Constantin Papageorgio
Violinist,Composer and arranger was born in Nicosia,
Cyprus.
He studied Violin and Clarinet at
the National Conservatoire of Cyprus
and from 1988-1991 was a leader of
the Cyprus Youth Orchestra. As a
teenage Constantin represented Cyprus at the European Youth Orchestra (Delphi 1991).
He continued his Violin studies in England with Yossi Zivoni and Claire
Parfitt,
Allan Bulard (composition) and
Chris Phelps (Conducting) at Anglia University.
His compositions have been
performed in Europe and U.S.A.
Among other awards as a composer he is a Prize winner of
Arklow International Music Festival in Ireland (2004) and ‘Ivan Spassov’ Composers
Competition in Bulgaria. He holds a National Conservatoire
of Cyprus Violin Diploma, Licentiate of Royal Schools of Music Diploma in Performance,
Bachelor of Arts from Anglia University,and a Postgraduate Degree in Composition from Trinity College of Music.
He is a member of the Cyprus
Symphony Orchestra and the founder of the 'Papageorgio String Quartet'
Konstantinos Anastasiadis
Born in Thessaloniki, he began his violin studies at the age of 6. At 12, he won 2nd prize in a competition for young students in Thessaloniki and 4th prize in a national competition in Athens. As a student, he participated in numerous projects with the Thessaloniki State Orchestra for Young Musicians, performing alongside its members. At 17, he became concertmaster of the Youth Thessaloniki State Orchestra. He graduated with a Diploma in Violin from the Modern Conservatorium of Thessaloniki, studying under Professor Zlatka Zlateva. Had masterclasses with renowned musicians such as S. Papanas, D. Chandrakis, G. Demertzis, and Z. Bron.He continued his studies in Germany at the Musikhochschule Trossingen, where he studied with Professor Riza Yildiz and later with Professor Juliane Rampf, earning a Master’s degree in Violin, specializing in Orchestra Performance. During his studies, he was awarded the prestigious state scholarship, IKY.”
Throughout his career, he has contributed as an extra player in orchestras across Germany and Greece. He has also participated in film music recordings with various chamber music ensembles. Additionally, he is a member of the Orpheus Soloists chamber music group in Greece. Since 2022, he has been a member of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, performing in the first violins section.
Nick Papageorgio
.. was born in Nicosia in 1982. He started violin lessons at the age of 6 at Ethnikon Odeion in Nicosia. At the age of 16 he began viola lessons. He was a member of the Cyprus Youth Orchestra and leader in Viola section for 6 years (1996-2002) . In 2006 he finished his studies in United Kingdom obtained a master degree in Viola performance at the Northern Royal College of Music in Manchester. Since 2009 he is collaborating member of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. In addition he works as a violin and viola teacher in El Sistema and for various other music schools in Nicosia. He is currently the Viola player of the Papageorgio String Quartet.
Born in 1985 Gürhan Nuray completed his primary and secondary education in Nicosia Cyprus. After completion of the secondary education, he attended to Hacettepe University Ankara Conservatory for high school and university education. Nuray graduated from the conservatory in 8 years during which he participated in several concerts as soloist and participated in several orchestra and chamber music concerts. In 2005 he received a scholarship from Apple Hill organization and went to the USA for some projects. In 2006 Nuray attended to cello master class in Switzerland where he had the chance to work with Prof. Xenia Jankovich and Prof. Cristoph Richter. During 2005-2007 he participated in Bellapais International Music Festival where he performed as a soloist. Since 2009 he has been performing at Cyprus Symphony Orchestra as an extra player and he is still the cello section leader at the Nicosia Turkish Municipality Orchestra.