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Manos Milonakis

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BIO / EARLY WORK:
Manos Milonakis is a composer and an architect. He was born and raised in Thessaloniki, where he studied classical piano, music theory and harmony at an advanced diploma level (diploma in Harmony).
During his studies in Architecture, at School of Engineering of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Msc in Architecture), he combined his main fields of interest presenting his dissertation essay entitled Soundscapes (2008), researching on “sonic” architecture -as opposed to acoustic design- and the role of subjectivism in the perception of architectural space.
In 2006, he started together with George Papadopoulos the multi-instrumental musical duet of “Your Hand in Mine” (cinematic/folk), which has been the musical project that actually got him into composing for the moving image. As member of the duet of “Your Hand in Mine”, Manos Milonakis was given the chance to tour and perform in numerous cities of Greece and Europe, to get deeper into composition, music production, engineering and street music, as well as to study and collect a large variety of instruments: wurlitzer piano, accordion, electric bass, guitars, percussion, stroh-violin, ukulele, glockenspiel, melodica, toy piano, music boxes, to name a few…He has released 3 albums with this band, among of which, an original score for the full length mute film “Every Night Dreams” (1933) of Mikio Naruse, through comission by the 48th Thessaloniki International Film Festival.

SOLO WORK:
In the summer of 2014, and after Y.H.I.M.'s breakup, Manos Milonakis continues as a solo artist, travels to Iceland for inspiration and records his “Solfar EP”, in Reykjavik, with a local string quartet.
Later on, he starts composing for the theatre, for the following plays/performances:

Stage adaptations of songs for for Alan Eyckbourn's “Absurd Person Singular” (National Theatre of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, November 2014).
Original theatrical score for Thanassis Triaridis' theatrical play "Zyklon or the destiny" (BlackBox Theatre/ Alkmini Theatre, Thessaloniki/ Athens, Spring 2015).
Original theatrical score for A.P.Checkhov's "The Seagull" (Teatrul National Marin Sorescu, Craiova, December 2015).
Re-arrangements of V. Tsitsanis folk songs using toy-instruments for Lena Kitsopoulou's play "M.A.I.R.O.U.L.A." ("T" Theatre, Thessaloniki, January 2016).
Original theatrical score for Thomas Vinterberg’s “Festen” (National Theatre of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, November 2016).
Original theatrical score for Elise Wilk’s "The Green Cat” (Dipethe Kozanis, January 2018).
Original theatrical score for Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” (National Theatre of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, February 2018).
Original theatrical score for Mark Haddon’s “The curious incident of the dog at midnight” (National Theatre of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, November 2018).

CURRENT:
In the meantime Manos Milonakis composes music for documentaries, online videos and other projects (Drink and be Merry, Urban Lightscapes, A Neighborhood at the limit) while giving concerts at selected places and occasions (Pic Nic Urban Festival 2014, Sofar Sounds 2015, Dimitria Festival 2015, Music On Open Stage Festival 2016, Piano Day-Amsterdam 2018, Vovousa Festival 2018).

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www.manosmilonakismusic.com