ABOUT

NIKOS TSIACHRIS IS A GUITARIST AND COMPOSER LIVING IN BERLIN

Nikos is one of the few flamenco guitarists in Germany who focus mainly on solo playing and composition.

Being his father a passionated autodidact classical guitarist, Nikos grows up listening to guitar music long before he started playing it. He begins studying music at home and graduates classical guitar (New Conservatory of Thessaloniki) and Musicology (School of Music Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) .

Vicente Amigo´s first albums make Nikos fall in love with flamenco. He studies flamenco first in Thessaloniki and then in Andalucia (Granada, Sevilla and Jerez).

As soon as he settles down in Berlin, Nikos starts to perform regularly as a flamenco guitarist. He founds „Rasgueo", one of the most influential flamenco-jazz bands of Germany and releases two albums (“Waterfall”, “Echo”) with original compositions. A third album is going to be released in 2023.

Following the tendency of modern flamenco, he releases two albums with own compositions (“Alcance”, “Primavera en Berlin”) and starts a collaboration with Bandolero, one of the most well-known flamenco percussionists. He is actually planning to produce another flamenco album, with collaborations of famous flamenco musicians of Madrid.

Besides composing and performing his flamenco music, Nikos collaborates with several artists and bands such as: flamenco project “Dos Solas”, guitar trio „Guitar Celebration“, flamenco dance company Dulce Amargo, Friederike Harmsen, Carmen Celada, Juan Cárdenas, Tom Auffahrt, Martin Auer, Diego Piñera, Martin Lillich, Jan von Klewitz and many more.

Nikos has performed in Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Polen and Spain. Some important highlights of his career are musical direction of „Berlin for Paco“, a tribute concert to Paco de Lucia (Instituto Cervantes Berlin), „The Salt of the Mediterranean“ (Gorki Theater), International Festival of Street Artists (Stettin, PL), Flamenco Festival of Ingolstadt, Jazzbaltica Festival, Guitar Festival in Kühlungsborn, RomAtak Festival.


DISCOGRAPHY

PROJECTS

  • My Spanish Heart

    FLAMENCO & JAZZ / CONCERT & JAM-SESSION

    21.01. / 26.03. / 21.05. / 09.06. / 22.09. / 26.11.

    Don't miss out on this unique blend of Flamenco and Jazz Fusion, exclusively at b-flat jazz club. Join us for a musical journey that transcends boundaries!

    Ticket reservation: +49 30 2833123

  • Nikos Tsiachris Flamenco Trio

    MODERN FLAMENCO

    “Magnificent guitar music, eloquent, expressive, full of warmth and depth” (Folker Magazin)

    Nikos Tsiachris - flamenco & jazz guitar Gabriel Lorente - flamenco guitar Juan Cárdenas - vocals, percussion

  • Nikos Tsiachris & Flamenco Band

    MODERN FLAMENCO WITH JAZZ INFLUENCES

    “Music can be so much more than just playing the notes. Feeling, flair and a dreamy handling of longing for other countries” (hören & fühlen)

    Nikos Tsiachris - flamenco & jazz guitar Gabriel Lorente - flamenco guitar Juan Cárdenas - vocals, percussion Tom Auffarth - bass Martin Auer - trumpet

  • Rasgueo

    FLAMENCO, JAZZ, WORLD

    “there are repeated attempts to combine jazz with elements of flamenco, but no one was as inspired as Rasgueo's for a long time” (Franz Zipperer, Jazzthetik)

    Nikos Tsiachris - flamenco & jazz guitar Martin Auer - trumpet & flugelhorn Martin Lillich - double bass

  • Guitar Celebration

    CLASSICAL MUSIC, JAZZ, POP, ROCK & BLUES TO FLAMENCO AND WORLD MUSIC

    Ian Melrose -acoustic guitar, dobro Rüdiger Krause - jazz guitar Nikos Tsiachris - flamenco guitar

  • Manuel De Falla

    SIETE CANCIONES POPULARES ESPAÑOLES

    Friederike Harmsen - Mezzosoprano Nikos Tsiachris - flamenco and jazz guitar

CONCERTS

LESSONS

more than twenty five years of teaching experience

Nikos Tsiachris has been teaching guitar for more than twenty five years both privately and at music schools. As a result of this experience he has developed his own teaching-concepts and strategies to enable students learning flamenco guitar. Probably one of the biggest challenges for the most students is to understand the flamenco rhythms, especially the 12-beat rhythms. Through his regular experience of playing together with jazz musicians, as well as teaching to beginners over many years, Tsiachris has developed an efficient way to make both of them - colleagues and students - understand how the 12-beat rhythms work. As he started learning flamenco guitar at the age of twenty-three, he has experienced many common learning difficulties, being thus very aware of the problems that students may face out in their effort to approach flamenco.

teaching method

Simplicity, motivation and awareness are the keywords of Tsiachris teaching method. Simplicity is essential to approach complexity. Flamenco guitar is extremely complex and requires continuous effort of many years, if you want to become a professional musician. Tsiachris has developed a smart strategy of teaching in a simplified and abstract way, supporting students to learn according to their abilities. In consequence students experience more success and less frustration.

Motivation is important in the learning process. Students have individual needs and a good teacher should be able to adapt to them. Tsiachris is flexible and open-minded as a teacher and has the ability to guide efficiently most students. His unique musical style and technical virtuosity have been inspired a lot of students. 

Awareness is also very important. Perhaps the most typical beginners question is "how much time does it take to learn flamenco". Tsiachris answer is "it depends". Learning process varies greatly among students according to their perception, needs, time-dedication, ambitions etc. Tsiachris considers himself a student too; he is convinced that the learning process is continuous and endless. But, students must be aware that it might take several months / years in order to develop a powerful guitar technique and understand flamenco rhythms and sound aesthetics. 

lesson types and plans

Private lesson is ideal for learning everything you ´d like to learn and is especially recommended for those who focus on soloing guitar. Advanced students can learn compositional techniques and improvisation concepts. Apart from face-to-face lessons, online lessons are offered as well, for those who don´t live in Berlin. You can schedule an online lesson via Zoom or Skype and receive the learning material (videos, music score etc.) straight after the lesson.

Group learning often delivers fast results because it allows students to learn from each other and play together ensemble pieces. Tsiachris teaches singing- and dance accompaniment in small group courses, using at the beginning audio and video recordings. Advanced students have the possibility to learn by doing, accompanying regular dance classes and interacting with professional singers.

Tsiachris supports also non flamenco musicians or students who need to understand flamenco rhythms, harmony and structure. Having studied himself classical guitar and musicology, in combination with his experience in performing regularly together with jazz musicians, he has developed an efficient teaching method for those who ´d like to learn essential elements of flamenco music and apply it to other music genres.

prices

While the average price for flamenco guitar lessons in Germany falls somewhere between 30 and 50 Euro per hour, Tsiachris teaching experience and successful method allow him to determine his own prices. 

private lesson for beginners: 45 minutes = 40 Euro / 60 minutes = 45 Euro

private lesson for advanced: 45 minutes = 45 Euro / 60 minutes = 50 Euro

If you have any further questions, please don´t hesitate to contact Tsiachris via e-mail to info@tsiachris.de or call to +49 177 4912242.

VIDEOS

GALLERY

PRESS

PRIMAVERA EN BERLIN

Claus Volke, HÖHREN & FÜHLEN 12/2021 Mein Hörtipp: Nikos Tsiachris: „primavera en berlin“

Ernst Weiss, CONCERTO 01/2022 Modernisierte Flamenco-Jazz Fusion

Rolf Beydemüller, FOLKER MAGAZIN 01/2022 Frühling in Berlin

Jens Müller, GUITAR ACOUSTIC 02/2022 Grenzgänger des Flamenco

Harald Wittig, AKUSTIK GITARRE 02/2022 Primavera en Berlin

Guido Diesing, JAZZTHETIK 03/04-2022 Frühlingsgefühle

ALCANCE

Stefan Franzen, AKUSTIK GITARRE 05/2017 ALCANCE

Uli Lemke, JAZZTHING 06/08-2017 Die Visitenkarte

Angel Romero, WORLD MUSIC CENTRAL 06/2017 El Greco Flamenco

VRIJE GELUIDEN, 05/2017 ALCANCE

ECHO

Katrin Wilke, FOLKER MAGAZIN 02/2019 ECHO

Pío Fernandez, FOLKWORLD 07/2019 Sophisticated Flamenco Fusions

WATERFALL

Franz X.A. Zipperer, JAZZTHETIK 07/08-2015 Gegen die Klischees

Uli Lemke, JAZZTHING 03/2015 Flamenco = Freiheit

STORIES/INTERVIEWS

Simon Sargsyan, JAZZBLUESNEWS 03/2019 Rasgueo´s music is trying to achieve a balance between jazz´s intellectuality and flamenco´s emotionality

Jens Hausmann, AKUSTIK GITARRE 04/2019 Flamenco & Mehr

Katrin Wilke, DEUTSCHLANDFUNK KULTUR 12/2021 Der Flamenco-Gitarrist Nikos Tsiachris und “Primavera en Berlin”

 CONTACT

  • Nikos Tsiachris

    Almstadtstr. 7

    10119 Berlin - Germany

    Tel: +49 (0)177 491 2242

    E-mail: info@tsiachris.de

  • Galileo Music Communication GmbH

    Dachauer Str. 5-7

    82256 Fürstenfeldbruck

    Deutschland

    Tel: +49 (8141) 226 130

    Fax: +49 (8141) 226 133

    Email: info@galileo-mc.de

    www.galileobooking.de