Natassa Mare

Greek singer and songwriter Natassa Mare is a musician with studies in classical and jazz piano, theory of jazz, theory of classical and jazz song.

Cooperated with:
- The Greek Ministry of Macedonia Thrace, the Music Department of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Orchestra of the Polytechnical School of the same University in concerts throughout the greater region of Northern Greece.
- She cooperated with the European Parliament of Young People in the framework of the 24th meeting and has been twice member of the Contemporary Orchestra of Variety Music on ET3 National T.V. Channel.
- She cooperated with cultural clubs and Municipalities all over the country, she gave personal concerts and cooperated with music groups in various music related activities
- In January 2001 she participated in the EUROPEAN WORLDWIDE MUSIC FESTIVAL in cooperation with GAIA FESTIVAL.
- In 2002 she staged the performance - Greece as a Female Expression - based on the music and songs of great Greek composers and, also, the recitation of excerpts from her personal notes. The performance was praised by the local press in the cities it was presented.
- She has cooperated in 380 concerts along with other artists from all over Greece into some of the most important events:
i) THE GREAT ANTI-WAR CONCERT for the war in Yugoslavia / Theater of Earth
ii) GRAND CONCERT against the war / Ancient Square etc
- She has sung in various theatrical plays:
i) NORMAL PERVERSIONS by Harold Pinter, Bald Theater
ii) L’ AMANT by Harold Pinter, Bald Theater
- She staged the performance PASSION with the PASSION BIG BAND, which she organized by herself and was in full charge of. Overall, 54 performances were given in theaters and concert halls.
- In 2002 she also represented Greece in the “Festival of Artist Women of the two Seas, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea”, a multi-complex happening organized by UNESCO in which 34 countries took part. Along with a 12-member orchestra (which she organized by herself), she presented a musical puzzle dedicated to Greek expression and its unification with the rest of the world through a global code. The Greek participation was considered to be the most important in the music section of the Festival.
- At the same period, she was appointed in charge of the Jazz department of Vocals and Contemporary Song in the NEW CONSERVATORY of Thessaloniki under the auspices of Karolos Trikolidis, and she performed a new series of concerts with the support of very important State bodies:
i) “5th Mother World Festival 2001
ii ) A Tribute to the Woman as a Meaning and as a Symbol
iii) A Tribute to the Greek Expression etc
- with the support of the Ministry of Defense, the sponsorship of the Ministry of Macedonia- Thrace and the Ministry of Culture, with the cooperation of the Regional Government of Thessaloniki, the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the Consular Authorities, the Institute of Maternal Studies and ET3 National TV Channel
- In June 2003 her first disc with the title “a” is released and receives great reviews from the most valid Greek music magazines.
- She was also in charge of the direction and production of the video clip for the song titled “je t' appelle” which was taped in the regions of Nice and Monaco- as well as the song titled “Paradise”. Both songs belong to the song group of the “a” cd. She also attended to the videos that accompany and complement her new performance by the same title, where her new disc work is officially presented in cooperation with FAOS ORCHESTRA.
- Member of the Artists with out frontiers, she collaborated with Christine Alavoine and Marc Roger at his project "Sur les chemins d' Oxor", with the attendance of the French Institute, and the Historical Center of Thessaloniki.
- Since 2005 she is collaborating with British guitarist Jason Carter in various projects..

website: www.natassamare.com