The work of composer and conductor Christina Athinodorou attracts the increasing attention of audiences in the last years described as “...rich…” “…intensively interpreted”..., “…engaging…”
Her music has been played by notable performers amongst others Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien (Simul: Lumini, Sombri trio for clarinet, cello and piano), Ensemble Sentieri Selvaggi (Aktaí for chamber ensemble), Athens Trio (The Veil of Tears string trio), Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra (Reverse Rivers’Images of Euboea’ for Symphony Orchestra, Naked Branches I for String Orchestra), St Albans Symphony Orchestra/City of London Sinfonia (Overture for the Red Rain for Symphony Orchestra), Okeanos Ensemble (Petit Août for Bass-Clarinet and Cello) , Jyväskylä Sinfonia Finlandia (Quatre Silences for Chamber Orchestra), Borealis Brass Ensemble (Cantus Cyprius for Brass Octet), Endymion Ensemble (Midnight Pulses II for chamber three clarinets, piano and percussion), Connecting Arts (Iniochos for Symphonic Brass Ensemble), Paul Archibald with Juliet Edwards (Absit Omen for trumpet and piano), Cyprus Symphony Orchestra (Black Circles for Orchestra), Duo Disecheis (Saxum for Alto saxophone and piano), Guildhall Percussion Ensemble (Sword Dance for Six Percussionists), Alda Dizdari (Aosmon for Solo Violin) and others.
Christina’s work has been presented in prestigious classical and contemporary music festivals, concert series and venues including amongst others the MITO Settembre Musica Festival 2008, Italia Classic-Wave Florence 2007, Spaziomusica Cagliari 2008, Musica Nuova per Natale 2006, Teatro dal Verme, Spazio MIL (Italy), Festival Forfest 2006 (Czech Republic), Young Rising Artists’ Series 2008 (Cyprus) Labyrinthmaker Project (tour in twelve countries), Viitasaari Musiikin Aika Festival 2008 (Finland),St Giles’ Cripplegate, Henry Wood Hall, The Warehouse London, , Dartington Hall, Reading Concert Hall, Hellenic Centre, London Contemporary Dance School, British Music Information Centre ‘New Music Mart’ 2008 (U.K.), Small Music Theatre Athens, 21st Century Greek Music for Guitar Project (Greece), Kulturhaus Lüdenscheid, Düsseldorfer Tonhalle (Germany) and others.
She has received various awards for her music and for her artistic activity such as the Aristotle University Chamber Music Composition Prize for her work Strofi for Violin and Piano, and the Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra Young Composers’ Award which led to three commissions and performances in the U.K.
As a conductor exploring mainly the contemporary repertoire, she could be seen conducting first performances of her own music, more notably her opera and orchestral works, as well as various other pieces by composers of today.
Christina followed music studies in composition (Julian Philips) and conducting (Alan Hazeldine) at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she received the BMus and MMus degrees. She also attended classes in orchestration, piano and composition spending shorter periods of study at the Conservatoire National Supèrieur de Musique et Danse de Lyon and the University of North Texas at Denton. She is currently working on her doctorate, supervised by Dr Michael Zev Gordon at the Royal Holloway University of London and supported by a College Research Scholarship.
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Jarkko Hartikainen
