Selected Experience
Music Director
2010 – | Music Director and Principal conductor of the Youth Symphony Orchestra Arabesque (Switzerland) |
2015 | Music Director of the Sinfonietta Mosaïque (Switzerland) |
2010 – 2016 | Guest conducting: Suedwestdeutsche Philarmonie Konstanz, Moscow Philarmonic, Jekaterinenburg Chamber Orchestra, Tomsk Philarmonic Orchestra, Athens State Orchestra, Meininger Hofkapelle, National Greek Opera, Athens Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danube Symphony Orchestra (Budapest), National Orchestra of Lithuania, Sofia Festival Philharmonic, Orchestra of Sanremo, City of Athens Orchestra, Thessaloniki Municipal Orchestra, Thessaloniki State Orchestra, Taurida symphony St. Petersburg, National Opera Greece. |
Opera
2019 | Norma, V. Bellini Athens Festival Debut |
2019 | Nozze di figaro, W. A. Mozart |
2018 | Magic Flute, National Opera Athens, nationalopera.gr |
2018 | Opera by N. Kypourgos, National Opera Athen (premiere), nationalopera.gr |
2015 | Don pasquale, city theatre Meiningen |
2012 | Rigoleto, National Opera Oleg Danovski (Rumania) |
Education
2015 – 2017 | Panula Academy (Prof. Jorma Panula, Helsinki) |
2013 – 2015 | Master specialised in Conducting at the Conservatorio G. Verdi of Milano (Prof. Vitorio Parisi) |
2010 – 2012 | Master degree in Conducting, University of Arts Luzern (Prof. Ralf Weikert, former Music Director of the Opera House Zurich). |
2001 – 2009 | Studies of violin, viola (solist diplom with Nobuko Imai and Gilad Karni) and composition (with Michael Jarrell) at the Musikhochschule Detmold (2001-2003), Conservatoire de Genève (2003-2007) and University of Arts Bern (2007-2009) |
Masterclasses
2017 | Peter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation (one of six active conductors selected by P. Eötvös with scolarship) |
2016 | Prof. Johannnes Schlaefli, Radolfelacademie with Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie, see press article… |
2015 | David Zinman, International Conducting Masterclass with the NAC Orchestra in Ottawa (one of four active conductors selected by D. Zinman with full scolarship), nac-cna.ca |
2014 – 2015 | Neeme Järvi and Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Gstaad Menuhin Festival conducting academy with the Gstaad Festival Orchestra (active participant) www.gstaadfestivalorchestra.ch |
2011 – 2014 | Accademia Musicale Chigiana with Gianluigi Gelmetti (active participant) |
2014 | Järvi Academy (winter and summer), Pärnu (active participant) |
2010 – 2016 | Jorma Panula, Amsterdam (2010), Helsinki / Turku, Panula Academy (2015-16), Nordic Masterclasses / Kuopio (Kuopio Symphony Orchesta and Turku Philarmonic, active participant) |
Prizes
2018 | 2nd Prize “Bucharest International Conducting Competition” bminstitute.ro |
2018 | 3rd Prize International Conducting Competition “G. Facchinetti”, see press article… |
2017 | Selected as one of the top three finalists at the workshop INTERAKTION of the Kritisches Orchesters Berlin by members of German orchestras such as Berlin Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Dresden and Staatskapelle Berlin etc. dirigentenwerkstattinteraktion.de |
2016 | Semifinalist of Donatella Flick International Conducting Competition (UK) lso.co.uk |
2016 | 2nd Prizewinner of the International Concert Competition for Young Conductors in Berlin debut-berlin.com |
2015 | 2nd Prize of the International Competition for Youth Orchestras with the Youth Symphony Orchestra Arabesque, Concerts at the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna. sclfestival.org |
2012 | 1st prize at the International Competition for Conductors in Costanta |
2005 – 2010 | Awards of various foundations (Lyra Foundation, Hirschmann Foundation, Onassis Foundation, IKY etc.). |