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 The young pianist Konstantina Vidalaki is considered as one of the most prominent emerging Greek artists of her generation. Elements that distinguish Konstantina’s performances are her delicate and expressive sound combined with great vigor and virtuosity, as well as her commitment to cultural dialogue through music. She regularly performs as a soloist and a chamber musician in world-renowned concert venues in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Italy and has toured throught South America. 

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Recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the exceptionally given Gina Bachauer Prize at the Athens Megaron, Konstantina is also a scholarship holder of  the Spanish Association “World in Harmony”, the Goethe Institute, the Athens Megaron Music Friends Society, and the Ministry of Education and Culture in Greece. She is regulary invited to perform as a soloist with orchestras such as the Hanover Symphony Orchestra, the Arequipa Sympony Orchestra, the Cusco Symphony Orchestra, the Renaissance Filarmonia Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of Quito and the Chamber Orchestra of the Colegio República de Francia. Konstantina has performed in important international Festivals in Greece, such as the Athens & Epidaurus  Festival, Thessaloniki Piano Festival, Poros International Piano Festival and she has made live recordings for the National Greek Radio.

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Born in Crete, Konstantina is a versatile artist with great interest in cross-cultural projects and artistic/educational outreach. She co-founded Duo Alkyone with cellist Leonor Swyngedouw, a duo that intergrates classical repertoire and folk music elements and creates arrangements of traditional songs for cello and piano.  In 2021, the duo was featured in a UNESCO collaboration recording for German television H1. In 2023, the two musicians embarked on a concert tour across South America, performing and giving masterclasses at leading universities.  Additionally to her artistic activity, Konstantina was invited in May 2019 from the TU Crete and the  German Embassy, as a motivational speaker in a Lecture-Cycle of the  University. 

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During her musical career she received important artistic impulses in piano as well as chamber music courses from internationally renowned artists such as Ian Fountain, Claudio Constantini, George-Emmanuel Lazaridis, Yuri Bogdanov and Igor Petrin. Konstantina holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree with highest distinction from the Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media. She studied with Thetis Nikolopoulou, Christopher Oakden and Vassilia Efstathiadou. 

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