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A songwriter, composer, and producer, Sudden Moves loves to collaborate.

Sudden Moves (Elia Petridis) is a Greek-Lebanese, Los Angeles-based songwriter, performer, and multi-instrumentalist who writes genre-blurring, cinematic songs. He draws from his experience across a career as an artist expressing himself through music, cinema, and immersiveTech.

In 2012 he suffered a traumatic brain injury. Today, he writes songs you feel in your chest, soundtracking life, love, and everything in between, celebrating the power born when the mind and the arts collide

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A local institution, Sudden Moves presents themed shows every few months whose proceeds go towards music education therapy across the neurodivergent community.

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Male singer in a blue patterned blazer performing on stage with purple lighting, accompanied by musicians playing guitars and drums amid stage fog.
Stage performance with four performers lifting a woman in a blue dress, a scenic background showing a bar with a sign that reads 'Robo Riders', and a guitarist on the left, during a theatrical or musical show.
A woman with wavy blonde hair bending over on a stage, with her hand on a suitcase or box. A man standing with a microphone in the background, and another person near some equipment. There is a large screen behind them displaying a colorful cartoon o
Man singing passionately on stage with a microphone, band members playing instruments in the background, large screen with 'SUDDEN MOVES' logo behind him, stage lighting includes pink spotlights.
A band performs on stage with a large backdrop displaying a bedroom scene with a sunset view outside the window.
A stage performance featuring a woman in a patterned dress and black heels standing in front of a microphone, with her back to five dancers dressed in black suits and a band playing instruments behind her. A large screen above shows a vintage bar sce
Group of people performing on stage, with one man singing into a microphone, surrounded by others dancing and playing guitar.
Performer singing on stage with arms outstretched and a microphone, with musicians and musical equipment in the background.
Group of performers on stage, with a man in the center holding a microphone, dressed in a patterned jacket, and others playing instruments and engaging. Scene is lit with stage lights, and a projection screen is visible in the background.
A stage performance for The Miracle Project with a singer in front and five people behind, some wearing matching blue T-shirts with the project logo, each saluting or with hands near their heads. A large screen above them displays the event's name an
A man singing into a microphone while playing the keyboard on stage, illuminated by red stage lights.
Performers on stage during a concert, with a singer in front, backup dancers, and a band in the background, celebrating with confetti and a space-themed projection.
A male singer passionately singing into a microphone, wearing an ornate white jacket with gold embellishments and a sparkly black shirt, on stage with a dark background.
A man singing on stage with a suitcase, with a band playing guitars and keyboards behind him, and a projection of an elevator interior on the screen above him.