The pianist
belongs to a group of fine and select musicians of Greece, actively involved in
contemporary music, artistic research, and pedagogic projects. The last few
years she has taken a special interest in the study and promote of works by
20th & 21st century Greek composers.
Distinguished
contemporary composers have dedicated some of their works to her and she
performed their world premieres.
Her
repertoire includes a wide range of important classical and contemporary works,
having also a specialization in tango music.
She has
received excellent critiques for her entire presence in the artistic domain
awarded from the Greek Union of Greek Reviewers for Theatre and Music as well
as from the Gramophone Magazine (editor's choice january 2018),Classica french
magazine, Piano News magazine and many international reviewers.
With studies
in Greece, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland, she was educated next to great
pianists and teachers, including Eleni Papazoglou (State Conservatory of
Thessaloniki - Piano Diploma with Excellence), Lilia Boyadjieva (Conservatoire
de Villepinte Paris - Diplome Superieur d'Execution, the highest distinction
and 1st Prize), Stella Dimitrova, Alfredo Speranza, Lazar Berman, Margaret
Newmann, Carla Cuidici, Julia & Constantine Ganevi.
Her style
combines influences from various pianistic schools, mainly through the teachers
she worked with on the interpretation and musical approach of classical and
contemporary repertoire: Nikos Astrinidis (student of Dinu Lipatti), Julia and
Constantin Ganev (students of Heinrich Neuhaus), Roberto Szidon (student of
Ilona Kabos, Claudio Arrau & Arthur Rubinstein).
Nikos
Astrinidis – a pianist, conductor and composer whose works she has performed –
has been her main inspiration and mentor for many years.
Extremely
significant during her postgraduate studies was her apprenticeship with the
famous Brazilian pianist Roberto Szidon, whose teaching influenced her deeply.
Erato
Alakiozidou performs extensively in Europe in important concert halls and
festivals (Switzerland, Germany, Belgium,Serbia, Poland, Italy, Portugal,
Netherlands,Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece) wresting always very good reviews.
Some of the
places she performed among others are: Center of Russian Music-Goldsmiths
University, Musica Polonica Nova,I Concerti del Chiostro,Sentieri
Mediterranei,Lab festival,Camino Festival,Festival Pianistico,Colletivo
Rituale, Apulia Metropolitan Music festival,Camino da Genere, The
Spheres,Klasik Keyifler, International Music Days(Turkey),Aveiro
University,Ionian University of Corfu,Yasar University, Pianissimo Festival,
Fontantion Pierre Gianada, Guarnerius Hall,Demetria Festival, Sani Festival,
“Music of the World” Festival,Simi Festival,Athens Concert Hall, Thessaloniki
Concert Hall, Benaki Museum, Concert Hall of Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, University of Macedonia, Archealogical Museum of Thessaloniki,
Byzantine Museum of Thessaloniki and many more.
She has
appeared as a soloist with the symphonic
orchestra “Nae Leonard” Galati of Romania, with the Orchestra of Colors,the
State Orchestra of Thessaloniki, the Lutoslawski quartet and the idee fixe
ensemble, under the direction of Theodere Antoniou,Miltos Logiadis,Dimitris
Botinis, Alexandre Myrat and Dimitris
Dimopoulos.
She is a
founding member and Artistic Director of the “Tangos a Cuatro” ensemble, the
contemporary music ensemble “Idée Fixe”, the International Workshop Festival
“Music Diaries” and the nonprofit organization “beArtive”.
She
maintains a multidisciplinary activity in various fields of modern creation.
She is actively involved in contemporary music projects by exploring thematic
associations for the repertoire, creating educational programs, conducting
research, publishing articles and managing artistic events and productions. Her
interest in recent years focuses on chamber music of the Russian Avant Garde
and of other important European artistic currents and new composers, while
actively promoting since 2000 the emergence of works by Greek composers of the
20th & 21st centuries.
Among
others she is working actively in other fields of artistic organizations and
productions. She has organized international seminars and concerts in
collaboration with big conservatories and institutions.In collaboration with
the German pianist Thomas Wellen, she has redacted the piano sonatas of J.
Haydn, which are published by the Music Melody Maker editions. She has been
writing for the art magazine “Avlea”, creating the column “Music and Musicians”
and since 2008 she is the creator and director of the “Con Fuoco” magazine,
being published by the Teachers’ Association of the Municipal Conservatory of
Thermi.
Alongside
her performance activity, she teaches at the Conservatory of Athens since 2017,
and at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki since 2000 where she holds the
possition of the International Coordinator and the head of the accompaniment
department.
She has
played a decisive role in the dissemination of contemporary music and in the establishment
of new musical institutions in Greece (“Synthermia” Contemporary Music
Festival, Municipal Conservatories International Summer Music Academy,
Echosynkyria, Municipal Conservatories Network), and has organized many music
events and educational programs.
Also, she
has been the Artistic Director of the Municipal Conservatory of Thermi
maintaining the position for 16 consecutive years until 2018.
She is
regularly invited as a guest artist by many Universities and Conservatories to give master classes and
lectures, and by international musical associations as a jury member to
competitions in Europe.
She has
recorded for Protasis Productions, Ankh Productions and Subways Productions and
also for the Greek and Bulgarian state radio & television as well as for
the German southwest broadcasting corporation. Since 2017 she is recording
under the label Odradek records.
Η σημαντικότερη και πλέον αξιόπιστη ανεξάρτητη εταιρεία σοβαρής μουσικής στην Ελλάδα.
Πατρόκλου 25
Βριλήσσια, Αθήνα
15235
Ελλάδα
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