FILIP SKLAVENITIS

     Filip Sklavenitis was born on March 13rd 1979 in Athens, Greece.

 

 

At a very young age, his interest in music became evident as he spent hours upon hours at home trying to learn to play the musical instruments his father, an amateur composer, had lying around in the house.

At the age of seven he began taking his first guitar lessons at the Conservatory. At the age of ten he began his studies on modern theory and harmony and at the age of thirteen he began playing gigs with local school bands, but also in small stages, experimenting in different kinds of music, from jazz and rock to traditional Greek music.

At age 17 he passes the exams to Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus in the Department of Accounting and Finance (http://www.puas.gr/index.php/en/).

while studying Classical guitar and Classical harmony.

In 2004 he receives a scholarship from the conservatory where he studied and completes his studies that same year with a degree in Classical guitar, rated excellent.

In 2005 he earns his degree in classical harmony rated excellent and at the same time completes his studies at the University.

All this time he plays dozens of gigs with bands and famous artists of the Greek music scene while also giving guitar lessons.

After 2005 he gave classical and electric guitar lessons in Attica Conservatories and worked as a session musician in bands, solo artists and studio sessions.

In 2007 he decides to broaden the range of his teaching and musical knowledge and takes qualifying examinations at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in the Netherlands in the modern department where he is admitted. For personal reasons at the time he couldn’t leave Greece, so he decides to take a qualifying exam at the The University of the Aegean (UAegean) in the Department of Primary Education (http://www1.aegean.gr/aegean2/index.html) where he successfully passes. In 2010 he completed his studies there alongside a degree in English.

 

48 Ores

 

In September 2009, Filip joined 48 Ores. A band that moves in the pop-rock style. In the same month they compete in the Greek X Factor 2, where after a stormy run in the competition, after 15 live shows, they made the final (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM-Ds5NpRZQ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp9XUFd5guU) where they emerged in the 3rd place winning, apart from the judges’ acclaim and the audience’s affection, a record contract with Heaven Music, a member of Antenna Group of Companies (http://heavenmusic.gr/).

In the autumn of 2010, they participate in the greek equivalent of the Late Show, undertaking the difficult task of musically outfitting it. The show lasted for five successful seasons with the band covering more than 1500 songs throughout its course.

Here are some of them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wDA2PXgPzM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_edqUx_4kY&index=13&list=PLjoZ2t63YMIo9Uv3QRko4nQrQUi6SUx7i

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_BxLGvDzCs&list=PLjoZ2t63YMIo9Uv3QRko4nQrQUi6SUx7i

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwfdA6O8sFs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRhPf2h81JY&index=3&list=PLjoZ2t63YMIo9Uv3QRko4nQrQUi6SUx7i

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFf-wsRg4To&list=PLjoZ2t63YMIo9Uv3QRko4nQrQUi6SUx7i&index=12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzOo8eg0tzc

In the meantime they embarked on a relentless spin of hundreds of live gigs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijjExTjQKrk) in Greece, Cyprus and abroad, collaborating at times with the biggest names of the domestic music industry.

 

We just name a few:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonis_Remos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despina_Vandi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christos_Dantis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notis_Sfakianakis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Vissi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Zina

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panos_Mouzourakis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamta

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakis_Rouvas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Paparizou

and more…

Alongside its live performances in clubs and concerts, the band features consistently in a variety of corporate, touristic and private events (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcm7nyrEV6U).

Their musical prowess and professionalism has made them a household name and a very sought after artist in that field so they perform on average over 140 private and corporate parties a year.

Their most prominent employer for 4 consecutive years is world renowned author Paulo Coelho, who hired them for his birthday parties, 5 times in 5 different European cities.

The band has 2 full albums and lot of digital singles and music videos, Currently the band is in a partnership with Spicy Music (http://www.spicymusic.gr).

 

 

Every time 48 Ores get a little break between tours, Filip guest participates in studio recordings with bands and artists all over Greece (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJnVdin_stI). He is also currently working on his first solo album.

 

ENDORSEMENTS

For electronic parts, repair services and custom stomp boxes he

works with Tsakalis Audio Works (https://tsakalisaudioworks.com/).

 

Here are some stomp boxes that he has presented:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3hNdr1aQNk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba8v6CSswd0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33dki2eHPYQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_eQ_U3oGwI

 

In 2018 Filip takes artist price by Fractal Audio (https://www.fractalaudio.com) and G66 (https://www.g66.eu).

 

In 2016, in a partnership with Fremediti Guitars (https://www.fremeditiguitars.com/), he created his first signature electric guitar: Fremediti Orpheus FS (Filip Sklavenitis Signature Model) (https://www.youtube.com/watch ? v = uwCkfXbrLc0).

 

In terms of guitar strings, picks and music accessories in general, he works with “Timis Music House”, the official representative of Ibanez and Tama in Greece, (https://www.trimis.com.gr/).

Finally he works with Zylo Eyewear (https://zyloeyewear.com) to create eye-catching custom sunglasses (https://www.instagram.com/p/BHUSz36AtwO/) and Vision (https://www.instagram.com/p/BHUS3RtgrYG/) inspired by the colors of his signature guitar .
https://www.instagram.com/p/BT32Prbjh32/

Since 2016 the Greek boutique clothing company Twin Black (http://www.twinblack.gr) is responsible for the bands clothing for the live shows, video clips and photo sessions.

 

 

 

 

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