An opera gala featuring award-winning vocalists from Greece’s national music competitions will take place on October 24 at the concert hall of the Filippos Nakas Conservatory in Athens. Organized by the Hellenic Club for UNESCO Arts, Letters and Sciences, with the support of the conservatory, the concert will be free and open to the public.
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The event will bring together first- and second-prize winners in the solo vocal performance category of the organization’s annual national music competitions held between 2020 and 2025. The singers will perform arias from celebrated operas by Mozart, Donizetti, Puccini, Bellini, Verdi, Massenet, Mascagni, Wagner, and Bizet.
The concert will begin at the Filippos Nakas Conservatory’s concert hall, with the final audience entry permitted at 6:50 p.m.
Celebrating Greece’s emerging vocal talent
The gala will feature nine singers: Dimitris Alexoudis, Despina Anagnou, Despina Andrioti, Katerina Vassiliadou, Iman Elgandour, Mavra-Maria Theodorakopoulou, Georgia Messini, Katerina Botoni, and Stefania-Maria Pappa.
Pianists Marios Kazas, Gulnora Tulyaganova, Dimitris Vezyroglou, and Dionysios Voulgaris will accompany the performers. Soprano and pianist Mania Vlachogianni, who specializes in crossover music spanning different genres, is overseeing the event’s artistic direction.
A national competition attracting 400 participants
Between 2020 and 2025, the Hellenic Club for UNESCO Arts, Letters and Sciences welcomed 400 participants from across Greece and abroad to its national music competitions.
The competitions covered seven categories: piano, strings, solo vocal performance, traditional singing, traditional instruments, guitar, and wind instruments.
Composer Eleftherios Kalkanis, director of the Athens Municipality Symphony Orchestra, chaired the competitions. The judging panels included established figures from the music industry and experienced music educators.
The October 24 gala will bring together the competition’s top vocal performers for an evening celebrating opera and the achievements of emerging singers.
Event details
- Date: October 24, 2026
- Venue: Concert Hall, Filippos Nakas Conservatory, Athens
- Admission: Free
- Final entry: 6:50 p.m.
- Artistic director: Mania Vlachogianni