orchestra conductor
"Eleni Papakyriakou has the skills to advance to the first league of the female conductors in Germany!"
"a highly talented conductor, with a clear view of the music and a fine sense of style"
"clear and focused conducting, aesthetic and far from any show"
"technical sovereignty and musical sensitivity"
"thanderous applause and standing ovations"
Biography
Eleni Papakyriakou completed her studies in orchestra conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in 2015. She has performed in the Philharmonie de Paris with the Orchestre Pasdeloup and the Paris Mozart Orchestra (international competition "La Maestra Paris"), in the Great Broadcasting Hall of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, in the Aristoteles University Concert Hall with the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, in the Ballhaus Kassel with the Orchestra of the Music Academy "Louis Spohr", in the opera house of Passau/Landshut/Straubing with the Niederbayerische Philharmonie and many more. She is the chief conductor of the Passau University Orchestra (2016-2019 and since 2022) and worked at the Landestheater Niederbayern for 7 years, conducting opera performances. In 2023 Eleni Papakyriakou founded her own symphony orchestra, Sinfonietta Passau, which can already look back on three highly successful concert series. She was honoured with the Tokyo Foundation's SYLFF Leadership Initiatives Award in 2024.
Agenda
17.05.25 Passau / 24.05.25 Straubing / 31.05.25 Landshut
Hanna Blomberg: "The Importance of Time" (German premiere), C. Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 2 - Soloist: Lida Limmer, J. Sibelius: Symphony No. 3
Sinfonietta Passau
13.06.25 Kassel
F. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, L. Farrenc: Symphony No. 3
Orchestra of the Music Academy of the City of Kassel "Louis Spohr"
05.-06.07.2025 Passau
F. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto - Soloist: Margarita Nastouli, A. Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Passau University Orchestra
01.01.2026 Vilshofen
New Year´s Concert
Sinfonietta Passau
Press
The orchestra [Sinfonietta Passau] not only serves up a very alert and present sound, it also knows exactly what musical message the conductor wants to hear from it in every phrase. Eleni Papakyriakou has worked through Beethoven's score [Eroica] deeply and clearly and implemented her ideas for concert practice precisely in time. The cellos flow, the violins model a yearning, the woodwinds accelerate imperceptibly, the string tutti brings this unbridled touch of madness, the brass sets merciless blows, cellos and double basses capture everything in a small mystical wave.