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Mark Perakis was born in Aachen (Germany) January the 30th of 1983.
He plays trumpet since 1991 and Jazz Trumpet since 1997 - lessons with
Christoph Titz.
1999 he composed his first songs for his first co-founded band (Waterproof).
At the end of 2000 during a three month stay in Havanna/Cuba he received
trumpet lessons from
Yasek
Manzano. After recording for the first time in a studio and after playing
two big concerts all with "Waterproof" in 2001 the
band split up. The same year Mark Perakis received Jazz- piano and harmony
lessons from
Michael Tzoulas.
In order to bring his own compositions on stage Mark gathered his closest
musical friends around him and played his first solo perfomance (Mark
Perakis and Friends) at the end of 2002. Half a year later he co-founded
the band "On a hot tin groove" and won a
band competition in Liege:
Quotation Grenzecho July,
23th 2003:
Jazzcombo »On a hot tin groove« from Aachen won the first price of a
band competition at the »Fête de la Musique« in Liège. The group from Aachen
succeeded aginst others from Hasselt, Heerlen, Maastricht, Raeren und Lüttich
and convinced the jury especially with their own arrangements.
Following that was a performance in the sold out Jakobshof and a cd recording
in the beginning of 2004 (price of the competition). After that the band split
up as well because the piano player left to study composition in
Hannover.Meanwhile Mark Perakis had already co- founded with the drummer of
the last band and a guitar player "Funk Incorporated",
a new Funk Coverband:
Quotation Super Mittwoch
August, 10th August 2005:
The 10 member collective from Aachen rocked the "Kapuziner- Karree" and
covered with big success the musical range from James Brown to Tower of
Power and Jamiroquai.
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Waterproof:
Mark Perakis (trp./p./Kompositionen/Arrangements)
Sven Heinze (p./git./cello/Kompositionen/Arrangements)
Moritz Baranczyk (dr./Kompositionen/Arrangements)
Sumit Mitra (git.)
Baris Yildirim (bass)
Martin Thomas (ten.sax./fagott)
Mark Perakis and Friends:
Mark Perakis (keys/trp./Kompositionen/Arrangements)
Elena Bongartz (voc.)
Hartmut Dicke (ten.sax.)
Baris Yildirim (bass/Kompositionen/Arrangements)
Moritz Baranczyk (dr.)
special guest: Kostia Rapoport (keys)
On a hot tin
groove:
Kostia Rapoport (keys/Kompositionen/Arrangements)
Mark Perakis (trp./flghrn./Kompositionen/Arrangements)
Marie Brauers (bass/Komposition)
Sven Heinze (cello/keys/Arrangements)
Moritz Baranczyk (dr./Arrangements)
Lisa Heide (voc.)
Funk
Incorporated:
Manuel Luchena (voc.)
Mark Perakis (trp./Arrangements)
Imke Voigt (alt.sax.)
Martin Thomas (ten.sax.)
Ben Baumann (trbn.)
Sebastian Hoff (git.)
Thomas Scheermesser (keys)
Stephan Verhasselt (bass)
Frank Wefers (perc.)
Moritz Baranczyk (dr.)
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- Vita:
(private lessons/workshops/bands)
1987: early
musical education
1991: trumpet
lessons
1993:
schoolorchestra
1995: piano lessons
1996:
Co-Founder "KKG BigBand" (back then "schoolband")
1997:
first contact to improvising during Jazzcombo workshop
(Werner Hüsgen) repeatet 1999
1998:
"Orchesterwerkstatt" sinfonic orchestra (for one concert)
1998: Jazz trumpet
lessons (Christoph Titz)
1999:
first own band ("Waterproof")
2000: Jazz trumpet
lessons on Cuba (Yasek Manzano)
2001: Jazz piano
lessons (Michael Tzoulas)
2001: "Waterproof"
performance in the Audimax and in
Café Stevens; then seperation of the band.
2002:
selftmanagement/songwriting workshops in the VHS
Köln (Martin Ermen)
2002:
first solo performance in "Vielharmonie"
2003:
first price at band contest with new founded band
"On a hot tin groove"; following performance in the "Jakobshof".
2003:
Founding of "Funk Incorporated"
2004:
recordings with "On a hot tin groove" in a studio ;
then seperation of the band.
2004: beginning of
study (Jazz trumpet) at the Conservatory in Maastricht
2005: continuing
study in Amsterdam
2005:
Leaving of the band "Funk Incorporated";
trumpet player in Amsterdam based Funkband "Trip"
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instruments:
trumpet, piano, trombone, el. bass, flute
hobbys:
soundengineering, composing, photography
sport: soccer, table tennis, billard, kayaking
IT: homepage design, presentations, commercials
born:
January, the 30th of 1983 in Aachen (Germany)
status:
student of the conservatory of Amsterdam (2008)
languages:
german, english, dutch, greek, spanish, french
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