieg, R.Leoncavallo, F.Schubert, G.Puccini, F.Lehar, R.Strauss, R.Wright, and G.Forrest.In January 2002 he completed his education with excellent commendations and laudations from his teachers because of his outstanding achievements. He then worked for the opera in Thessaloniki and participated in the opera ‘’Il Barbiere di Siviglia’’ ‘’Fidelio,’’ ‘’Tosca,’’ and Don Giovanni under the conductorship of D.Savic. In April 2003 he participated in a duet and sang alongside G.Velivasaki.He also participated in the rock opera, ‘’Alexander the Great’’, by singing in the lead role. This project has not yet been officially performed for the public. This was composed by Kostas Athiridis.In November 2003, he moved to Germany and studied for one year at the Music Academy of Würzburg opera school, as a guest student, where he took lessons from prominent and renowned professors, in order to be prepared for introduction to the German opera world. In Germany, he gave many concerts, some of which were at the Neubaukirche in Würzburg, as well as “La Traviata” at the castle Johannisburg in Aschaffenburg in the role of Gaston, and in the role of “the first prisoner” in the opera “Zauberflöte” in 2006. He has also cooporated in a German operetta with the German soprano Ute Zimmer at the city hall in Aschaffenburg which was accompanied by the Aschaffenburger symphony orchestra.In February 2007 he sang at the Opera House in Frankfurt for the Frankfurter Opera Ball. In January 2008 he sang as a first tenor at the annual Champagne Musicale concert at the city theater of Aschaffenburg. In April 2008 he sang at the Marienkirche in Ludwigshafen, where he successfully interpreted the work “Axion Esti” of Mikis Theodorakis, which was awarded a nobel prize. Georgios Bitzios and Il Bel Canto, along with his Italian friends Giorgio and Giacomo Camese have presented the greatest Italian songs since 2006. Georgios Bitzios and his Greek band Triptychon were accompanied by Zisis Rakitzis (guitar) and Ilias Kotsis(Buzuki), sings Miki Theodoraki and other famous Greek composers.George Bitzios is currently a member of the new group “Elements”, along with Giorgio Camese and Franco Perry. They are now working on their new album with their own compositions.Besides his singing activities on the stage, he also works as a teacher for the Modern Music School in Hanau and Frankfurt. He is specialised in classic, pop, rock and jazz music.Georgios Bitzios wurde in Thessaloniki geboren. Bereits in jungen Jahren beschäftigte er sich mit dem Gesang. In erster Linie mit dem englischen Rock und nachfolgend mit der qualitativen griechischen Volksmusik. 1997 hat er seine Lehrerin Gigi Dimou kennen gelernt und daraufhin bei ihr Gesangsunterricht im Konservatorium Thessaloniki genommen. Ein Jahr später, nach seiner Immatrikulation nahm er an einem landesweiten Gesangswettbewerb in Thessaloniki teil. Dort belegte er bei dem großen Bariton und Jury-Leiter Dan Iordakeskou den dritten Platz. Er nahm an vielen Konzerten teil und sogar drei Mal bei der Opernaufführung „Despo“ von Paul Karrer mit dem Lyrischen Orchestra Thessalonikis unter Leitung von Maestro N. Astrinidi. 1999 trat er zusammen mit Mimi Plessa auf, wobei er die berühmtesten Lieder des Komponisten als Tenor interpretierte. Im Mai 2001 im Theater ANETON nahm er an der Komik Intermezzo „La Cantarina“ teil, wo er in der Hauptrolle großen Erfolg hatte. Er interpretiert Werke großer Komponisten wie G. Verdi, G. F. Händel, W. A. Mozart, J. Brahms, E. Grieg, R. Leoncavallo, F. Schubert, G. Puccini, F. Lehar, R. Wright, G. Forrest u. a. . Im Januar 2002 absolvierte er seine Gesangsausbildung mit Auszeichnung einstimmig und bekam Lobspruch wegen seiner hervorragenden Leistung. Er nahm an vier Opern teil: „IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA“, FIDELIO in Eptapyrgio, „TOSCA“ unter Leitung von D. Savic und „DON GIOVANNI“. Im April 2003 sang er bei einer Diskographie zusammen mit Georgia Velivasaki an der Aufnahme einer persönlichen Maxi-Single mit Liedern von K. Athiridi mit.Im Mai 2003 nahm er an den Oper „DON GIOVANNI“ im Makedonischen Saal in Thessaloniki teil, der von der Open Thessaloniki organisiert wurde. Im November 2003 hat er sich als Gaststudent an der Hochschule der Musik in Würzburg, als Vorbereitung für Auftritte an deutschen Opernhäusern, immatrikuliert.In Deutschland hat er verschiedene Auftritte gehabt, wie z. B. die Teilnahme als Tenor am „Verdi Requiem“ in der Neubaukirche in Würzburg. Im Juli 2005 hat er bei dem Konzert „LA TRAVIATA“ im Aschaffenburger Schloss Johannisburg die Rolle des „Gaston“ gesungen.Darüber hinaus nahm er Ende April an dem Frühlingskonzert in Aschaffenburg teil, bei dem Georgios Bitzios zusammen mit der Sopranistin Ute Zimmer verschiedene deutsche Lieder mit Begleitung des Symphonie Orchesters der Stadt Aschaffenburg interpretiert habenAm 24 Februar 2007 trat Georgios Bitzios bei dem Frankfurter Opernball auf. Gelegentlich macht er auch Auftritte mit Griechischer Musik von Mikis Theodorakis. Zudem spielt er unter anderem mit den Musikern Giorgio und Giacomo Camese verschiedene Auftritte im deutschsprachigem Raum und mit seiner griechischen Band Triptychon.
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