Les enseignants sur scène
Katerina Chatzinikolau / Fabrice Renard Duo
Deze inhoud is helaas niet in het Nederlands beschikbaar.
Katerina Chatzinikolau / Fabrice Renard Duo
Praised by the international press as a musician of sparkling vitality and virtuosity, the exceptionally talented violinist Katerina Chatzinikolau captivates her audience with her wide range of sounds.
A laureate of several prestigious international competitions, she has won the First Prize at the London International Music Competition, the First Prize at the Golden Classical Award, the First Prize. at the eMuse International Competition, as well as the First Prize at the Thöne International Competition, along with the Award for Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work.
Katerina Chatzinikolau has already performed on some of the world’s most prestigious stages, including Carnegie Hall in New York, the Philharmonic Hall in Miami, Beethoven Hall in Bonn, the Broadcast Hall in Berlin, the Opera House in Algiers, the Royal Theater of Thessaloniki, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and many others.
As a chamber musician, she has performed at the Concert Hall in Beijing, the Seoul Arts Center, the Oriental Art Center in Shanghai, the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, the Bangkok Cultural Center, the National Theater in Kuala Lumpur, and the Raffles Center in Singapore.
She has played with several internationally renowned conductors. In 2022, she made her debut on stage alongside Maestro Christophe Eschenbach, a globally recognized musical authority.
.
A true heir to the prestigious Russian Violin School, Katerina Chatzinikolau has worked with some of the greatest violin pedagogues, including Maestro A. Kramarov. She graduated with distinction from the Robert Schumann Universities of Düsseldorf and Cologne. She has also received support from several international foundations.
In the past, she served as First Violin of the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bergische Symphoniker Orchestra.
Since January 2023, Katerina Chatzinikolau has held the prestigious position of Concertmaster of the National Orchestra of Greece, becoming the first female artist to achieve this role!
On this occasion, the highly respected Herald Tribune dedicated a particularly praising and honorary article to her, entitled:
"When Katerina Chatzinikolau Writes History in Athens...!"
Since January 2025, she has become a Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and an International Ambassador of the Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy in Athens.
Fabrice Renard divides his musical activities between Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and Greece. He had the honor of being a student of Maestro Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He also obtained a Master’s degree in carillon at Imep under the late Maestro Edmond De Vos and a liturgical organist diploma awarded by the Diocese of Tournai.
Passionate about economics, he holds three degrees in the field: marketing, business sciences, and import-export.
As a host and producer of the weekly cultural program Multi Music, broadcast on RCF Liège, he regularly exhibits his paintings and photographs.
He is now the Artistic Agent of the Greek violin virtuoso Katerina Chatzinikolau, Concertmaster of the National Orchestra of Greece.
