Sofia Avramidou

Born in Thessaloniki (Greece) in 1988, Sofia Avramidou graduated from the composition department of Aristotle University (Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, 2009-2014) and from the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome (specialized Master’s degree, 2014-2016), having received the highest distinction in the class of Professor Ivan Fedele, as well as a scholarship for excellence from the Alexandros Onassis Foundation.

In Paris, in 2020, she graduated from IRCAM’s “Cursus de composition et d’informatique musicale”.

She has been awarded numerous prizes, including the Goffredo Petrassi Prize from the Quirinal Palace in Rome (2016), 1st prize at the IX “Francisco Escudero” International Accordion Composition Competition (2016) in Spain, and 1st prize at the 6th “Dimitris Dragatakis” Composition Competition (2014), organized by the Union of Greek Composers.

Durant sa formation, elle participe à de nombreux cours et séminaires de composition avec Beat Furrer, Philippe Manoury, Georges Aperghis, Francesco Filidei, Yan Maresz, Jean-Luc Hervé, Franck Bedrossian, Dmitri Kurljandski…

Sofia Avramidou also collaborates with director Evangelia Kranioti, for the film “Obscuro Barroco”, which received the Teddy Award at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival.

That same year, she was selected by the Venice Biennale to compose the chamber opera “Rodi rodi, morsicchia! La casina chi rosicchia?” performed at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale.

She has received commissions from ensembles and institutions such as Ensemble Intercontemporain, Philharmonie de Paris, Ircam, Venice Biennale, Musikfabrik, Ictus, Lemanic Modern Ensemble, 2e2m, Radio-France, Festival Ensemble(s), Festival de Prades, Festival Nouveaux Horizons, Orchestre National de Jazz, ECHO, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Auditorium Orchestre National de Lyon…

His compositions have been performed at the Philharmonie de Paris, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Bozar in Brussels, the Barbican in London, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Philharmonie in Cologne and the Venice Biennale, Auditori Barcelona, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Auditorium Lyon, Auditorium Parco della Musica Rome, Teatro La Fenice Venice, Boston University, Megaron Athens…

Alongside composition, Sofia Avramidou studies Byzantine music on the oud and ney, as well as traditional Greek singing.

As a singer, she collaborates with various ensembles and orchestras, such as the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, the Thessaloniki Municipal Orchestra, the Raanana Symphony Orchestra (Israel)…

In 2018, she arranged traditional songs for voice and clarinet and recorded the album “Binôme” in Greece.

Her works are published by Éditions Lacroch’ and BabelScores.