Panagio Karamouzi

Born in Thessaloniki. She began playing the piano at the age of five. She studied percussion under K. Bakas and Vladimir Afanasiev at the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki, as well as under Charalambos Tokanidis and Dimitris Vittis at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki. She graduated from the latter with a diploma in percussion in 2006. She then continued her studies at Musikhochschule Köln under Nicholas Bardach, Werner Otten and Carlos Tarcha, graduating with a diploma in music studies. She then completed her studies at the Zurich University of the Arts, graduating with a Master’s degree in Music Performance and specialising in timpani under the guidance of Rainer Seegers. She then worked as Principal Timpanist of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra (2010-2014), under the artistic direction of Muhai Tang. Since 2015, she has been a PhD candidate in the Department of Music Science and Art at the University of Macedonia. She has performed with numerous orchestras, including the Trier Philharmonic Orchestra, the Zurich Symphony Orchestra, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, the Athens State Orchestra and the Bern Symphony Orchestra. She is the Principal Timpanist of the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra. She also collaborates with the chamber orchestra Contra Tempo and the Ergon contemporary music ensemble. She also teaches European Percussion at the Department of Music Science and Art. Her research interests include percussion performance and the repertoire of percussion ensembles and chamber music.