Nikos Christodoulou (born 1959) is a Greek conductor and

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

, and the music director of the City of Athens Symphony Orchestra and Choir. He is also the founder of the New Symphony Orchestra of Athens and the Euro Youth Philharmonic.

Biography

Nikos Christodoulou studied composition in Athens with J.A. Papaioannou and the piano. He furthered his composition studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich, and his conducting studies at the

Royal College of Music in London The Royal College of Music is a music school, conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the Undergraduate education, undergraduate to the Doctorate, doctoral level in a ...

. From 1977 to 1981, Nikos Christodoulou was an associate composer and adviser at Greek National Radio. Among other symphonic works he conducts

Skalkottas Nikos Skalkottas ( el, Νίκος Σκαλκώτας; 21 March 1904 – 19 September 1949) was a Greek composer of 20th-century classical music. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical reperto ...

, which he has recorded. He was also a teacher at the Hellenic Conservatory, and makes regular appearances at the

Greek National Opera The Greek National Opera ( el, Εθνική Λυρική Σκηνή, ''Ethniki Lyriki Skini'') is the country's state lyric opera company, located in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center at the south suburb of Athens, Kallithea. It is a ...

. He led the first Helios Festival, a tribute event dedicated to

Carl Nielsen Carl August Nielsen (; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer. Brought up by poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he ...

in Athens, and initiated the Nikos Skalkottas Tage at the

Konzerthaus Berlin The Konzerthaus Berlin is a concert hall in Berlin, the home of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Situated on the Gendarmenmarkt square in the central Mitte district of the city, it was originally built as a theater. It initially operated from ...

Discography

* 1999: ''Piano Concerto No. 1'' with the

Iceland Symphony Orchestra Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands (Iceland Symphony Orchestra) (ISO) is an Icelandic orchestra based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Its primary concert venue is the Harpa Concert Hall. The Iceland Symphony is an autonomous public institution under the aus ...

* 2004: ''Piano Concerto No. 3'' with the Caput Ensemble * 2005: ''Piano Concerto No. 2'' with the

BBC Symphony Orchestra The BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO) is a British orchestra based in London. Founded in 1930, it was the first permanent salaried orchestra in London, and is the only one of the city's five major symphony orchestras not to be self-governing. T ...

References

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