Yorgos Ziavras in a black blazer and pants stands with his hands in his pockets, surrounded by blurred women walking past him on a sidewalk against a brick wall background.

CONDUCTOR

BIOGRAPHY

Greek-German conductor, based in Cologne, Germany. HE IS THE PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR OF OPER WUPPERTAL

He is the founder of CoGNiMUS Collektiv and is also active in the contemporary music scene. In 2019 he founded ÉRMA Ensemble with fellow specialists in contemporary music.

Since 2017/18 he is guest conductor of the Greek National Opera, while he has also conducted numerous symphonic orchestras and ensembles in Greece and Germany, including Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Niederrheinische Sinfoniker, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Ensemble MusikFabrik, Greek National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, City of Athens Symphonic Orchestra,  ERGON Ensemble, TETTTIX aMONG OTHERS.

Side profile of Yorgos Ziavras with dark hair and beard, wearing a dark suit, against an orange background.

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

“Yorgos ZIAVRAS CONDUCTS WITH SO MUCH TEMPERAMENT THAT THE BATON FLIES OUT OF HIS HAND”

- Armin KAUMANNS, RHEINISCHE POST (2021)

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