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Education

Katerina Stamatelos was born 1951 in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Piano performance education: studies with Helen Papazoglou (State Conservatory of Thessaloniki), Gelert Modos (Pireus Association), Dianko Iliew (Conservatory of Vienna), Lois Rova Ozanich (Kent State University), and Uriel Tsachor (The University of Iowa).

Composition education: studies with Michael Eckert, David Gompper, Lawrence Fritts, and Jeremy Dale Roberts (The University of Iowa).

Composition master classes attended: Theodore Antoniou, Robert Platz, and Beat Furrer (The University of Iowa).

She holds degrees from The University of Iowa (MA and PhD in composition), Kent State University (MM in piano performance), the Conservatory of Vienna (Piano Teaching Certificate), and the Pireus Association (Piano Soloist Diploma). She also holds a degree in Fashion Design (Dimitrelis School of Fashion, Thessaloniki).

Awards

Katerina Stamatelos has received the following awards:

A full tuition scholarship and assistantship for PhD studies in composition, (The University of Iowa, 2005–2006)

The Henry and Parker Pelzer Composition Award (The University of Iowa, 1999–2000)

The Rita Benton Scholarship for piano performance (The University of Iowa, 1999–2000)

The Iowa Performance Fellowship (The University of Iowa, 1996–1999)

Scholarship of the Hellenic University Club of Northeastern Ohio (1986)

Scholarship of the Blossom Festival School (Kent, Ohio, 1985)

Full tuition scholarship and assistantship (Kent Sate University, Kent, Ohio, 1985–1986)

Scholarship of The Music Friends of the City of Vienna (Vienna, Austria, 1975–1976)

Scholarship of the Pireus Association (Pireus, Greece, 1970–1971)

A Panhellenic Piano Competition Award (Pireus, 1970).

Performances

Katerina Stamatelos's compositions have been performed at the Midwestern Composers’ Symposiums of 2006, 1998, and 1997 at: The University of Iowa, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Oberlin College, in Athens, and Thessaloniki. As a pianist she has performed in Greece, Austria, Germany, the United States, and Canada. She has appeared as a soloist with all major orchestras of Greece and on National Radio and TV.

Teaching

2005-2006: Teaching Assistant. The University of Iowa School of Music.

1996-2000: Graduate Fellow. The University of Iowa School of Music.

1990-1996: Piano Professor. Music College of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

1989-1990: Piano Professor. Synchronon Conservatory of Thessaloniki.

1988-1989: Piano Professor. Synchronon Conservatory of Thessaloniki, Makedonikon Conservatory of Thessaloniki.

1986-1987: Piano Professor. Makedonikon Conservatory of Thessaloniki.

1985-1986: Teaching Assistant. Department of music,Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

1983-1984: Piano Professor. Neon Odeon of Thessaloniki.

1980-1982: Piano Professor. Vritsiou School of Music, Thessaloniki.

1977-1980: Piano Pofessor. Konservatorium der Stadt Wien, Vienna, Austria (Musikschule "Margareten").

Professional Memberships

Katerina Stamatelos is an elected member of Pi Kappa Lambda Society, ASCAP (American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers), and GCU (Greek Composers Union).

Sound Files

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