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Arsen P was born in Korçë and lives 1998 was a milestone in his career. He permanently in Athens. collaborates for the first time and for the next two years with the music composer Mimis He studied at the Music Conservatory of Korçë Plessas where he later officially began his from the age of 6 where his most favourite career as a session musician Drum/Percussion lessons were the piano and the French Horn. in the studio. His first recording was Zeys Mia Syhroni Laiki Opereta by Mimis Plessas. Since In 1985 he visited Istanbul for the first time 1998 he has been active in discography with with the Children’s Folk Group to represent more than 1,900 songs. his country at the International Folk Festival At the age of 11 he began to work as a musician As a session musician, drum/percussion, at the Classical and Traditional Orchestra of composer and orchestrator, he now works in the National Theater of Korçë. the studio and gives live performances with famous singers in Greece and abroad with Since 1995 he officially started his adult career. tours in Europe, America, Australia, Canada, Originally as a member of the Philharmonic South Africa. Orchestra of Corinth, where he worked as a music teacher at the children’s music incubator Some of his most significant collaborations of the Philharmonic Orchestra. At the same were with the composers Vaggelis time as a drummer he was a member of the Papathanasiou, Antonis Vardis, Christos Stigma Swing Dixieland Band and collaborated Nikolopoulos, Giorgos Theofanous, Kostas with the well-known trumpeter and composer Christidis Foivos, Kyriakos Papadopoulos and Giorgos Mouzakis in the Bigband group. others. Some of the singers with whom he has worked In the traditional music scene he has worked in the studio and in live appearances include with Giannis Konstantinou, Filio Pyrgaki, Giorgos Dalaras, Yiannis Parios, Marinella, Sophia Kollitiri, Giota Griva, Kostas Tzimas, Vicky Moscholiou, Eleni Vitali, Glykeria, Giannis Kapsalis and others. Pitsa Papadopoulou, Stelios Kazantzidis, Dimitris Mitropanos, Antonis Vardis, Makis Particularly creative was his collaboration Christodoulopoulos, Natassa Theodoridou, with instrumental songs with soloists Vassilis Anna Vissi, Mando, Notis Sfakianakis, Saleas, Lefteris Zervas, Thanasis Vasilopoulos, Antonis Remos, Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Panagiotis Stergiou, Vangelis Liolios, Stavros Kostas Makedonas, Despina Vandi, Giorgos Pazarentsis, Makis Tsikos, Nicos Chatzopoulos Mazonakis, Paschalis Terzis, Elena Paparizou, and others. Christos Dantis, Sakis Rouvas, Laura Vital (Flamenco), Farruquito (Flamenco) and others. He was a member of the band’s biggest TV show “The Voice of Greece” and “Rising Star”. A remarkable moment in his career was his participation in the recording of musical themes for the opening ceremony of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, which was attended by millions of viewers across the globe, as well as his presence as a session musician on 2 tracks in the Bhuda Bar collection. In 2000 he started composing and orchestrating his own music with his first instrumental creation “In My Dreams” in the album of Thanasis Vasilopoulos, “Transparents Of The Second”, “Back To The Roots” in the album “Back To The Roots” of Lefteris Zervas, “Souls Desire” in the album “Deep Fellings” of Makis Tsikos. Having grown up in a musical family, with his musician father and grandmother, also a musician and a composer of traditional songs, it was expected to develop a special relationship with Ethnic World and Folk Music. His aim is to create music that combines his favourite musical sounds such as Classical Music, Byzantine, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Latin, Flamenco with Ethnic Music. His wish is for the notes of his soul travelling around the world to offer healing to the soul and love..