Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos

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Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos, 2016

Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos (born October 25, 1982 in Stuttgart ) is a German conductor , pianist and music producer of Greek descent.

Live and act

Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos grew up in Esslingen am Neckar and received his first piano lessons at the age of three. After graduating from high school, he completed his music studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart from 2002 with a diploma in 2007 in the subjects of piano, composition and conducting. In the same year he studied for several months as part of the Erasmus program at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid and then completed the master's degree in hearing education in Stuttgart in 2007. During this time he was a DAAD scholarship holder. In 2013 he received his doctorate by distance learning from the University of Leicester on a subject of film music ("Narratological, Psychological and Semiotic Relationship between Opera and Film. A Case Study of Richard Wagner's Ring The Ring Cycle and Howard Shore's The Lord of the Rings".)

Kalogeropoulos worked for some time as musical director and pianist on cruise ships and as a pianist on various projects, including the Musical Gentlemen (2015-2018). From 2014 to 2019 he was musical director of the Benefiz Musical Gala in Heidenheim. Since 2015 he has been a regular pianist and guest conductor in various productions at the Landestheater Dinkelsbühl and in 2018 he was the musical director of the musical Die Päpstin at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart . Since 2017 he has been the pianist for the show "Michael Jackson Tribute Live Experience" with Michael Jackson imitator Sascha Pazdera. In this context, he joined a. a. in the Tempodrom Berlin, the Mehr Theater Hamburg and the Düsseldorf Capitol Theater . Since 2018 he has accompanied the Gentlemen of Voices as a pianist .

Kalogeropoulos has been the musical director of the Ludwig² musical at Ludwigs Festspielhaus since 2016 , where he also directed the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in 2017 .

In 2019 he produced his first two shows Piano Impact Absolute Live at the Württembergische Landesbühne Esslingen and the crossover production "Ludwig meets Michael Jackson" at Ludwigs Festspielhaus.

In 2018 he released his first solo CD Piano Impact.

Kalogeropoulos teaches at the municipal music school in Esslingen and was a lecturer in accompaniment and song interpretation at the Junge Akademie Stuttgart from 2014 to 2018 .

Private

Up to the age of 18 he was an active figure skater and reached the master class in the individual competition. In 2002 he won the bronze medal at the German championships in 2002 with the synchronous team from Mannheim .

Compositions

Kalogeropoulos composed various film scores, including for the film Dard Divorce as well as for television and musical background music, such as for the radio play The Witcher .

Engagements as musical director (selection)

  • 2015: The diaries of Adam and Eve , Landestheater Dinkelsbühl
  • 2016: The little horror shop , Landestheater Dinkelsbühl
  • Since 2016: Ludwig² , Ludwigs Festspielhaus , Füssen
  • 2017: Marylin Monroe's last volume , Landestheater Dinkelsbühl
  • 2017: A Midsummer Night's Dream , Ludwig's Festspielhaus
  • 2018: The Popess , Theaterhaus Stuttgart
  • 2019: Edith Piaf: Addicted to love

Own productions

Discography

  • 2013: Musical Friends for Charity
  • 2019: Piano Impact, solo album
  • 2020: Gentlemen of Voices (the 1st) (Hofer)

Web links

Commons : Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Eßlinger Zeitung ONLINE-The news portal for the Esslingen-Eßlinger Zeitung region: Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos' musical gala “Piano Impact” is frenetically celebrated in the WLB: the wonderful world of musicals in the WLB - Esslinger Zeitung. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e music school in Esslingen am Neckar: Kalogeropoulos, Konstantinos. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Eßlinger Zeitung ONLINE-The news portal for the Esslingen region- Eßlinger Zeitung: Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos is on the road all over the world when it comes to musicals - First own CD: Esslinger Musikprofi brings out his first CD - Esslinger Zeitung. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  4. ^ Benefit Musical Gala 2017 in the Konzerthaus Heidenheim on June 23, 2017. June 25, 2017, accessed April 29, 2020 .
  5. ^ Heidenheimer Zeitung GmbH & Co KG: Benefit gala: Mamma Mia for a good cause. June 11, 2018, accessed April 29, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Team: Landestheater Dinkelsbühl. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b The Popess (Stuttgart 2018). In: united Musicals.de. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b c Ludwig meets Michael Jackson. In: Füssen current. November 29, 2019, accessed April 28, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Gentlemen of Voices: About Us. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Announcement of the production “Ludwig meets Michael Jackson”. In: Füssen current. May 30, 2019, accessed April 28, 2020 .
  11. ^ Württembergische Landesbühne Esslingen: Piano Impact - Absolutely! Live! # 2. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Matthias Matz: Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos explains the idea behind "Ludwig meets Michael Jackson". In: Kreisbote.de. March 28, 2019, accessed April 29, 2020 .
  13. ↑ M. Rose: Dr. Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos Interview - Musical1 Podcast 327. January 31, 2020, accessed on April 28, 2020 (German).
  14. ↑ Markus Stengelin: The Witcher. In: Hörspielsachen.de. August 28, 2015, accessed April 29, 2020 .
  15. ↑ N. Hofmann: The small horror shop in the Landestheater Dinkelsbühl. In: musical1.de. March 18, 2016, accessed April 29, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Piano Impact - Absolutely! Live! # 2 Württembergische Landesbühne Esslingen, accessed on April 28, 2020.
  17. ↑ Füssener Heimatzeitung No. 185. Retrieved on April 29, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Musical Friends for Charity CD. Accessed April 29, 2020 (German).
  19. ^ Piano impact. In: Catalog of the German National Library. 2018, accessed April 29, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kalogeropoulos, Konstantinos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor, pianist and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart