The National Symphony Orchestra of ERT
The National Symphony Orchestra of the Greek Radio and Television Corporation was established in 1938, it has given to the Greek audience the opportunity to hear and to get acquainted with the music of the Greek and foreign composers conductors and researchers, from recorded radio and television broadcasts, as well as from concerts in Athens and the provinces of Greece.
The orchestra’s conductors include: Georgos Likoudis, Spyros Farantatos, Antiochos Evangelatos, Georgos Sisilianos, Franz Litschauer, Efthimios Kavallieratos, Miltiadis Karidis, Alkis Baltas , Andreas Pilarinos and Nikos Christodoulou.
Conductors of the National Symphony Orchestra of the Greek Radio and Television Corporation, were also various conductors invited from abroad as well as world famous composers, such as Manolis Kalomiris, Dionisios Lavrangas, Dimitris Mitropoulos, Miltiadis Karidis, Angelo Kavallaro, Aram Khachaturian, Gyorgi Lehel, Yehudi Menuhin, Horst Neumann, Anton Nanut, Rolf Reuter and more, also maestros of the younger generation.
Many famous astists, Greek and foreign such as David Oistrach, Gina Bahauer, Jose Carreras, Agni Balsa, Vaso Papantoniou, have also collaborated with the orchestra.
The National Symphony Orchestra of ERT has appeared repeatedly at the Herodion Theater within the frame work of the Athens Festival, the Festival of Patra, the Festival of Belgrade, at the opera of Cairo, in Montreal, in Cologne, in Istanbul, at various international presentations of music in collaboration with the European Radio Association, at the Athens Concert Hall “Megaro Mousikis”, and in different towns and cities of Greece , in satisfaction of its title as the National Orchestra of Greece.
Today the orchestra is considered one of the most dynamic, integral and active ensembles in Greece and consists of 99 musicians.
The orchestra’s conductor is Vladimiros Symeonidis.
CONCERT MASTERS
KIRANIDES POLYVIOS
MITROPOULOU MIKAELA
SFETSAS CHRISTOS
VIOLINS –A-
KORELIS ODYSSEAS
FILIPPAS EPAMINONDAS
STRAKOSHA ΕDLIRA
SHALENKOVA IRINA
ALTI SOULTANA
STATHAKIS KONSTANTINOS
LAPATSANIS IOANNIS
PRASIDI ATHANASIA
GRATSIAS ANASTASIOS
TZIOTIS IOANNIS
KADESHA ARBEN
SELMANI MIGEN
VIOLINS –B-
ZIOGA VILMA
PANAGIOTOPOULOS GEORGE
KIOULOGLOU CHARALAMPOS
FILIPPAS FOIVOS
MARTZELIS VASILIS
STATHAKI MARGARITA
VARDAMI KITI
ZAGOURAKIS NIKOS
XYLINAS ANDRIANOS
KROMMYDAS GEORGIOS
VIOLAS
SAMARAS ARTEMIOS
SEMSIS STAMOS
LIBERIOU AGISILAOS
DIONISIOU KALLIROI
KARAFANTIS EVANGELOS
ANTACHOPOULOU KONSTANTIA
TSINIKA ANNA
AMARANTIDOU KONSTANTINA
HAFIZI INDRIT
MANIAS ANTONIS
VIOLONTSELLOS
DEMEULENAERE CLAIRE
PAVLIDIS IOANNIS
LAZARIDI IOULIETA
BAKMANIDI OLGA
LYKOS VASILIOS
LALIOTIS GEORGIOS
SFETSAS KONSTANTINOS
FOULANIS GEORGIOS
CONTRABASSES
CHALMOUKIS PERIKLIS
ZOGRAFOS EVANGELOS
ASLANIDIS DIMITRIOS
KONTOS PANAGIOTIS
LAZAROU THEODOROS
MIRONENKO ALEXANDROS
MERMIGKAS CHARILAOS
CHAIDOPOULOU ELENI
KAZAGLIS ANASTASIOS
FLUTES
MAKROPODI-MAZARAKI MARIA
MAKRI MELINA
XATZI RODOULA
SPILIOTOPOULOU IFIGENIA
FLUTE PICCOLO
SPILIOTOPOULOU IFIGENIA
OBOES
SAVANI ELENI
KONTOS SPYRIDON
KOPSIDA AIKATERINI
DESSYLA CHARITINI
ENGLISH HORN
DESSYLA CHARITINI
CLARINETS
TSAMOU ASIMINA
KRITIKOS SPYRIDON
GKINOS CHRISTOS
POLITIS ANGELOS
CLARINET BASSO
GKINOS CHRISTOS
QUARTINO
KRITIKOS SPYRIDON
HARP
BILDEA MARIA
BASSOONS
KALOGEROPOULOS THEODOROS
KOSTIS SPYRIDON
KOULARMANIS PANAGIOTIS
CONTRA BASSOON
KOSTIS SPYRIDON
HORNS
LAGOS ANTONIS
MICHAIL GEORGIOS
ANTHI ELENI
PETSAS NIKOLAOS
KERKYRAS IOANNIS
TRUMPETS
KATSIOS ALEXANDROS
KALOGIANNIS APOSTOLOS
KALOUDIS KONSTANTINOS
RAYMONDIS SPYRIDON
TROMBONES
ELEFANTIS IOANNIS
SOUKERAS THEODOROS
PETSAS DIMITRIOS
MICHAILIDIS MICHAIL
PAPASTERGIOU THEODORA
TROMBONE BASSO
MICHAILIDIS MICHAIL
TUBA
ZOUGANELIS ELEFTHERIOS
GLENIS IOANNIS
TIMPANI
DESSYLAS DIMITRIOS
PERCUSSION
DIAKOGIORGIS MICHAIL
LIATSOS CHRISTOS
KOLLIAS FOTIOS
KONTOS DIMITRIOS
PROPERTY MEN
MITSAKOS MARIOS
RODOPOULOS CHRISTOS