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Hellenic Conservatory

Coordinates: 37°59′04″N 23°44′08″E / 37.98433°N 23.73569°E / 37.98433; 23.73569
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Hellenic Conservatory
Ελληνικό Ωδείο
Location
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Didotou 53, Athens

Coordinates38°03′16″N 23°48′42″E / 38.05431188506223°N 23.8117836460293°E / 38.05431188506223; 23.8117836460293
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Established1919
FounderManolis Kalomiris

The Hellenic Conservatory (Greek: Ελληνικό Ωδείο) is an educational institution for the performing arts in modern Greece.[1] It was founded in Athens in 1919 by the composer Manolis Kalomiris. Kalomoiris was the conservatoire's director until 1926, when he left to found the National Conservatoire.[2] The conservatoire early on opened a number of branches throughout Athens, in a number of cities in Greece, and in Cyprus.[3] The conservatoire's current location is Didotou 53 and its artistic director is Alkis Baltas.[4]

Theodore Antoniou,[5] Leonidas Kavakos[6] and Dimitri Terzakis were students of the Hellenic Conservatory.[7]

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References

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  1. ^ Giannelou, Phaedra (17 June 2023). "Diploma of Orchestral Conducting at Hellenic Conservatory - Faidra Giannelou Official". Faidra Giannelou | Φαίδρα Γιαννέλου Official Website.
  2. ^ "The Hellenic Conservatory will host the Archive of Dance in Greece and the Library of the State School of Orchestral Art". Days of Art in Greece. 18 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Teaching Staff". College of Music.
  4. ^ "Biography – Alkis Baltas". alkisbaltas.info.
  5. ^ Staff, BMInt (11 April 2019). "Theodore Antoniou To Be Celebrated". The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
  6. ^ "Violinist Leonidas Kavakos Joins Greece's Academy of Athens". World's Leading Classical Music Platform. 6 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Tribute to Anestis Logothetis P rogramme & A bstracts" (PDF). www.music.uoa.gr.
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37°59′04″N 23°44′08″E / 37.98433°N 23.73569°E / 37.98433; 23.73569