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Achilles Liarmakopoulos (born August 29, 1985) is a Greek trombonist and member of the Canadian Brass. ==Background== As a member of the legendary Canadian Brass has toured extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia, performing and educating in the world’s most important venues and institutions.〔http://achillestrombone.com/bio/〕 As a soloist, Liarmakopoulos is dedicated to an expanding repertoire of new pieces, works from the archives and the standard repertoire. He has premiered a number of pieces from emerging composers who have written specifically for him. At the age of 18 he performed as a soloist at the Walt Disney Hall as the Grand Prize Winner of the Pasadena Showcase House Instrumental Competition, judged by members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has given solo recitals in the U.S., China, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Greece, and has performed with a number of orchestras worldwide. Liarmakopoulos holds degrees from the Yale School of Music, the Curtis Institute of Music (class of 2008)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Full Alumni Listing )〕 the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Philippos Nakas Conservatory in his hometown of Athens, Greece.〔 His studies have been supported by merit-based scholarships, Bok Foundation and Milton L. Rock Annual Fellowships and scholarships from the Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Alexandros S. Onassis Foundation and the Greek State Scholarship Foundation. Yale University awarded him the Philip Francis Nelson Prize for outstanding musicianship. In December 2010 he won the position of principal trombone of the Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he played for one season before joining the Canadian Brass. Achilles has also performed with the Malaysian Philharmonic, Jacksonville Symphony and European Union Youth Orchestra, among many others.〔 Liarmakopoulos has received awards in a number of competitions, including the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe, 2nd Christian Lindberg International Trombone competition. His debut solo album, ''Ástor Piazzolla: Tango Distinto'', was released by Naxos Records in 2011. It is the first full album to appear with Astor Piazzolla's music played by solo trombone.〔http://www.trombone.net/news/news.cfm?ID=1556〕 The album has received rave reviews worldwide. In January 2013 he was invited to play with the famous Oregon-based genre-bending ensemble Pink Martini. Since then he has performed with them internationally〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Achilles Liarmakopoulos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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