Maro Dovelou was born in Athens. She began her musical studies at the National Conservatory of Music, where she received her Diploma in Guitar (class of K. Gregorea) with a grade of Excellent Unanimous and first prize (2001). She continued her musical studies in Advanced Theory, while she attended seminars on guitar, early music, theatre, […]
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Spanaki Loukia – Classical Singing
The soprano Loukia Spanaki grew up in Piraeus. From a very young age she was involved in music, studying piano. Her debut was with ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ which was followed by roles such as Violetta in Traviata, the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Rosalinde in The Bat, […]
Michalis Kontaxakis-Classical Guitar
A prize winner in many international guitar competitions, including the 1st prize at the prestigious “Francisco Tárrega International Guitar Competition”, Michalis Kontaxakis is considered to be one of the leading classical guitarists of his generation. He graduated from Costas Cotsiolis’ class at the Municipal Conservatoire of Piraeus. He also studied at the Robert Schumann University […]
Socrates Ganiaris – Percussion & Drums
He was born on Chios island, Greece, and lived there through his school years. When his was eighteen he moved to Athens where he started his formal music studies. He studied drum set and music theory, for five years, at the “Central Conservatory of Athens” with George Stinis and Kostas Klavas respectively. During the same […]
Nikos Galenianos
Nikos Galenianos (b. 1985) acquired in Greece degrees in classical piano and music theory studies. While working on music, he studied law and graduated from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Between 2013-2017 he studied and graduated ”cum laude”, composition, from the Classical Music Academy of Rotterdam (Codarts). Ηe has attended composition lessons with […]
Makropodis Dimitrios-Modern Piano, Advanced Theory-Organization & Composition
Makropodis Dimitrios was born in Corfu. He studied Piano, Advanced Theory, Orchestration, Orchestration and Composition. He is the founder and artistic director of the Contemporary Conservatory of Athens (S.O.A.), teacher of Advanced Theory, Orchestration, Orchestration and Composition. In the past he was the artistic director of the Sibelius Conservatory, as well as a member of […]
Bikakis Othonas-Cretan Lyra
He was born in Athens and comes from Chania, Crete. He graduated from the Cretan Lyre Department of the Hellenic Conservatory of Music, under the tutelage of Zacharias Spyridakis. He attended Byzantine music lessons with Emmanouil Haniotis, seminars on Modal Music with George Pappas, Tasos Poulios and Alexandros Papadimitrakis and seminars with soloist and composer […]
Aulon Bino-Piano, Music Theory
Aulon Bino was born in Athens. He began studying piano at the Athens Conservatory with Stella Karantasi and later with the distinguished music educator and pianist Giorgos Manesis. He completed his academic studies with honors at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana, Albania, in 2015, under the guidance of Merita Rexha Tershana. Deeply committed […]
Demertzis George-Violi
He was born in Chalkida in 1954. He began his studies at the Conservatory of Chalkida and then at the Hellenic Conservatory of Athens, with Stelios Kafantaris as his teacher. He received his soloist diploma in 1979 with all the honours. He also studied with Max Rostal at the Konservatorium fur Musik in Bern. In […]
Neoptolemos Angas – Advanced Theory
Neoptolemos Antzas was born in 1983. He studied systematic musicology at the University of Athens and higher theory (fugue) with the composer Dimitris Makropodis. He also studied piano with Chrysanthos Alissafis and oboe with Dimitris Vamvas, as well as orchestral writing with Noel Tredinnick, Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His professional […]
