Children's Chorus

The Greek National Opera’s Children’s Chorus was founded in September 2012. It has an exclusively educational character and its goals, among others, are the study of choral singing, the cultivation of the wider musical education of its members and the development of the feeling of partnership and cooperation. Its priority is also the experiential music education, which is achieved through the participation of the children in performances, concerts and various artistic activities of the organization.

Till today, the Children’s Chorus has participated to great acclaim in such productions of the Greek National Opera as La bohème, Tosca, Werther, Otello, Die Zauberflöte, Carmen, Wozzeck, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Nutcracker, Suor Angelica, Carmencitas, The Murderess, Halima and Leporella, as well as in the works The Era of Melissanthi and Sweet Movie, in such venues as Olympia Theatre, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Alexandra Trianti Hall (Athens Concert Hall), Stavros Niarchos Hall (SNFCC), Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera etc. In addition, the Chorus has given numerous concerts, performing a very extensive repertoire, at the Presidential Mansion, the Acropolis Museum, the Pnyx, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center etc.

The Children’s Chorus' first mistress was the soprano Mata Katsouli. Since autumn 2017, the ensemble has been directed by Konstantina Pitsiakou. The Chorus comprises about one hundred children aged 6 to 15 years old. The participation is free of admission, while the members are selected through an audition, which takes place after a relevant announcement by the Greek National Opera.

Konstantina Pitsiakou - Chorus Mistress

She studied with scholarship methodology of teaching, chorus direction, classical singing and piano at the International Pedagogical Institute Zol- tan Kodály (Franz Liszt Academy, Kecskemét, Hungary) and at the Music Department of the University of Cardiff (Wales). Moreover, she studied singing (diploma) with Christina Yannakopoulou. She sang with the Patras Contemporary Music Ensemble and the String Quartet of the Municipal Conservatory of Patras, while she gave concerts of Early music with the ensembles Ex Silentio and Os Orphicum. She collaborated with the Choruses of the GNO and the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, as well as with the Chamber Chorus of the Municipal Conservatory of Patras. She gave lectures in Cyprus about the Kodály system. For several years Pitsiakou taught at the Municipal Conservatory of Patras, where she created and conducted the children’s chorus and the student vocal ensembles, at the Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece, as well as at the Drama School of the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Patras. Since September 2017 she is the mistress of the GNO Children’s Chorus.

Members 2022-2023

Panayota Agrafioti
Nikolaos Akritidis
Anmar-Casim-Ibrahim-Mohamed Al Ganimi
Myrto Anagnostopoulou
Antigoni Apostolopoulou
Argyro Argyrou-Chinou
Maria Armata-Tomara
Ioli-Paraskevi Vavva
Sophia Vana
Dimitra Vassilakopoulou
Natalia-Chryssoula Vassou
Ioanna Venieri
Irini-Anastasia Vougiouka
Ekaterina Galanou
Melina Georganta
Eleni-Evaggelia Georgiadou
Maria-Paschalia Georgoulia
Frederiki-Nandin Yannopoulou
Anastasios Gkavakos
Odysseas Gkocharis
Argyri-Eleni-Zeaki Glynia
Ioanna-Varvara-Seleni Glynia
Maria-Irini Damati
Panayotis Drabalia
Charalambos Drossos
Zoe-Georgia Moraitou-Emmanouil
Aleksandros-Anastasios Zarogkikas
Vassiliki Zachopoulou
Sophia Zachopoulou
Stavroula Zioura
Nikolaos Zoulas
Dimitra-Theodora Chatzopoulou
Isidora Theodorou
Melina Istrate
Marilia Kainta
Stamatina Karayannopoulou
Iakovos Ioannis Karamichos-Flores
Ioulietta-Victoria Karapiperidi
Magdalini-Michaela Karra
Antonia Katsiki
Natalia Kekkou
Nikoleta Kerdela
Panayota Kerdela
Elisabeth-Elfriede Kitsopoulou
Myrto Kokoromiti
Sotirios Kosmas
Danae Koulieraki
Maria-Anna Koursoumi
Vassiliki Koutouloyenni-Spata
Alkinoos Kypriotis
Christina Kyriaki
Thomas Kyriakis
Daphne Kyrimi
Christina Koveou
Maria-Phaedra Konstantatou
Ekaterini Konstantopoulou
Irini Konstantopoulou
Charalambos Kostopoulos
Evdoxia-Angelliki Kostopoulou
Maria Kostopoulou
Danae Kostourou-Chryssocheraki
Lydia Kostourou-Chryssocheraki
Elli-Maria Lambeti
Katerina Lambraki
Magdalini Lambrou
Sophia Lachana
Markos Levoyannis
Eleftheria Laliou
Eleftheria-Olga Logou
Evaggelia Lytra
Antonia-Iliana Mastronikola
Marios Mataragas
Vassiliki-Maria Matzagri
Ilia-Zoe Mavrokefalou
Sophia Melachrinou
Konstantinos Moskof
Maria Moulakaki
Dimitra Beretti
Efrosini Blatsioti
Sophia Natsiou
Tereza Noula
Yannis- Elijah Uddin
Sotiria Palla
Zoe Panagiotopoulou
Sophia Panou
Egli-Alexandra Papadiamanti
Ioanna Papalexi
Elissavet Papamarkou
Evaggelia Papaspyratou
Despina Papastamou
Lydia Papoulia
Maria Paraschou
Anna Parthenidi
Alexandra Paschali
Stamatia Paschali
Marios-Grigoris Paschalis
Panayotis Perdikis
Dorothea Petraki
Stella Petraki
Tommaso-Filippos Plevrakis
Christophoros Polyzos
Panayota-Sotiria Pournara
Theodora Randavella
Sophia Randavella
Panayota Samiou
Irini Samouchou
Perseas Shariat-Panachi
Evaggelia Siarava
Antonis Sinanoglou
Vassiliki Sinanoglou
Myrto Skordaki
Olga Sofoyanni
Simoni-Athanassia Sofou
Tvisha Sriram
Melina Sfalagkakou
Artemis Sopili-Koksal
Angeliki Tamvakopoulou
Matilda Terzopoulou
Kalliopi Tzanidaki
Yasemi Tzemopoulou
Nikiforos Tzovanakis
Ioulia Triantafyllopoulou
Konstantina Tsagouri
Angelos Tsalikis
Emilia Tsiledaki-Gkoutromichou
Odysseas Tsiounis
Fotini-Argyro Tsioufi
Maria Tsoukala
Emilia Farougia
Daphne Ferretti
Electra Ferretti
Iasonas Fragopoulos
Emmelia Frangou
Francesca Vassilopoulou
Polytimi Fylaktidi
Angelina Chanioti
Nikolaos Chryssikopoulos
Georgios Psarommatis