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, Elias Andriopoulos, Antonis Kaloyannis, Petros Gaitanos and Kostas Hatzis.
Internationally, Spiros has played 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.
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".
