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Eirini Patsea

Studied classical voice with Christina Giannakopoulou and choral conducting with Michalis Patseas at the Greek Kodály Conservatory and Institute. She is a graduate of the Department of Music Studies of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens and the postgraduate programme in Singing Pedagogy of the Hungarian Kodály Institute. She also holds a Master's Degree in Arts as a specialist in Kodály Music Pedagogy, from the Liszt Academy in Budapest. She teaches Music Pedagogy according to the Kodály Method, Musicianship Training and Choral Conducting in the Greek Kodály Conservatory as well as in the Athenaeum Conservatoire, of which she also acts as General Director. She is in a permanent collaboration with the female choir CHÓRES (artistic direction: Marina Satti) as principal conductor and has conducted the ensemble in multiple concerts as well as in many audio and video recordings.

CHÓRES female choral ensemble

CHÓRES is an artistic incubator created by Marina Satti to cultivate its members' skills in music, dance and acting as well as to develop artists with a broad education and social awareness. CHÓRES experiment on the interconnection of diverse aesthetic and cultural elements, transcending the boundaries of geography or age and utilising various means of expression. More than 150 women aged between 15 and 60 years regularly practise the whole spectrum of performance arts. Their eclectic repertoire includes traditional Greek songs, songs from the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean, original compositions and folksong arrangements by numerous Greek and international composers, several of which were written expressly for the ensemble. CHÓRES regularly collaborate with the Greek National Opera as a resident ensemble, having taken part in many concerts, productions and choral festivals in Greece and abroad In the context of the 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, an educational and performing activity, with the title Mystery_96 CHÓRES, was organised; it comprised the formation of a local choral ensemble, weekly choral and broader artistic training courses, as well as special performances in Elefsina and the surrounding area, culminated in the ensemble’s appearance in the Opening Ceremony in February 2023.

GNO Intercultural Orchestra

The Intercultural Orchestra was created in 2018 and now consists of 23 musicians from a variety of nationalities, with diverse musical backgrounds and experiences. Its repertoire is very wide. It ranges from world music traditions to contemporary music and free improvisation. The main concept upon which the Orchestra was established and evolved is music’s ability to serve as a common space for people to come together and interact on equal footing. Its goal is to introduce both its members and audiences to musical traditions, genres and timbres from different countries and eras, as well as to promote musical co-creation through educational processes that involve exchange and active participation.  To this date, the Intercultural Orchestra has successfully given numerous concerts in diverse locations, including the GNO Alternative Stage, the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus and the courtyard of the Acropolis and the Byzantine and Christian Museums as part of the 1st GNO Sacred Music Festival, to name but a few. Moreover, it has taken part in various projects and productions of the Greek National Opera, such as the opera Inland with music by Angelos Triantafyllou and directed by Nikos Karathanos in the Stavros Niarchos Hall at the SNFCC (July 2022). Harris Lambrakis has been managing the Intercultural Orchestra since its foundation.