Vladimiros Symeonidis

VLADIMIROS SYMEONIDIS is currently working as a freelance conductor and assistant professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Faculty of Music of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. From 2006 to 2011 he was the Principal Conductor of the Greek National Radio Symphony Orchestra (ERT). He is a frequent guest conductor of all the major symphony orchestras in Greece, such as the Athens State Symphony Orchestra, the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, the Greek National Opera, etc. He has worked together with some major European orchestras such as the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic, Ensemble Klangforum Wien, Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta Belgrade, the Wiener Sängerknaben, etc. He has collaborated with some of the world's finest soloists and composers such as Cyprien Katsaris, Cheryl Studer, Olli Kortekangas, Mikis Theodorakis, Simon Saheen, Georges Aperghis, Klaus Lienbacher, Theodor Antoniou, Richard Galliano, Martin Haselboeck, Myrto Papatanasiu, etc. Recordings of Maestro Symeonidis have been broadcasted through E.B.U. in many European Countries. His latest recording of works by Greek Composer J.Papaioannou has been released by NAXOS. Vladimiros Symeonidis has graduated from the prestigious University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, attending the legendary Conducting Class of Prof. Uros Lajovic. Further, he has studied Composition at the same University with Prof. Erich Urbanner and Musicology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.