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Mike Georgiades (guitarist)
Classical Guitarists / Wedding Entertainment
Mike is a talented guitarist providing beautiful music for many events across the UK, ideal for weddings (ceremonies and receptions), dinners, parties and corporate events. Mike can perform in many styles from classical to latin jazz to popular classics.
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Profile
Mike is a guitar player teacher and composer. He is an accomplished performer of many guitar styles namely Classical Romantic Spanish and Flamenco through to Latin Jazz Rock and Pop.
Currently working with many UK agencies Mike has performed at many prestigious venues including The Royal Pavilion (Brighton) The Four Seasons Hotel The Grove The Savoy and many more. Current projects include film & TV work with top publisher Boosey & Hawkes. Mike also works as a session guitarist recently working with 'Zoe & Frank' - a major label release in Japan. He has worked with the likes of Henry Olsen (formerly of Primal Scream) Tim Weller (drummer and brother of Paul) and programmer/producer Alexis Smith (Moulin Rouge and David Gray).
Mike became a guitarist at the age of six. After winning several arts competitions he gained a music scholarship and had reached the final for the regional Young Musician of the Year by the age of twelve which was aired live on the BBC. From this classical background Mike went on to train at the university of Salford gaining a degree in Popular Music and Recording. He has undertaken live session work in the UK for musicals such as 'Grease' 'Joseph' and 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'. He currently plays and writes songs for the highly rated band The Godlies who have performed at venues such as the Cambridge Folk Festival.
Some general scenarios...
Dinners
Eating drinking and conversing can be enjoyed to the setting of beautiful, non-intrusive guitar music. Subtle amplification is used to fill out any size of room, without stifling conversation.
Wedding Ceremonies
This can often include providing background music from when the guests arrive, the ceremony itself, through to the subsequent photo sessions. Why not walk down the isle to your favourite 'special' song or piece? The classical guitar is ideal for capturing the intimacy of the moment.
Wedding Receptions
An extremely popular choice, for when the party is in its early stages! Love songs can be arranged for the classical guitar on request.
Parties
The choice of playing material can be chosen to reflect the mood - from rhythmic samba-style latin jazz, to sing-along classics, through to relaxing classical pieces to create a certain sophisticated atmosphere or to wind down with at the end of the night.
Testimonials
Mrs H C – Bride (July'05)
”Thank you so very much for playing so beautifully at our wedding on the 23rd. Everybody commented on how well you played and at what a special atmosphere your music gave to the ceremony. I am only sorry I wasn't in the room to hear more, but I really enjoyed the pieces you played during the signing of the register and especially appreciate you taking the time to learn Here Comes The Sun. It really wouldn't have been half as nice without you there and we are so pleased that you were!
I very much hope that we will have the opportunity to hire you again in the future and until then send you all best wishes and many many thanks again.”
Mr Derek Beham – Client (Sept'05)
“…I was very pleased with Mike Georgiades and would like to thank him for the sympathetic and excellent service he provided. He played beautifully and I know that several people, including myself, expressed our pleasure at his playing.”
Hawridge & Cholesbury School –Concert (July'04)
"Mike performed at our charity concert. He enthused the audience with his playing and we all felt like taking up the guitar after that!"
Mrs Fiona Wilcock – Concert audience member (July'04)
“Mike played the guitar with great sensitivity and it was a pleasure to hear and see him play.”
Set
list
Classical / Romantic
Sonata (Op.50) – Gulliani
Cello Suite – Bach
La Fille… - Debussy
Greensleeves – Trad.
Fantasia – Dowland
Estaciones Portenas - Piazolla
Allegretto - Sor
Romanze – Paganini
Canarios – Sanz
Allegretto - Carcassi
Andante – Sor
Menuet – Bach
Bouree - Bach
Pavane - Milan
Pavane - Ravel
Menuet&Trio - Diabelli
Melancholy Galliard- Dowland
Allemande - Dowland
Largo - Vivaldi
Rondo in A - Carulli
Cannon in D - Bach
Sonata (K323) - Scarlatti
Spanish / Latin
Alcazar de Segovia – Torroba
Asturias – Albeniz
Spanish Romance – Anon
Seville – Albeniz
Choro no.1 – Villa Lobos
Danza no.5 – Granados
Danza Brazilera - Morel
Barcarola – Barrios
Tango - Albeniz
Preludes 1-5 – Villa Lobos
Lagrima – Tarrega
Samba em Preludio – Powell
Bolero - Arcas
Sambalamento – Bonfa
Cordoba – Albeniz
Puerta de Tierra - Albeniz
Montemayor - Torroba
Malaguena - Tarrega
Walking in Rio – Bonfa
Adelita - Tarrega
Recuerdos de.. - Tarrega
Apelo – Baden Powell
Popular
Cavatina
Killing Me Softly
Girl From Ipanema
If I Fell
Wonderful World
Have I Told You Lately
And I Love Her
Loch Lomond
Yesterday
Wonderful Tonight
Fly Me To The Moon
Just The Two Of Us
Hey Jude
Michelle
El Condor pasa
Lean on Me
My Heart Will Go On
Always On My Mind
How Deep is Your Love
Loving You
Everything I Do…
Feelings
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 Listen
to Mike Georgiades (guitarist)
Songs will play on any PC with Windows Media
player.
Song title |
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| O Mio Babbino Caro |
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| Spanish Dance No 4 |
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| The Girl from Ipenema |
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| Here, There and Everywhere |
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| Bridal March |
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| Farruca |
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| They Can't Take that Away from Me |
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Line-up & instrumentation
Solo guitarist
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Travel availability
This band are only available in the regions
listed below.
Scotland
Wales
International
Ireland
The South
The Midlands
The North
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Reviews & references
Client
name: Gavin and Inna
Client
artist rating: 
Comments: Thanks to Graham from AN for making booking the artist for our wedding so easy. Mike Georgiades was great! We've asked him to play at our wedding during ceremony and through drinks and dinner. He did an amazing job and was very professional and friendly - all our guests commented how good our choice was! We'd definitely recommend Mike to anyone.
Gavin and Inna
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Client
name: Gayle & Olie
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artist rating:
Comments: Mike is a very talented guitarist and we highly recommend him. He was professional, friendly and pitched his set list perfectly to each stage of our wedding, also accommodating our requests with no problem.
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Client
name: Anita
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artist rating:
Comments: Hi Becky,
He was great thanks! Mike was fantastic and a very easy to work with. We hope he enjoyed being here as much as we had him and look forward to having him back in the future.
With kind regards,
Anita Sales
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Client
name: Hannah
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artist rating:
Comments: Mike was friendly, polite and a brilliant guitarist. He was flexible in the repertoire he could perform. Obviously a very talented individual.
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Client
name: Ellie
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artist rating:
Comments: Mike arrived on time, was extremely friendly polite and well-presented and we had lots of positive comments.
10 out of 10!
Ellie
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Client
name: Gemma
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artist rating:
Comments: Hi Clare
Everything was fantastic last night with Mike. He impressed everyone and gave the ambience required for the background music whilst we had our reception drinks.
Regards
Gemma Farmer
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Client
name: Lisa & James
Client
artist rating:
Comments: Hi James,
Just to let you know that the music Mike played at Our Wedding was amazing. We had made four specific requests to Mike and he beautifully played each piece of music.
We had a wonderful wedding day and we are so glad Mike was there to share this with us.
Lisa & James
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Client
name: Dave & Natalie
Client
artist rating:
Comments: Mike was superb playing classical guitar at the
reception, what a nice guy plus so many people
complimented him on his playing,
The perfect musical backdrop to a reception.
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Client
name: Bob and Pam Whatmore
Client
artist rating:
Comments: Hello Paul
The day was perfect and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the music, they thought it was wonderful.
Thank you.
Bob and Pam Whatmore
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Client
name: Gill
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artist rating:
Comments: Hi Rebecca,
What a fantastic day we had with Mike there to make our day even more special. Everyone commented on how wonderful he was and we can only agree! He played "Beautiful" by James Blunt as i walked down the aisle and apparently there wasn't a dry eye anywhere as the title of the song says, Mike played it beautifully. I would recommend him to anyone who was looking for someone to make their day that little more special....what a star!!!!
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Client
name: Caroline
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artist rating:
Comments: Back at work already which is a bit depressing! The day was truly fantastic and Mike really was great. His playing was lovely and Stuart and I are really grateful for all your help. Please thank Mike again on behalf of myself and Stuart.
Warm wishes,
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Client
name: Caroline
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artist rating:
Comments: Many thanks for all your help Paul. Your service has been excellent and stress-free! I’m one of the first to be getting married out of many friends that are engaged at the moment and will definitely be recommending you to everyone.
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