Biography
Born in Athens, he began his flute studies at the Conservatory of Athens with Dimitris Fotopoulos and Urs Ruttiman. After his graduation in 2002, he continued his studies in the Netherlands at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague alongside the principal flutists of Concertgebouworkest, Rien de Reede and Emily Beynon. He completed his BA in Music as a member of the flute class of Prof. Thies Roorda at the Prins Claus Conservatorium in Groningen, supported by the Onassis Foundation as well as the Stichting Instrumentenfonds Willem van Lier Fonds.
Also, he is a graduate of the University of Athens (Music Studies) and a holder of a Research Master in Musicology acquired at the Research Institute for History and Culture (OGC) – University of Utrecht. His musicological interests involve the influence of German music culture in the creation of the Greek National School of music, and more specifically in the work of Manolis Kalomiris. Konstantinos is also interested in the discovery of Greek music works, for flute and piano, which are considered lost, aiming to their performance and publication.
Ηe has performed as a soloist with the Orchestra of Patras (Saulious Sondeckis), and as a principal flutist with the Orchestra of the Bach Academy of Stuttgard (dir.:Helmuth Reilling) and with HSO (Groningen –The Netherlands). He has also performed in Athens (working along with the Kydoniatis String Quartet) and The Netherlands.
He is giving flute lessons at his studio in Amsterdam but also teaches at Muziekcentrum zuidoost and Amity International School of Amsterdam. Since 2014 he is the principal flute of the Nederlands Camerata.