Hellenic Conservatory Ελληνικό Ωδείο | |
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Didotou 53, Athens | |
Coordinates | 38°03′16″N 23°48′42″E / 38.05431188506223°N 23.8117836460293°E |
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Established | 1919 |
Founder | Manolis Kalomiris |
The Hellenic Conservatory ( Greek: Ελληνικό Ωδείο) is an educational institution for the performing arts in modern Greece. [1] It was founded in Athens in 1919 by the composer Manolis Kalomiris. Kalomoiris was the conservatoire's director until 1926, when he left to found the National Conservatoire. [2] The conservatoire early on opened a number of branches throughout Athens, in a number of cities in Greece, and in Cyprus. [3] The conservatoire's current [update] location is Didotou 53 and its artistic director is Alkis Baltas. [4]
Theodore Antoniou, [5] Leonidas Kavakos [6] and Dimitri Terzakis were students of the Hellenic Conservatory. [7]
37°59′04″N 23°44′08″E / 37.98433°N 23.73569°E