About Paul
My life’s work is to spread Peace, Love, Joy, Healing, Tolerance, Contentment and Bliss through Gentle and Kind music and the Presence of my Being ~
When Paul Avgerinos graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in 1981, as a full scholarship honors student, he had already performed with Isaac Stern, Jean Pierre Rampal, The Beaux Arts Trio, and many other great classical artists. After graduation, Paul served as principal bass of several major symphony orchestras around the world, and gave solo recitals as well.
Expanding into more popular genres, Avgerinos toured as a bassist with Charles Aznavour, Liza Minelli, and the jazz legend Buddy Rich. Seeking to further his original composition and develop his childhood passion for electronic music, Paul built Studio Unicorn, a comprehensive digital/analog recording studio, in 1984. 35 solo CDs in the New Age genre followed, including Grace, which won the 2015 GRAMMY for Best New Age Album. His album BHAKTI earned a 2014 GRAMMY® Nomination and JOY was nominated in 2022.
Avgerinos always makes time for scoring and licensing and has worked on over 1,000 film and TV projects with placements in the Super Bowl, World Cup, the Olympics, HBO, PBS, and Lifetime, among others.
He’s also been involved in a number of platinum album productions as well, working with The Dalai Lama, President Jimmy Carter, Lil Jon, Aerosmith, Jewel, Run DMC and Willie Nelson.
Currently, he lives and works in Redding Connecticut at Studio Unicorn, where the deer pass by his studio windows and the hawks and eagles give inspiration from above.
Paul is a proud voting member of the Grammy Recording Academy – NARAS .
” Avgerinos is one of the giants of Ambient Music ” ~ All Music Guide
Some Significant Awards
JOY, GRACE & BHAKTI
- 2022 GRAMMY® Win as Engineer
- 2022 GRAMMY® Nomination for JOY
- 2020 GRAMMY® Win as Producer
- 2016 GRAMMY® Win
- 2015 GRAMMY® Nomination
- Read All About it Here
- 2002 Grammy® nomination – Peter Kater Red Moon – Avgerinos drum programing
LOVERS
- Best New Age Music Album for 2012
BLISS
- Best Relaxation / Meditation Album for 2011
Garden of Delight
- Best World Album ~ New Age Reporter 2007
- Echoes CD of the Month ~ January 2008
- Top Ten Radio for 3 Months
Gnosis
- Best Meditation / Relaxation Album ~ New Age Reporter 2006
- #1 in Radio / Top Ten Three Months ~ 2006
Maya
- Best Album Art ~ New Age Reporter 2005
Law of Attraction
- Top Ten New Age Album for 2010
LOVE
- Two Best of ’09 Nominations
Phos Hilaron
- Best of ’05 Nomination
Sky of Grace
- Voted Best Album of 1998 by Wind and Wire Magazine
