Michalis Paparetrou

Conductor and pianist, born in Athens. He studied piano and music theory at the Hellenic Conservatory and musicology at the Department of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He continued his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich (Bruno Weil’s and Klaus von Wildemann’s class). He has conducted the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Bad Reichenhall Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ingolstadt Strings Orchestra, the Heilbronn Strings Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, the Orchestra of Colours, the Greek National Opera Orchestra, etc. Qualifying in the top eight, he was distinguished among 217 participants at the Dimitri Mitropoulos International Competition for conductors. He has collaborated with the European Opera Centre, the Greek National Opera, the Athens Festival, the Athens Concert Hall, the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, the Armonia Atenea, etc.