Jump to content

Roman Kariolou: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
FrescoBot (talk | contribs)
m Bot: removing misplaced invisible LTR marks and minor changes
Line 4: Line 4:


==Education==
==Education==
He received violin lessons from the age of three and was invited to the [[Yehudi Menuhin School]] by [[Yehudi Menuhin|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 [[Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz|Musikhochschule Graz]].<ref Name="musicaustria" /> In 2004 he took a course in film-music at the [[Film Music Institute Los Angeles]].
He received violin lessons from the age of three and was invited to the [[Yehudi Menuhin School]] by [[Yehudi Menuhin|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 [[Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz|Musikhochschule Graz]].<ref Name="musicaustria" /> In 2004 he took a course in film-music at the [[Film Music Institute Los Angeles]].


== Selected filmography ==
== Selected filmography ==
Line 59: Line 59:


{{DEFAULTSORT:Kariolou, Roman}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kariolou, Roman}}
[[category:1983 births]]
[[Category:1983 births]]
[[category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[category:Male classical pianists]]
[[Category:Male classical pianists]]
[[category:21st-century classical pianists]]
[[Category:21st-century classical pianists]]
[[category:Male film score composers]]
[[Category:Male film score composers]]
[[category:Male television composers‎]]
[[Category:Male television composers]]
[[category:University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni‎]]
[[Category:University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni]]
[[category:Mozarteum University Salzburg alumni‎]]
[[Category:Mozarteum University Salzburg alumni]]
[[category:University of Music and Performing Arts Graz alumni‎]]
[[Category:University of Music and Performing Arts Graz alumni]]
[[category:Cypriot film score composers]]
[[Category:Cypriot film score composers]]

Revision as of 12:50, 3 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.

Specialising in TV and documentary film music, he has composed for BBC, CBS, ZDF, ORF, Discovery Channel, Arte and RAI TV series. He has also been composed to write official songs and music for sport and media opening ceremonies, including the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the official song for the EHF's Champions League.[3]

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.

Selected filmography

TV documentaries

TV drama series

TV film

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

References

  1. ^ a b (in German) MusicAustria entry
  2. ^ Music and Songs from Film and Movies entry
  3. ^ Hymn of the Champions European Handball Federation, accessed on 20 December 2019
  4. ^ Hollywood in Vienna, Festival der Filmmusik
  5. ^ (in German) ORF Universum