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Revision as of 22:15, 2 October 2020
Roman Kariolou (born 1983)[1] is a Cypriot[2] pianist and composer for TV and film. In addition to compositions for events in media and sport, he has written incidental and theme music for over fifty TV films and series as well as a number of documentaries since 2007.
Education
He received violin lessons from the age of three and was invited to the Yehudi Menuhin School by Menuhin himself aged five. He was considered a child prodigy and performed in Vienna, London, Prague and Athens during his childhood. Thanks to a Zakhar Bron grant he studied for a year at the Musikhochschule Lübeck before moving in 1991 to the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, where he was taught by Jewgenia Tschugajewa. He continued his studies at the Mozarteum and under Tibor Varga at the Musikhochschule Graz.[1] In 2004 he took a course in film-music at the Film Music Institute Los Angeles.
Works
Specialising in TV and documentary film music, he has composed for Roman Kariolou hat sich auf Musik für Dokumentarfilme und Fernsehproduktionen spezialisiert. Er hat mit Fernsehstationen wie BBC, CBS, ZDF, ORF, Discovery Channel, Arte and RAI TV series. He has also been composed to write music for hymns and for sport and media opening ceremonies, including the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the hymn for the EHF's Champions League.[3]
Selected filmography
Prizes, awards and nominations
- 2009: Wiener Filmmusik-Preis[4]
- 2016: US International Film- and Video Festival Award, for Vanishing Kings
- 2017: Gold Camera Award;:US International Video Festival, for Europe's Last Nomads
Nominations
- 2013: Best Music, for The Empress and the Forest, Green Screen Festival, Eckernförde[5]
- 2015:Africa's Wild West, National Geographic
External links
- (in German) Tabellarischer Lebenslauf Music Austria
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- Official website
- (in German) Mica-Interview with Roman Kariolou Music Austria
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References
- ^ a b (in German) MusicAustria entry
- ^ Music and Songs from Film and Movies entry
- ^ Hymn of the Champions European Handball Federation, accessed on 20 December 2019
- ^ Hollywood in Vienna, Festival der Filmmusik
- ^ (in German) ORF Universum