Paul Avgerinos is an American

United States

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 composer, performer and producer of New Age music

New Age music

New Age music is music of various styles intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism. It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, and reading as a method of stress management or to create a peaceful atmosphere in their home or other environments, and is often...

 whose recordings are also classified in the genres of ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

, space

Space music

Space music, also called spacemusic, is an umbrella term, synonymous with a segment of New Age Music and Ambient Music, used to describe music that evokes a feeling of contemplative spaciousness. Space music can be found within a wide range of genres. It is particularly associated with ambient, New...

, world

World music

World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...

, World Fusion, electronic

Electronic music

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 and drone

Drone music

Drone music is a minimalist musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained or repeated sounds, notes, or tone-clusters – called drones. It is typically characterized by lengthy audio programs with relatively slight harmonic variations throughout each piece compared to other musics...

. Avgerinos also owns Studio Unicorn in Redding, CT, which produces a wide variety of music for Film, TV, Commercials and Albums of all kinds. Avgerinos is recognized as “One of the Giants of New Age Music

New Age music

New Age music is music of various styles intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism. It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, and reading as a method of stress management or to create a peaceful atmosphere in their home or other environments, and is often...

“ by Jim Brenholts, All Music Guide.

Overview

Paul Avgerinos graduated from The Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

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 in 1981 as a full scholarship honors student in Bass Violin. He served as Principal Bass in the orchestras of Italy

Italy

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, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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 and Venezuela

Venezuela

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 and toured with Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour

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 and Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich

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 before opening his own recording studio in 1985, Studio Unicorn.
Most of the Avgerinos New Age albums are careful blends of acoustic and electronic instruments, both well known and obscure, from around the world. Known for his sound design

Sound design

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 and layering talent, Avgerinos also plays Bass Violin, Cello, Guitars, Keyboards and Sings on his recordings. Inspired by Enya

Enya

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, Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream

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, Vangelis

Vangelis

Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis...

 and his orchestral background, Avgerinos often uses Romantic

Romantic music

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 and Impressionistic techniques as he composes and arranges his New Age productions.

Often employing wordless choirs, he sometimes uses lyrics as in his album of Sacred Chant, Phos Hilaron, and his album GNOSIS, which utilizes Greek Orthodox Chanting.
Garden of Delight is his most critically acclaimed recording to date having won awards for Best World Album of the Year and CD of the Month on Echoes.
Collaboration with Peter Kater on his Red Moon album yielded a final five Grammy Nomination in 2004. Avgerinos's music has been in constant steady rotation on Music Choice

Music Choice

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, Sirius XM, Echoes

Echoes (radio program)

Echoes is a daily two-hour music radio program hosted by John Diliberto featuring a soundscape of ambient, space, electronica, and New Age music. The program features in-depth artist interviews and intimate "living room" performances. Interview subjects have included Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel,...

, Hearts of Space

Hearts of Space

Hearts of Space is a United States weekly syndicated public radio show featuring music of a contemplative nature drawn largely from the ambient, New Age and electronic genres, while also including classical, world, Celtic, experimental, and other music selections...

, Musical Starstreams

Musical Starstreams

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, Ultima Thule Ambient Music

Ultima Thule Ambient Music

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, and Star's End

Star's End

Star's End is a weekly, five-hour-long New Age music radio show broadcast by 88.5 WXPN, the University of Pennsylvania's radio station, in Philadelphia. It is the second longest-running show of its type in the world, after Hearts of Space.-History:...

, since the inception of each broadcaster, many of them for over Twenty years .

As an engineer and producer, Avgerinos has worked with Aerosmith

Aerosmith

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, Jewel

Jewel (singer)

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, Run DMC, Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

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, Deana Carter

Deana Carter

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 and The Celtic Tenors.

A member of ASCAP since 1986, the music of Paul Avgerinos has been used in Hundreds of Films, TV shows and Commercials around the world .

Paul Avgerinos lives in Redding, CT.

Solo albums

• 2010 Law of Attraction on Round Sky Music
• 2009 LOVE on Round Sky Music
• 2008 Garden of Delight on Real Music
• 2007 Gratitude Joy on Real Music
• 2006 GNOSIS on Round Sky Music
• 2005 MAYA on Round Sky Music
• 2005 Phos Hilaron on Round Sky Music
• 2001 Words Touch on Round Sky Music
• 1998 Sky of Grace on Round Sky Music
• 1992 Muse of the Round Sky on Hearts of Space
• 1988 Maya ; The Great Katun on World Room
• 1987 Balancing Spheres on World Room
• 1987 Sensual Storm on New World
• 1986 Tropical Paradise on New World
• 1986 Island Sanctuary on New World
• 1985 Celestial Voyage on New World

Samplers and collections

• 2008 iRelax with Numi Tea, Real Music
• 2008 Finding Balance, Sacred Spa Series, Real Music
• 2005 Relaxation Spa - The Greek Isles
• 2005 Relaxation Spa - The Yucatán
• 2005 Relaxation Spa - The Lost Nexis
• 2002 Oasis Spa Series, SIX Albums
• 1994 MBNT , Hearts of Space
• 1993 The Absolute Sound , Hearts of Space
• 1994 Omni; Deep Space Vol. 4
• 1992 Universe Sampler , Hearts of Space
• 1992 Adventures in Music , New Age 5

Collaborations

• Chain, Deana Carter
• And the Wheels Turn, Melonie Canon
• 13 Albums, Kathleen Deignan
• OM Gaia, Terri Mason
• Red Moon , Peter Kater, Silver Wave
• Ecologie by Joaquin Lievano
• Cayman Blue by ZAZEN
• Harp of the Healing Waters by Erik Berglund
• Angelic Harp Music by Erik Berglund
• The Healing Harp by Erik Berglund
• Blessings to the World , Robin Wing
• Count Me In, John Boswell
• Miramar Ten
• Joanie Madden
  Joanie Madden
  Joanie Madden is an Irish-American flute and whistle player of Irish Traditional Music. She is best known as leader of the all-female group Cherish the Ladies, but has also recorded and performed with numerous other musicians, and as a solo artist. She also teaches master classes and...
  
  , Songs of the Irish Whistle
• Surfing the Himalayas, a musical inspiration
• Keys of Romance, S.C. Perkins
• Free Spirit Reflection, Sweetbird
• Soul Fire, Sweetbird
• Many Blessings, A Native American celebration
• Breathing of the World, Rob Silvan
• Gentle Beauty, Ken Townshend
• Flesh and Armor, Liam Baily

Awards

• Garden of Delight ~ Best World Album ~ New Age Reporter 2007
• Echoes CD of the Month ~ January 2008
• Top Ten Radio for 3 Months
• GNOSIS ~ Best Meditation / Relaxation Album ~ New Age Reporter 2006
• Top Ten Three Months & #1 ~ 2006
• MAYA ~ Best Album Art ~ New Age Reporter 2005

External links

• Paul Avgerinos at Round Sky Music (official website)