Natalia Gerakis

Internationally acclaimed flautist. She has performed at major halls and festivals throughout Germany and Greece, as well as in numerous European countries, in Asia, Africa and South America. She has been principal flute of the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra and performed among others with the Athens State Orchestra, Armonia Atenea, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Stuttgart State Opera. She is a tutor for Flute Methodology at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. Furthermore, she taught the flute (master’s degree programme) in the Music Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is a flute professor at the Athens Conservatoire and is invited frequently to teach in international masterclasses. She has recorded for Greek Radio & TV, the Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Hellenic Foundation of Culture, Spektral Records, Utopia and Mikri Arktos. She studied music in Paris (Conservatoire Municipal Nadia & Lili Boulanger) and Stuttgart (State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart) with a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation. She also studied Greek Civilisation at the Hellenic Open University. She is a PhD candidate at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

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