NEFELI KOTSELI

Greek mezzo-soprano, she completed her studies in piano, harmony and singing at the National Conservatory of Halandri. She continued her postgraduate studies at the Music Academy of Vienna with Gabriele Lechner and Anton Scharinger (lied / oratorio). In 2023, she collaborated for the first time with the Greek National Opera in Cherubini’s Medea as well as with the Teatro Real in Madrid in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Her next collaborations with the Greek National Opera were in 2024, in Philippe Hersant’s opera Les Éclairs and in Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre. Ιn the same year she made her first collaboration with the Athens State Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, under the direction of Christoph Eschenbach. She has appeared as a soloist in Mozart’s and Verdi’s Requiem, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Handel’s Messiah, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Vivaldi’s Gloria and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8. In addition, she received the Young Artist Commendation in Music at the 2022/23 Theatre and Music Critics’ Awards for her performance as Neris in Luigi Cherubini’s Medea.