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Chara Sira

Χαρά Σειρά

Violist

New Hellenic Quartet, Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Colours (Ορχήστρα των Χρωμάτων), ERT- National Symphony Orchestra, University of Macedonia

Chara Sira was born in Athens in 1970. She studied at the Hellenic Conservatory with Sofia Poimenidou and Stelios Kafantaris, and at the Conservatoire National Superieur in Paris with Jean Sulem. She graduated in 1994 with a First Prize in viola unanimously and with a special distinction. She continued her studies at the Conservatoire in Bordeaux with Tassos Adamopoulos.

Sira was honored with scholarships from the State Scholarships Foundation, the French government, and the A.S. Onassis Foundation.

She has appeared as a soloist with the Thessaloniki State Orchestra, the ERT National Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra of Colors.

As a member of the New Hellenic Quartet from 2001 to 2006, she performed at significant chamber music festivals and recorded works by Respighi, Nielsen, Skalkottas, and Koshkin for the BIS label.

Sira has served as the principal viola in the ERT National Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of Colors and currently holds the same position in the Thessaloniki State Orchestra.

She is a member of the “DissonArt Ensemble.”

Chara Sira teaches at the Department of Music Science and Art at the University of Macedonia, at the Music Week of Lefkada, and at the International MusikTage in Brache, Germany.

Source: Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	October 7, 2001	Thessaloniki Concert Hall	Thessaloniki	Greece	N/A	Thessaloniki Concert Hall	Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Chara Seira (viola), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello)	New Hellenic Quartet	String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13
2	October 15, 2002	Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens Concert Hall	Maria Asteriadou (piano), Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Chara Sira (viola), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello)	New Hellenic Quartet	Piano Quintet, Op. 61
3	May 7, 2005	Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall	Athens	Greece	Hellenic Music Festivals [Ελληνικές Μουσικές Γιορτές]	Athens State Orchestra	Maria Asteriadou (piano), Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Chara Sira (viola), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello), Vassilis Papavassiliou (double bass)	New Hellenic Quartet	Timbres, Op. 63
4	March 13, 2007	Benaki Museum	Athens	Greece	Exhibition - Yorgos Sicilianos 1920-2005, the composer in the avant-garde of contemporary music	Benaki Museum	Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Chara Sira (violist), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello)	New Hellenic Quartet	String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8, String Quartet No. 3 Op. 15, String Quartet No. 5 Op. 53

Works

#	Catalogue Number	Work Title	Subtitle	Opus	Instrumentation	Work Page
1	YSC106	Timbres	for Piano, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Contrabass	63	Piano, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass	View
2	YSC104	Quintet	for Piano and Strings	61	Piano and String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
3	YSC96	String Quartet No. 5		53	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
4	YSC68	String Quartet No. 4		28	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
5	YSC49	String Quartet No. 3		15	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
6	YSC47	String Quartet No. 2		13	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
7	YSC41	String Quartet No. 1		8	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View

Discography

#	Album Cover	Title	Artist(s)	Work(s) by Sicilianos	Format	Label	Release Date	Album Page
1		Yorgos Sicilianos: Chamber Music I	Apostolos Chandrakis, Chara Sira, Dimitrios Chandrakis, Georgios Demertzis, Maria Asteriadou, New Hellenic Quartet	Pantoum Op. 46, String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8, String Quartet No. 2 Op. 13, String Quartet No. 3 Op. 15	Compact Disc	Leskhi tou diskou - Poikile Stoa	2001	View
2		Yorgos Sicilianos: Chamber Music II	Apostolos Chandrakis, Chara Sira, Dimitrios Chandrakis, Georgios Demertzis, Maria Asteriadou, New Hellenic Quartet	Quintet for Piano and Strings Op. 61, Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 45, String Quartet No. 4 Op. 28, String Quartet No. 5 Op. 53	Compact Disc	Leskhi tou diskou - Poikile Stoa	2006	View

Sound Archives

#	Image	Title	Description	Recording Date	Format	Running Time	Remarks	Audio Files
1		Timbres Op. 63	Yorgos Sicilianos – Timbres for Piano, 2 Violin, Viola, Cello and Contrabass, Op. 63 New Hellenic Quartet: Georgios Demertzis (violin I) Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II) Chara Sira (viola) Apostolos Chandrakis (cello) Maria Asteriadou (piano) Vassilis Papavassiliou (double bass) Hellenic Music Festivals Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall (Athens Concert Hall) Athens, Greece May 7, 2005 (Live Recording)	May 7, 2005	Digital (MP3)	00.13.55		View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011) , 36, 43, 48, 80, 134, 146, 148
Yorgos Sicilianos: Chamber Music II (Γιώργος Σισιλιάνος: Μουσική Δωματίου ΙΙ), performed by the New Hellenic Quartet and Maria Asteriadou. Leskhi tou Diskou - Poikile Stoa, 2006, Compact Disc, 76:13. Catalogue No.: EA 7.77702.
Yorgos Sicilianos: Chamber Music I (Γιώργος Σισιλιάνος: Μουσική Δωματίου Ι), performed by the New Hellenic Quartet and Maria Asteriadou. Leskhi tou Diskou - Poikile Stoa, 2001, Compact Disc, 75:34. Catalogue No.: EA 7.77701.
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020) , 277, 280
“Νέα & Δελτία Τύπου: Χαρά Σειρά,” Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, accessed August 19, 2024, https://www.tsso.gr/default.aspx?lang=el-GR&page=73&NewsID=48.

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