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Ersi Kagelari

Έρση Καγκελάρη

Violinist

Hellenic Quartet

Ersi Kagelari (1927 – 2016) studied violin at the Athens Conservatoire under Giorgos Lykoudis, earning her diploma in 1955. She later continued her studies with Henryk Szeryng at the International Academy of Nice from 1958 to 1960. In 1964, she joined the ERT Symphony Orchestra, and in 1973, she became a member of the Athens State Orchestra. Kagelari was a core member of the Small Orchestra of Athens and a founding member of the Hellenic Quartet, alongside her husband, Tatsis Apostolidis.

Source: LP – Yorgo Sicilianos – Violin Sonata & Second Quartet

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	February 26, 1954	Parnassos Literary Society Hall	Athens	Greece	N/A	CIA - Central Intelligence Agency	Tatsis Apostolidis (violin I), Ersi Kagelari (violin II), Giannis Vatikiotis (viola), Emilios Sassarolis (cello)	Hellenic Quartet	String Quartet No. 1
2	March 17, 1954	Society for Macedonian Studies	Thessaloniki	Greece	N/A	"Art" Macedonian Artistic Company	Tatsis Apostolidis (violin I), Ersi Kagelari (violin II), Giannis Vatikiotis (viola), Emilios Sassarolis (cello)	Hellenic Quartet	String Quartet No. 1
3	June 12, 1954	(illegible)	Athens	Greece	N/A	N/A	Tatsis Apostolidis (violin I), Ersi Kagelari (violin II), Giannis Vatikiotis (viola), Emilios Sassarolis (cello)	Hellenic Quartet	String Quartet No. 1
4	March 21, 1955	Parnassos Literary Society Hall	Athens	Greece	N/A	CIA - Central Intelligence Agency	Tatsis Apostolidis (violin I), Ersi Kagelari (violin II), Giannis Vatikiotis (viola), Telis Katsikakis (cello)	Hellenic Quartet	String Quartet No. 2

Works

#	Cover Image	Catalogue Number	Work Title	Subtitle	Opus	Instrumentation	Remarks	Work Page
1		YSC47	String Quartet No. 2		13	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)		View
2		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		Yorgo Sicilianos - Violin Sonata & Second Quartet	Aris Garoufalis, Ersi Kagelari, Fita Valenti, Giannis Vatikiotis, Hellenic Quartet, Tatsis Apostolidis	Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 45, String Quartet No. 2 Op. 13	LP - Vinyl	Lyra	1982	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011) , 36, 42, 43
Yorgo Sicilianos - Violin Sonata & Second Quartet (Γιώργος Σισιλιάνος - Σονάτα για Βιολί και Πιάνο & Κουαρτέτο Αρ. 2), performed by Tatsis Apostolidis, Aris Garoufalis, and the Hellenic Quartet. Lyra, 1982, LP. Catalogue No.: 0274.
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020) , 279, 303

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