Download MEROPI KOLLAROU was born in Alexandroupolis.She studied at

MEROPI KOLLAROU was born in Alexandroupolis.She studied at the
State Conservatory of Thessaloniki(class of G. Thimis) and received her
diploma with aspecial award distinction. She studied in Belgium withRosa
Sabater (Spanish music) and Noel Lee (American contemporary music) with
scholarship by the international organization Music Youth. She studied for
five years with Ferenc Rados, Annie Fischer (piano), Cyorgy Kurtag
(chamber music) in the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy in Budapest with
scholarship by the Hungarian government. She has participated in
international piano seminars with Maria Cursio, Cyorgy Cebok, Tomas
Vasary, Dimitri Baskiroff, etc.
She has collaborated with Hungarian, Finnish and Austrian symphonic
orchestras and in Greece with the State Orchestras of both Athens and
Thessaloniki, the Symphonic Orchestra of Greek Radio and the Orchestra
of Colors. She performed recitals and chamber music concerts in Greece,
Belgium, Finland, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria and has recorded
accordingly for radio and television networks.
She has performed works of B. Britten, A. Copland, K. Nikitas, K. Sfetsas,
G. Sisilianos, in avant premieres in Greece with conductors such as A.
Paridis, L. Chalkiadakis,S. Xarhakos, M. Chatzidakis. She has collaborated
with the National Theatre of Northern Greece in the music theatrical
productions «The Threepenny Opera» and «Maroula’s Luck». She has taught
piano in the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki and in the Ferenc Liszt
Academy, as well as in summer piano and chamber music seminars in
Finland. Currently, she teaches piano in the F. Nakas Conservatory (Athens)
and is the artistic director of the Municipal Conservatory of
Alexandroupolis.