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Nelli Semitekolo

Νέλλη Σεμιτέκολο

Pianist

Nelli Semitekolo, born in Athens, received her diploma from the National Conservatory, where she studied under Fofi Grafiadou and Krinio Kalomoiri. She advanced her piano education at the Music Academy of Munich with Erik Then-Bergh and took private lessons with Alice Pashkus.

Semitekolo has had long-standing collaborations with Theodore Antoniou’s Contemporary Music Ensemble and previously worked with Manos Hadjidakis on the Third Program, the “Musical Augusts” of Heraklion, and at the Song Contests of Corfu.

Her performances have spanned numerous European countries, including Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Bulgaria, and the former Yugoslavia. She has participated in festivals in cities such as Athens, Patras, Heraklion, Corfu, Kalamata, Piraeus, Ohrid, and Lefkada. Semitekolo has also collaborated with all major Greek orchestras in radio and television productions. Her discography features works by Grigoriou, Kalomoiri, Kurupu, Mikroutsikos, Skalkotas, Sfetsas, and Hristou.

Currently, she teaches at the Municipal Conservatory of Kalamata and the Athenaeum Conservatory.

Source: Athens Conservatoire

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	September 24, 1971	Kotopouli -Rex Theatre	Athens	Greece	Hellenic Week of Contemporary Music	Hellenic Association of Contemporary Music (Ελληνικός Σύνδεσμος Σύχγρονης Μουσικής)	Theodore Antoniou (conductor), Nelli Semitekolo (piano), Andreas Rodousakis (double bass), Alexandros Symeonidis (percussion), Giannis Mantakas (chorusmaster)	Giannis Mantakas Choir of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Episodes II, Op. 30
2	September 28, 1971	Theatre of the Society for Macedonian Studies	Thessaloniki	Greece	Contemporary Music Days	Hellenic Association of Contemporary Music (Ελληνικός Σύνδεσμος Σύχγρονης Μουσικής)	Theodore Antoniou (conductor), Nelli Semitekolo (piano), Andreas Rodousakis (double bass), Alexandros Symeonidis (percussion), Giannis Mantakas (chorusmaster)	Giannis Mantakas Choir of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Episodes II, Op. 30
3	February 25, 1976	Theatre of the Society for Macedonian Studies	Thessaloniki	Greece	N/A	"Art" Macedonian Artistic Society	Kaiti Kopanitsa (voice - Mezzo-Soprano), Nelli Semitekolo (piano)	N/A	Six Songs, Op. 37
4	April 13, 1976	British Council	Athens	Greece	N/A	N/A	Kaiti Kopanitsa (voice - Mezzo-Soprano), Nelli Semitekolo (piano)	N/A	Six Songs, Op. 37
5	January 25, 1986	National Gallery of Greece - Live Broadcast by First Program (ERT)	Athens	Greece	N/A	National Gallery of Greece, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT)	Dimitris Vraskos (violin), Nelli Semitekolo (piano)	N/A	Violin Sonata, Op. 45
6	April 7, 1987	Pallas Theatre	Athens	Greece	1st Festival of Contemporary Greek Chamber Music	Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sciences, Hellenic Association of Contemporary Music (Ελληνικός Σύνδεσμος Σύχγρονης Μουσικής), Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, Athens State Orchestra	Maria Marketou-Voudouri (voice - Mezzo-Soprano), Nelli Semitekolo (piano)	N/A	Six Songs, Op. 37

Works

#	Catalogue Number	Work Title	Subtitle	Opus	Instrumentation	Work Page
1	YSC87	Sonata	for Violin and Piano	45	Violin and Piano	View
2	YSC79	Six Songs	for Single Voice and Piano	37	Voice and Piano	View
3	YSC71	Episodes ΙΙ	for mixed choir, tape and three performers	30	2 Choirs, Piano, Double Bass, Percussion (3 Suspended Cymbals – large, medium, and small, Large Tam-Tam, Small Tamtam, Flexatone, 5 Temple Blocks, Woodblock, Bass Tom, Bells, Tubular Bells, Crotales, Timpani, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Maracas, Claves), Tape	View

Discography

#	Album Cover	Title	Artist(s)	Work(s) by Sicilianos	Format	Label	Release Date	Album Page
1		1st, 2nd & 4th Hellenic Week Of Contemporary Music	Alexandros Symeonidis, Andreas Rodousakis, Giannis Mantakas, Giannis Mantakas Choir of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Nelli Semitekolo, Theodore Antoniou		LP - Vinyl	EMI - ODEON	1973	View
2		Kaiti Kopanitsa - Greek Composers	Kaiti Kopanitsa, Nelli Semitekolo	Six Songs for Single Voice and Piano Op. 37	Compact Disc	Sirius	2009	View

References

Kopanitsa, Kaiti. Greek Composers. Nelli Semitekolo (piano), Aliki Krithari (harp). Sirius, 2009. SMH 5200112411557. Compact Disc.
Athens Conservatoire. “Ρεσιτάλ πιάνου Νέλλης Σεμιτέκολο.” Accessed October 9, 2024. https://www.athensconservatoire.gr/ρεσιτάλ-πιάνου-νέλλης-σεμιτέκολο
Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011) , 84, 100, 118
1st, 2nd & 4th Hellenic Week Of Contemporary Music [1η, 2η & 4η Ελληνική Εβδομάδα Σύγχρονης Μουσικής], performed by various artists. EMI - ODEON, 1973, LP, Catalogue No.: CSDG 64.
Dimitris Agrafiotis, Theodore Antoniou, Tatsis Apostolidis, Valia Christopoulou, Giorgos Demertzis, Popi Eustratiadi, Byron Fidetzis, Gianni Ioannides, Apostolos Kostios, Giorgos Kouroupos, Katy Romanou, Yorgos Sicilianos, Michalis Stathopoulos, Nikos Synodinos, and Nikos B. Tsouchlos. Yorgos Sicilianos: In the Avant-Garde of Contemporary Music [Γιώργος Σισιλιανός - Ο συνθέτης στην πρωτοπορία της σύγχρονης μουσικής]. Edited by Valentini Tselika. (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2007) , 205

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