TSAKIROGLOU, NIKITAS

Nikitas Tsakiroglou was born in Athens and graduated there at the National Theatre. He has worked with the National Theatre, the National Theatre of Northern Greece, the Art Theatre, and the Amphitheatre of Yorgos Evangelatos as well as private theatre companies, interpreting classical and contemporary rôles. In 1973 he was awarded the Katina Paxinou Prize and in 1997 the Aimilios Veakis Award as best male actor. In 1997 he formed the company Epilogi and he has since produced successfully performances of ancient and modern drama. He has collaborated with the National Opera, the Athens Concert Hall, the Organization for the Cultural Olympiad 2004 as well as the most significant Greek directors, including Minos Volanakis, Spyros Evangelatos, Karolos Koun, and Nikos Mastorakis. He has taken part in performances of ancient drama, playing leading rôles, Orestes in the play by Euripides, Orestes in Electra by Sophocles, Oedipus in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Eteokles in Seven against Thebes by Aeschylus among others, and touring all over Greece and abroad. In 2002 he played Agamemnon in the play by Aeschylus, directed by Yannis Kokkos. Since 2004 he has undertaken the artistic direction of the National Theatre of Northern Greece.

KALOMIRIS: Symphony No. 3 / Triptychon / 3 Greek Dances	8.557970