Spiros Exaras

Of Exaras’s work, Al Di Meola says, “The sophistication and eloquence one can hear makes it clear to me that Spiros Exaras’s way of executing the guitar is compelling and beautiful.” 

,A graduate of the Athens Conservatory of Music with degrees in classical guitar and composition, Spiros Exaras is an internationally acclaimed musician, regarded as a master of fusing musical cultures. In his native Greece, Spiros has been a featured player with the Greek National Radio Television Orchestra (ERT), the Orchestra of Colors, Kamerata Symphony Orchestra, as well as working with such acclaimed composers and singers as Yannis Markopoulos, Mario Frangoulis, George Dalaras, Alkistis Protopsalti, Evanthia Reboutsika, Alexia, Mado, Elias Andriopoulos, Antonis Kaloyannis, Sakis Rouvas, Petros Gaitanos and Kostas Hatzis. 

Internationally, Spiros has performed with such artists as Shirley Bassey, Randy Brecker, Jon Benitez, Hernan Romero, Matt Garrison, Ray Vega, Tessa Souter, J.D. Walter, and Joel Rosenblatt as well as Grammy® Award-winners Dave Valentin, Gerardo Velez, and Arturo O’Farrill. 

Exaras also played the searing guitar solo on Mariah Carey’s platinum hit, “My All.” His film and theater scoring includes Everything For a Reason, Niko’s Restaurant, Just Cause, the plays Gallathea, and The Hand and Hen, in addition to numerous commercials.

DISCOGRAPHY:  

Albums: 

1.  Spiros Exaras plays Kostas Hatzis (MBI 1992) 

2.  Unbounded Blue (EP) feat Randy Brecker, Mark Egan, Tom Schuman, Joel Rosenblatt and more (Polyglottal 1994) 3.  Everything For A Reason (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Polyglottal 2000) 

4.  Niko's Restaurant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Polyglottal 2001) 

5.  Gallathea (Original Theatre Soundtrack) (Polyglottal 2002) 

6.  Phrygianics (Blue Note 2003) 

7.  Old Waters New River (Harbinger/Naxos 2014) 

8.  Just Cause (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Polyglottal 2014) 

9.  Mark Murphy featuring Spiros Exaras Live in Athens, Greece (Harbinger/Naxos 2016) 

10. Stis Paralies Tou Feggariou (music on the poetry of the legendary poet and writer Iakovos Kambanellis)  (MLK 2016) 

11. The Dwarf Planets (Five Trombone Etudes), (EP) (Polyglottal Music 2020)

12. The Magic of Christmas (EP) (Polyglottal Music 2021)

13. Anatomy of a Crime (music on lyrics of the legendary poet and writer Fondas Ladis )  (Metronomos 2023)  

Singles : 

1. I Will Never Forget (AL 2019) 

2. La Ruta (Polyglottal 2020) 

3. Yanni mou to Mandili sou/Take 5 (Polyglottal, Apollo 2021) 

4. Christmas Fantasy (AL  2021) 

5. This is for U (Polyglottal 2022) 

6. Take Five (Live) (Polyglottal 2022) 

7. Three Secrets of Rain (Polyglottal 2023) 

8. Unbounded Blue (Polyglottal 2024) 

9. Dance of the Tears (Polyglottal 2025)  

Spiros is a guest composer/guitarist on Achilles Liarmakopoulos's (Canadian Brass) "Trombone Atrevido" and "Ethereal" albums, with the compositions "Chorinho Do Sol" and  "Nostos"  and on Lina Orfanos's album "Dream Odyssey" with the song "Dream".