Vasileios Asimakopoulos studied classical singing with Professor Athanasia Bezouli and got his degree with distinction and first prize. He has participated in international choral competitions in Greece and abroad (Preveza, Valencia etc) winning first prizes and medals with the «Ambitus Choir» among others. He is an active member of the musical group «Pocket Opera» where has starred in various roles as a soloist. He has performed the roles of Ocean and Zeus in the opera "Prometheus" by P. Karousos and took the leading role of Prometheus in places like the ancient theater "Little Epidaurus", the ancient theater of Messina, the National Archeological Museum in Athens, and sung the main arias in “Parnassos” Concert Hall under the direction of maestro Eleftherios Kalkanis, etc. He has performed the role of Pope Julius II in the opera "The Michelangelo in Rome" by Philip Tsalachouris. It is a member of the Greek Theatre "AIXMI" under the direction of G. Nikolaidis where is actively involved each year with productions of Ancient Tragedies in numerous festivals throughout Greece. He has collaborated with the National Opera of Greece in various productions (Nabucco, Faust, Il Trovatore, Sicilian Vespers). He has participated in the Masterclass Jeanette Pilou, at the Lilian Voudouri Hall of the Library of the Athens Concert Hall. He has also taken part as an active member of the Cheryl Studer Masterclass. He has participated in several other festivals and theatrical performances (Greece, Cyprus), and has performed live in the National Greek Radio and recorded albums.
Irene Konsta, soprano (Io – Goddess Athena)
Irene
Konsta was born in Athens,Greece.She
studied classical singing and graduated in 2004 from the class of the
World-famous bass George Pappas winning First prize and the Golden Award of
exceptional performance. She also studied acting and dance. She has
attended vocal seminars of G. Dimitrova, M. Caballe, L. Serra, R. Knoll and A. Christofellis
in Greece
and abroad. She has been collaborating with the Greek National Opera since
2008. Her repertory includes Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte-Mozart), Nedda (I
Pagliacci-Leoncavallo), Desdemona (Otello-Verdi), Rosalinde (Die
Fledermaus-Strauss), Zerpina (La serva padrona-Pergolesi) and more. She is a
regular member of the culture company ''Polymnia'' through which she performs
in concerts and presentations of full operas and operettas. In the summer of
2013 she sang the role of Io in P. Karousos ''Prometheus Bound'' in the small
theatre of Ancient Epidavrus, in Ancient Theatre of Messina and in the National
Archaeological Museum of Greece. Irene Konsta performed the role of Deianira in
P. Karousos opera “Olympic Flame”, at the Old Parliament House of Greece. Irene
Konsta holds a diploma in violin and one in Ancient Greek Language and
Philosophy from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Anastasios Stellas, tenor (Ocean – Hermes)
Tenor
Anastasios Stellas was born in Athens
and he started his music studies in the early age, studying the piano and
Byzantine Music. He finished his studies in the vocal department
(classical and modern singing studies) taking his diploma from the
Ioanna’s Sygkelaki Conservatory, with excellent grade, first prize with
honors.
He belongs in the special category of the light tenors
(tenoro leggiero) a voice that gives him the ability to sing roles of Mozart,
Rossini and Donizetti with a remarkable flexibility and easiness.His thatrical
studies and action (works as an actor in more than 10 years) gives him an
advantage in the acting part of the roles.
He has
attended a lot of vocal seminars and master classes in Greece and abroad and he has studied with a
variety of important soloists (soprano Mata Katsouli, tenor James Taylor, mezzo
soprano Maria Georgakarakou – Boston
University, conductors
Helmut Rilling and Anastasios Symeonidis). He has participated in
productions of Athens Megaron Music Hall (L’italiana in Algeri and Die
Zauberflote) in cooperation with the National Opera of Greece.
In his
repertoire he has the roles of Ferrando from Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Paolino
from Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto, Beppe from Donizetti’s Rita, Don Ottavio
from Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Basilio from Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Conte
Almaviva from the Rossini's Il Barbiere di Seviglia and other roles for this
type of voice. Finally he is the founder and the general manager of the Greek
artistic company OPERA NEON (ΟΠΕΡΑ
ΝΕΩΝ) organizing
alternative and low budget opera productions.
Maria Lyberakou,
soprano (Via – Oceanide)
Maria
Lyberakou is a soprano who performs with the same passion opera, oratorio lied,
contemporary and modern music. She is holding her singing diploma with
excellent grades on both classical and modern singing (first prize of excellent
performing). She has attended a lot of master classes and seminars in Greece and
abroad on vocal techniques and opera acting with a variety of important and
acknowledged singers such as Elisabeth Vidal, Sibylla Rubens, Birgit Nickl,
Ingeborg Danz, James Taylor, Mata Katsouli, Dimitra Theodosiou and conductors
Helmut Rilling and Anastasios Symeonidis. She has performed chamber music
and oratorio such as Heandel's Messiah, Messe basse and Reqiem of G. Faure,
Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Mozart's Messe in C min., Matteus and Johanes passion
of J. S. Bach and Vivaldi's Beatus Vir cantata. In opera she debuted with
the Belinda's role in H. Purcell's opera, Dido and Aeneas and with the role of
the first boy on the Mozart's opera, The Magic Flute. Her repertoire include the
roles: Fiordiligi (Cosí fan tutte, Mozart), Carolina (Il matrimonio Segreto, Cimarosa),
Ritta (Ritta, Donizetti), Gilda (Rigoletto, Verdi), Rosina (Il barbiere di
Seviglia, Rossini), Norina (Don Pasqualle, Donizetti) and Via, Oceanide and
Amfitriti (Prometheus Bound, P. Karousos). She has participated in a lot of
opera productions in cooperation with the Greek National Opera and the Athens' Megaron Concert
Hall.
Danae Kioupouroglou,
flute
Danae
Kioupouroglou has graduated from the Music High School of Ilion in Attica. Finished her studies taking the flute's diploma with excellent
grade from the Athens conservatory in the class of Urs Routimann and Panagiotis
Drakos. She has also completed the advanced music theory studies, having
certificates on the Classical Harmonisation, Contra Punctus and Fuga. She
has been a member of the Athen's National Orchestra and the Philarmonic
Orchestras in the municipalities of Ilioupolis, Alimos, Markopoulo and
Moschato. She has also
played in theatrical plays for children ("The neverland", "The
American", "The mystery of the lost music score" etc.) and has
been a member of the "Avra Anima" quintet, counting a large number of
performances. She is now a member of the Philarmonic Orchestra in the
municipality of Chalandri and in parallel she is teaching in the conservatories
"The national conservatory of Ilioupolis", "Thoukididio",
"En do", and in the music school of Nea Smyrni. Most recently she performed the word
premiere of “Fantasia for Flute” by P. Karousos in “Parnassos” Concert Hall
under the direction of maestro Eleftherios Kalkanis.
Dimitrios Sideris, oboe
Dimitrios
Sideris was born in Athens and grown up in Corfu where he started from the
young age his first musical steps with Thomas Gisdakis, Spyros Vorotsis and
Maria Koyevina in piano. He holds the certificates of Classical
Harmonisation, Contra Punctus, Fuga and Orchestration. On 2007 he is getting
the Oboe's diplome from the class of Yannis Papayannis with excellent grade. He
has attended seminars on the oboe instrument with Spyros Kontos, Yannis
Papayannis, Paul Dombrect and also with Nora Cismondi in Paris. He has been a
member of the National Opera's orchestra, the Symphonic Orchestra of the
Municipality of Athens, the Orchestra of the municipality of Kifisia, the
Chalkida's Symphonic Orchestra and also he has been a member of a variety chamber ensembles. He has cooperated
with Planetarium, Maria Farantouri, Mario Fragoulis, Deborah Myers and Andrew
Halliday. Finally now he
is a member of the Philarmonic Orchestra of the municipality of Chalandri
and he is also working as an orchestrator and Oboe teacher.
YinJia Lin, piano
Chinese pianist YinJia Lin has drawn
international attention since her concerto debut at the age of 15 with the Hong
Kong Sinfonietta, conducted by Wing-Sie Yip. Ms. Lin has performed solo
recitals, concertos and chamber music concerts in New York
City venues such as the Alice Tully Hall, WMP Concert Hall, Ana
Tzarev Gallery, and the Frederick Loewe Theater at New
York University, as
well as performing at international venues including the Hong
Kong City Hall and
the Golden Horse Concert Hall in Canton,
China. Ms. Lin
has been awarded many scholarships, awards and prizes in both China and the U.S.,
including the Second Prize of the Buono & Bradshaw International Piano
Competition in 2008, the First Prize of the New York University Piano Concerto
Competition in 2005 and the First Prize of the Mozart International
Piano/Violin Concerto Competition in Hong Kong
in 1998. Ms. Lin performed numerous solo recitals with New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra.
Panagiotis Karousos, composer
Panagiotis
Karousos is a renowned Greek-Canadian composer who brings to his music the
philosophy and spiritualism of the Greek classics. He structures his works
around Pythagorean mathematical forms and infuses them with modern styles such as
those of Wagner, amongst others. The majestic sound of his work, Symphony No.1
“Liberty”, caused critics to acclaim it as a
second national anthem of Greece.
It was presented in Canada
and New York
with great success with the Astoria Symphony and maestro Silas Nathaniel Huff.
Karousos presented his operas Prometheus, The Olympic Flame, Alexander the
Great, The Light of Christianity, the oratorio The Song of the Nations and the
symphonic poems Eternal Parthenon, Time Melody, and Democracy in Canada, which
garnered him rave reviews. He did many concerts in Canada presenting his Symphonies
Liberty Symphony and Symphony No.2 “Olympic” with the FACE Symphony Orchestra,
the OSJL-L Symphony Orchestra and the Monteregie Symphony Orchestra under the
direction of maestros Andre Gauthier, Theodora Stathopoulos and Luc Chaput. The
Piano Concerto for Peace was presented with pianist Nathalie Joncas under
UNESCO auspices. This piece was highlighted by the Montreal Popular Concerts
series in Montreal’s
Maurice Richard Arena to an audience of 5000 people. The Piano Concerto became
the soundtrack to filmmaker Jenna Constantine's movie If Aphrodite Had Arms.
The Suite Montrealaise was commended from the City of Montreal to mark the Millennium and was
successfully presented in a celebration concert 1 October 2000.Panagiotis
Karousos chamber music is different from the romanticism of his operas and
symphonic works. The Piano Trios and the Violin and Cello Sonatas presented in Beverly Hills City Hall
and around Montreal
surprised the public with their melancholy nature and strong harmonic
complexity. The Olympic Flame choir was presented with the Symphony Orchestra
and the Choir of Gunst wat'n Kunst at Hague, Holland, with maestro Rafael Pylarinos. P.
Karousos Violin Concerto was presented in New York, under the direction of maestro
Grant Gilman. The World Premiere of his grandiose opera Alexander the Great
presented in Montreal sung in French, with big
success at the Montreal Notre Dame Basilica and represented in Chicago
Illinois in English by the American Symphony
Orchestra of Chicago and soloists from the opera of Chicago conducted by David Stech. Alexander
the Great represented in North Carolina Theatre with East Coast Philharmonic
and soloists under the direction of Grant Gilman, and in Toronto at P.C. Ho Theater Cultural Center of
Toronto with the Sneak Peak Symphony Orchestra of Toronto University and
soloists under the direction of maestro Victor Cheng. The opera Prometheus in
English represented in Los Angeles with soloists
from the Los Angeles opera, in New
York by the Astoria Symphony and soloists, and in Washington DC
with The District of Columbia Symphony Orchestra. In 2013 he did major
presentations of Prometheus in Ancient Greek Theaters (Epidaurus,
Messina,
Ancient Agora), and the National Archeological Meseum of Greece. His Symphony
No.4 “Earth” premiered in 2014 with City of Athens Symphony Orchestra under the direction
of maestro Eleftherios Kalkanis. P. Karousos is a recipient of honours from the
Federal Canadian Government, the Quebec Provincial Government and the City of Montreal.
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