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Biography

Konstantinos is 21 years old. He is studying orchestra conducting on scholarship at the Malko Academy for Young Conductors in Copenhagen with Henrik Vagn Christensen and Ole Faurschou. At the same time, he is a fourth-year undergraduate of the Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University in orchestral conducting, class of Miltos Logiadis. He has completed higher studies in orchestral conducting and solo piano performance at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, working for four years with Dominique Rouits, Julien Masmondet, David Lively, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Bruno Rigutto and Victoria Melki. He holds a diploma in piano and violin from the Athens Conservatoire, classes of Natalia Michailidou and Franc Shestani. In addition, he has attended orchestra and choir conducting courses for one semester at the University of Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, as part of a student exchange program with Marc Piollet, Wolfgang Doerner and Johannes Prinz. 

He has given concerts in Greece and abroad, in countries such as France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Austria, Denmark, Italy and Bulgaria. In addition, he holds a diploma in Byzantine music and a special diploma in harmony. Since childhood, he has played in orchestras as a violinist and sings in choirs of all levels. In particular in the Underground Youth Orchestra, the Animato Choir and the chamber choir of the Graz University of Performing Arts. He has performed in halls such as the Athens Concert Hall, the Parnassus Hall, the Salle Cortot in Paris and the Salon des Beaux Arts in Louvre, the Graz Musikverein and the Konzerthaus Berlin.

He has conducted the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra, the City of Athens Symphony Orchestra, the Savaria Symphony Orchestra and the Danish National Vocal Ensemble, amongst other ensembles. He is also starting a two-year collaboration with the Athens State Orchestra as guest conductor, after exceeding in the orchestra’s auditions in April 2024.

Finally, he has taken part in masterclasses with Jorma Panula, Johannes Schlaefli, Fabio Luisi, David Lively, Geffrey Patterson, Dmitry Matvienko, Louis Langree, Dr. Therees Hibbard, Nikolai Demidenko, Lionel Sow, Michalis Economou, and soon with Martina Batic, in June 2024. Finally, in the autumn of 2020, he recorded his first CD as a pianist in Paris, with works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Franck.

Distinctions and Competitions

2022-2024Scholarship for conducting studies from Malko Academy for Young Conductors, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018-2022Scholarship for piano and conducting studies from the Potier Foundation
April 20181st prize in the International piano Competition "De Bach Au Jazz", Athens, Greece
2012-2020Piano scholarship from the Athens Conservatory
2012-2019Violin scholarship from the Athens Conservatory

Masterclasses

January 2024Conducting Masterclass with Johannes Schlaefli in Copenhagen, Denmark
November 2023Attended David Robertson’s Conducting Class in Juilliard, New York, USA
September 2023Conducting Masterclass with Dmitry Matvienko, Copenhagen, Denmark
June 2023Conducting Masterclass with Geffrey Patterson, Copenhagen, Denmark
April 2023Conducting Masterclass with Dmitry Matvienko, Copenhagen, Denmark
April 2023Conducting Masterclass with Bertrand de Billy in Graz, Austria
March 2023Orchestra Conducting Masterclass with Fabio Luisi, Copenhagen, Denmark
May 2022Choir conducting masterclass with Lionel Sow, at Église Saint-Étienne du Mont, Paris, France
March 2022Orchestral conducting masterclass with Jorma Panula in Helsinki, Finland
February 2022Orchestra conducting masterclass with Dominique Rouits in Paris, France
November 2019Orchestra conducting masterclass with Louis Langree, in Salle Cortot, Paris
October 2019Orchestra conducting masterclass – Dominique Rouits & Julien Masmondet in Salle Cortot on Chopin’s piano concertos in collaboration with the Orchestra of the Opéra de Massy for the 100th anniversary of École Normale de Musique de Paris
September 201912th Panhellénique orchestra conducting masterclass with Michalis Economou and the Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, Greece
August 20196th choir conducting masterclass with Dr. Therees Hibbard (St. Olaf College, USA), Mytilene, Greece
September 201811th Panhellénique orchestra conducting masterclass with Michalis Economou and the Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, Greece
August 20185th choir conducting masterclass with Dr. Therees Hibbard (St. Olaf College, USA), Mytilene, Greece
July 2018Piano masterclass with Nikolaï Demidenko, Nafplio, Greece – Musical Odyssey Master classes
July 2018Piano masterclass with Yekaterina Lebedeva, Nafplio, Greece – Musical Odyssey Masterclasses
April 2018Piano masterclass with David Lively, Athens, Greece –EPTA Masterclasses in the Concert Hall of the Athens Conservatory, Greece
October 2017Violin masterclass with Ariadne Daskalakis, Greece
July 2017Piano masterclass wth Yekaterina Lebedeva, Nafplio, Greece – Musical Odyssey Master classes
April 2017Piano and orchestral masterclass with Dimitris Toufexis, Greece
2013Piano masterclass with David Lively at the French Institute in Athens, Greece –EPTA Masterclasses

Studies and Diplomas

2022-2024Orchestra Conducting studies at Malko Academy for Young Conductors with Henrik Vagn Christensen and Ole Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
December 2022Got accepted as an Erasmus+ incomer to study orchestra conducting at the University of Performing Arts, Graz, Austria for the spring semester 2022-23
2021-2022Orchestra Conducting studies - Classe de Perfectionnement at École Normale de Musique de Paris
September 2021Started studying orchestra conducting at the Ionian University of Music Studies, Corfu, Greece
June 2021Received his Diplome Superieur de Chef d' Orchestre from Ecole Normale de Paris with unanimity
May 2021Received his Diplome Superieur de Concertiste (solo piano performance) from Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris
January 2020Diploma in piano from the Athens Conservatory, Greece. The judges were unanimous in giving him a perfect score and first prize
2019-2020

Preparation of Diplôme Supérieur de Concertiste (piano) at École Normale de Musique de Paris class Jean-Bernard Pommier and Natalia Michailidou

Preparation of Diplôme Supérieur of Orchestral Conducting (2nd year) class Dominique Rouits & Julien Masmondet at École Normale de Musique de Paris

Preparation of Diploma in Byzantine Music

Violin lessons with Igor Volochine at École Normale de Musique de Paris

2018-2019Diplôme Supérieur d’Exécution (piano) at École Normale de Musique de Paris, class Bruno Rigutto
June 2019Diploma in violin from the Athens Conservatory, Greece. The judges were unanimous in giving him a perfect score and first prize
2017-2018Diplôme Supérieur d’Enseignement (piano) at École Normale de Musique de Paris class Natalia Michailidou and Victoria Melki
2016-2017Diplôme d’Exécution (piano) at École Normale de Musique de Paris class Natalia Michailidou
June 2016Diploma in Harmony

Concerts – Recordings

January 2024Concert as a piano soloist in the Athens Concert Hall with conductor Catherine Larsen-Maguire
January 2024Debut concert with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
November 2023Choir Conducting Concert Participant with University Choir ‘Lille MUKO’ at Sankt Jakobs Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark
January 2023Performed Beethoven's Triple Concerto as a pianist in collaboration with the Underground Youth Orchestra and Jean-Paul Reinke in Manheim, Germany
October 2022Started working as Assistant Conductor at the Old Philharmonic Orchestra of Corfu
July 2022Piano recital at Église Sainte-Croix des Arméniens, Paris, France
May - June 2022Worked as an Assistant Conductor at Opera de Massy, Paris on an opera by Olivier Calmel
May 2022Piano recital in Temple Protestant, La Rochelle, France
January 2022Piano recital in Auditorium du Petit Palais, Paris, France
November 2020Piano concert participant in Salle Cortot, Paris
October 2019Performed as a soloist, (Beethoven – Concerto No. 3) with the Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra, Bulgaria, under the baton of Giancarlo di Lorenzo
October 2019Piano concert in Grande Salle de l'Opéra de Massy for the 30th anniversary of the Orchestra of Opéra de Massy
September 2019Conducted the Athens State Orchestra, Greece
July 2019Participated, as a first violinist, in the International Festival "Young Euro Classic" at Konzerthaus Berlin under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach in collaboration with “The Underground Youth Orchestra” and "Julius Stern Orchestra" of the University of Arts, Berlin
April 2019Piano concert in Salle Cortot, Paris. Concert for the Peace organised by the Artists Association with the participation of Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris
November 2018Piano recital at the City University Performance Space in London
September 2018Conducted the Athens State Orchestra, Greece
August 2018Piano recital at the International Festival in Xiropigado, Greece
July 2018Participated in the Choir Festival « Petko Staynov » in Sofia, Bulgaria
May 2018Piano recital at the 11th Festival and Forum in Rhodes, Greece
March 2018Piano concert dedicated to Chopin at the Athens Concert Hall, Greece
July 2017Choir concert in Venice with the Animato choir
August 2016Piano concert at the 2nd International Festival of Molyvos, Greece
June 2015Recording of a video clip as a first violinist in collaboration with "The Underground Youth Orchestra". The recording took place at “Sierra” Studios Athens, Greece
March 2015Violin Concert at the Athens Concert Hall, Greece

Konstantinos
Alexopoulos