Andreas kapsalis Andreas began playing guitar at the age of 11, coming from a musical family he was exposed to classical and world music at an early age. This instilled the discipline and a curiosity for the music of other cultures. Being primarily self taught Andreas began to gather influences from every musical style he came across such as Jazz, Greek folk music, Film Soundtracks, Rock, anything that would influence his playing and fuel his own musical compositions.Andreas developed his unique style of guitar playing from overcoming a hand injury the outcome of which spawned a new compositional perspective on the guitar that blends 10 finger tapping with traditional finger style, flamenco and modern extended techniques. This allows for the polyphonous possibilities similar to that of the piano while simultaneously keeping the percussive aspects of the guitar ever present. After years of refining his style his unique approach was discovered by Grammy Award winning Composer and Producer Jim Tullio, a former student of Aaron Copland. Tullio recorded Andreas first EP which garnered attention from such greats as Dave Brubeck and bassist for Miles Davis Foley.In 2005 Andreas was awarded a Composer fellowship by the Sundance institute to bring his compositional style to the silver screen giving him the opportunity to put his music to picture. Andreas' first score was to the internationally acclaimed and award winning documentary Black Gold which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006. Since his initiation into film scoring he has composed music for several award winning films in many genres ranging from horror to dramatic thriller to political documentaries. The experience and range he gains from composing for film inspires his compositional sensibilities as a performer.