EARLY MUSIC
JERASSIMOS CHOIDAN- Harpsichord 12-17 July
Guest of ISMA
Pianist and harpsichordist Jerassimos Coidan (Γεράσιμος Χοϊδάς) studied piano and composition in Athens. He, later on, lived in Belgium where he studied harpsichord and basso continuo with Kris Verhelst, Anne Galowich and Jos van Immerseel and organ with Lieven Strobbe and Joris Lejeune. Alongside he specialized in historically informed performance on historical keyboard instruments and worked on the clavichord, organ and fortepiano. His interest focuses on the repertoire of music of 17th and 18th century for harpsichord, piano repertoire from the 18th and 19th century which acquired a new dimension for Jerassimos Coidan, after the study on historical pianos, and renaissance and baroque vocal music (opera, oratorio, Lied, polyphony). J. Coidan has performed with all top level Greek formations and solo at diverse venues. Since 2013 he directs the early music vocal ensemble Corpus Minor. He is piano and harpsichord tutor and baroque singing korrepetitor at Kodaly Conservatory and Thessaloniki State Conservatory.
ANASTASIA MILIORI -baroque violin 12-17 July
Guest of ISMA
Anastasia Miliori studied: violin, advanced music theory and early music (baroque violin & singing) in Greece and Germany.
Professors: Dimitris Semsis & Nikos Panagiotakis (Greece: Bachelor in Violin Performance & Counterpoint Composition),
Anton Steck & Jan Van Elsacker (State Music University of Trossingen: Master in Early music), Frederique Friess & Angelika Luz (State Music University of Stuttgart: KA classical singing).
She holds a bachelor's degree in Medieval-Modern Greek Literature from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
She collaborates with symphony and baroque orchestras such as: World Youth Orchestra Unesco "Jeunesse Musicale", (under Josep Vicent), B-A-C-H Stuttgart, Cappella Principale, Collegium Musicum Stuttgart, European Union Baroque Orchestra (under Lars Ulrik Mortensen), Bern Consort (under Jörg Ritter ), Patras Orchestra under George Petrou (recordings for MDG, concerts at Megaron-Athens Concert Hall), with Latinitas Nostras and Ex Silentio.
She has performed as a soloist, among others at: the International Festival of Aegina, the Spring Organ Series (St.Paul's Anglican Church), Michalis Kakoyannis Foundation, the Benaki Museum, the Parnassos concert hall. She collaborated musically with the National Theatre (Roula Pateraki).
Currently she teaches violin and chamber music and singing at the National Conservatory, the Conservatory 'Nikolaos Mantzaros', the Costeas-Geitonas School, as well as in summer workshops in Greece.
Professors: Dimitris Semsis & Nikos Panagiotakis (Greece: Bachelor in Violin Performance & Counterpoint Composition),
Anton Steck & Jan Van Elsacker (State Music University of Trossingen: Master in Early music), Frederique Friess & Angelika Luz (State Music University of Stuttgart: KA classical singing).
She holds a bachelor's degree in Medieval-Modern Greek Literature from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
She collaborates with symphony and baroque orchestras such as: World Youth Orchestra Unesco "Jeunesse Musicale", (under Josep Vicent), B-A-C-H Stuttgart, Cappella Principale, Collegium Musicum Stuttgart, European Union Baroque Orchestra (under Lars Ulrik Mortensen), Bern Consort (under Jörg Ritter ), Patras Orchestra under George Petrou (recordings for MDG, concerts at Megaron-Athens Concert Hall), with Latinitas Nostras and Ex Silentio.
She has performed as a soloist, among others at: the International Festival of Aegina, the Spring Organ Series (St.Paul's Anglican Church), Michalis Kakoyannis Foundation, the Benaki Museum, the Parnassos concert hall. She collaborated musically with the National Theatre (Roula Pateraki).
Currently she teaches violin and chamber music and singing at the National Conservatory, the Conservatory 'Nikolaos Mantzaros', the Costeas-Geitonas School, as well as in summer workshops in Greece.
ANTIGONI TSALLA-flute traverso 12-17 july
Guest of ISMA
Antigoni Tsalla was born in Athens in 1976. She studied modern flute, piano and harmony at the Athens Conservatory and Musicology at the Music Department of the Ionian University in Corfu. Immediately after her graduation she started studying renaissance, baroque and classic- romantic traverso at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague under the guidance of Wilbert Hazelzet and also followed lessons by Bartold Kuijken and Kate Clark. She has been awarded a scholarship for her studies in The Netherlands by the A.S.Onassis foundation and in September 2008 she completed her studies by receiving Bachelor and Master Degrees on historical performance practice.
The chamber and orchestral music repertoire that she has focused on covers the period from approximately 1650 up to 1850, namely the whole spectrum of the instrument’s evolution prior to the Boehm system, but also the diverse musical styles that emerged during that era.
She has interpreted works for solo flute and chamber music with various ensembles. Among others she has collaborated with the baroque orchestras Musica poetica, De Swaen, Bach Orchestra of the Netherlands, Il Concerto Barocco, Contrasto Armonico, the Patra String Orchestra, with concerts in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and Greece and has appeared as a soloist at the Megaron Athens Hall and the Onassis Cultural Center.
Since 2009 she is working with the baroque orchestra Armonia Atenea (Camerata, Orchestra of the Friends of Music) on various projects and has participated in recordings of baroque orchestras under the labels Brilliant Classics and MDG.
Currently she is teaching modern flute at St’ Catherine’s British School.
The chamber and orchestral music repertoire that she has focused on covers the period from approximately 1650 up to 1850, namely the whole spectrum of the instrument’s evolution prior to the Boehm system, but also the diverse musical styles that emerged during that era.
She has interpreted works for solo flute and chamber music with various ensembles. Among others she has collaborated with the baroque orchestras Musica poetica, De Swaen, Bach Orchestra of the Netherlands, Il Concerto Barocco, Contrasto Armonico, the Patra String Orchestra, with concerts in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and Greece and has appeared as a soloist at the Megaron Athens Hall and the Onassis Cultural Center.
Since 2009 she is working with the baroque orchestra Armonia Atenea (Camerata, Orchestra of the Friends of Music) on various projects and has participated in recordings of baroque orchestras under the labels Brilliant Classics and MDG.
Currently she is teaching modern flute at St’ Catherine’s British School.