Biography
Appointed Assistant Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 2022/23, and having won the Orchestra’s Prize award at the 16th Mitropoulos Conducting Competition, Konstantinos has been based in the United Kingdom and he excels in symphonic, operatic and contemporary repertoire.
He completed his Bachelor’s degree at the Ionian University with Miltos Logiadis and his Master's of Music in orchestral conducting with Martyn Brabbins, Garry Walker and Alasdair Mitchell, having been awarded a full scholarship by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Hugh S. Roberton Prize for Orchestral Conducting. Alongside his studies, he has expanded his training in Ballet conducting with Richard Honner.
He was selected conductor at the Klangspuren Schwaz Festival 2021 under the International Ensemble Modern Academy where he assisted Johannes Kalitzke.
In 2022 he was Conducting Fellow at the Lucerne Festival Academy, which included a masterclass with Thomas Adés and coaching from Jonathan Stockhammer.
He has been selected semi-finalist ofthe Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition in Manchester and finalist of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition where he conducted the London Symphony Orchestra.
In 2024 he won the audition of the Athens State Symphony Orchestra for Guest Conducting over next seasons.
During season 2024/25 he was regularly enganged in his home country conducting a number of ballet and opera productions which included Rossini's La Cenerentola and Beethoven's Fidelio, Delibes' ballet Coppelia, Shchedrin's ballet Carmen and he returned to Birmingham Contemporary Music Group recording new music.
He debuted at the Megaron Concert Hall with the Hellenic Radio Symphony Orchestra joined by Ilya Smukler and he'll be returning this season at Easter to conduct at Megaron their Easter concert with Athens State Orchestra.
After his operatic debut with the Greek National Opera conducting Puccini's La Bohéme, he is returning to open the season of the opera house with S. Samaras opera Flora Mirabilis and later on to conduct Bizet's Carmen.
He also debuted with the Athens State Orchestra and the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra and he will be returning to conducting both orchestras during 2025/26 season, and he will also be recording with TETTTIX ensemble works of Jani Christou, M. Paraskakis, Y. Kyriakidis a.o.