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Hellenic Quartet

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Performer Information

Telis Katsikakis

Τέλης Κατσικάκης

Cellist

Hellenic Quartet
Athens State Orchestra

Telis Katsikakis was a distinguished cellist who studied at the Athens Conservatoire. He was a member of the renowned Hellenic Quartet, alongside Tatsis Apostolidis (Violin I), Ersi Kagelari (Violin II), and Giannis Vatikiotis (Viola). The quartet became a significant ensemble in Greece, premiering numerous works by Greek composers and contributing to the promotion of Greek classical music. Katsikakis also served as a member of the Athens State Orchestra.

Source: Cyprus University of Technology

Performances
#
Date
Venue
City
Country
Festival
Organiser
Artist(s)
Ensemble(s)
Work(s) Performed
1
March 21, 1955
Parnassos Literary Society Hall
Athens
Greece
N/A
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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
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String Quartet No. 2
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String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)
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References
  1. “Athens State Orchestra: 22nd Concert of the 1969–1970 Season, April 20, 1970, Kotopouli Rex Theatre, Athens, conducted by Solon Michailides with Lothar Faber (oboe) as soloist.” Cyprus University of Technology, accessed November 13, 2024. https://helates.cut.ac.cy/uploads/r/sh78e/0/c/c/0ccada064fa99b83ea6bf3237406f1f1f581885d09f848945a1194beff81c31e/8.20.pdf.
  2. Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011) , 42, 43
  3. 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
  4. Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011) , 319
  5. 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) , 167, 195