yorgos ziavras, Conductor
Yorgos Ziavras is a surprising outsider: a trained cembalist and architect, he’s a regular conductor at the Greek National Opera, from Fledermaus, Purcell, to Fidelio or Skalkottas in high demand !
With his self-founded ERMA Ensemble he premiered Peter Eötvös’ Goldene Drach in Cologne in 2019, being praised his views on technical as well as on musical problems. Kapellmeister in Krefeld-Mönchengladbach he’s conducted productions of Let’s Stop Brexit, Die Zauberflöte , Sunset Boulevard, Dialogues des Carmélites…
Ziavras founded in 2015 the CoGNiMUS orchestra (www.cognimus.de) focussing on baroque music: this year a Mozart Requiem mixed and commentend with compositions of our time, staged and presented for new audiences will come to live in November 2021.