Vania Papadimitriou
Vania Papadimitriou was born in Athens.
She is a permanent member of the
family of cellos in the Athens State
Orchestra. She studied at the Athens
Conservatory with Eleftherios
Papastavros and earned her diploma in
1992 with honors. She was received for
a master course at the Royal College of
Music in London with A. Fleming.
She collaborated with the Orchestra of
Colours, the ensembles of the Hellenic
Radio Television, the Third Programme
of the Hellenic Radio as member of the
quartet “arco”, as Giorgos Tsagaris’s
collaborator in live broadcasting of
concerts in Greece and abroad, as well
as with the ensemble “Athens Strings”.
She has collaborated as soloist with the
orchestra of the Athens Conservatory,
the orchestra of the National Technical
University of Athens and the orchestra
of the Third Programme of the Hellenic
Radio in Herodeion, performing Giorgos
Tsagaris’s compositions. She gave
recitals in KonzertHaus in Vienna,
Austria, in Graz, Florence, Athens, in
the state television and in various
municipalities and cities in Greece. She
served as Principal A in the family of
cellos in the Piraeus Symphonic
Orchestra and in the orchestra of the
National Technical University of Athens.
She taught in the Athens Conservatory
from 1992 to 2012. She is teaching cello
in the Attica Conservatory. She is a
member of the trio “Diapason” with
piano, as well as the quintet “Quintarco”
of the Athens State Orchestra.