Zoe Zeniodi
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| Birth name | Ζωή Ζενιώδη |
| Born | February 13, 1976  Athens, Greece |
| Genre(s) | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist Conductor Accompanist |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Years active | 1982-present |
| Website | http://www.zeniodi.com |
Zoe Zeniodi ( February 13, 1976, Athens, Greece) Zoe Zeniodi has appeared in recital as a soloist and accompanist in Greece, England, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Venezuela and the United States. She has been described by the press as “an emotional, exciting, passionate pianist…” (Rossdorfer Anzeiger, Germany), “the most important surprise of the evening…” (Uncommited Press, Greece) and “a pianist that plays with sensitivity and gives to the songs a calm, colorful expression…” (Göttinger Tageblatt, Germany). She was also granted with scholarships from the ‘Alexandros S. Onasis’ Foundation, the ‘Friends of Music’ Society, the ‘Propondis’ Foundation and has been awarded with the ‘Robert Sutherland Prize’, the ‘Kaye Wheeler Prize’, the ‘Van Someren Godfery Accompaniment Prize’, the ‘Keith Falkner Accompaniment Prize’, the ‘Cudworth Memorial Prize’, the ‘Nicholas King Prize’ and the Rosemary Bugden Junior Fellowship.
As soloist and accompanist, Ms. Zeniodi has appeared in the National Opera House and the Athens Megaron (Athens, Greece), the Purcell Room and the St. Martin in the Fields (London, UK), the Montpelier Festival (France), the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall (Zagreb, Croatia), the European Union Hall (Brussels, Belgium), and the Internationales Theater (Frankfurt, Germany) among others. An appreciated vocal accompanist, she has collaborated with Jonathan Lemalu, Jonathan Sells, Alexandra Gravas and Jenny Drivala.
Born in Athens, Ms. Zeniodi began playing the piano at the age of six and has studied with prominent musicians, including Ida Rosenkranz – Margaritis, Julia and Konstantin Ganev in Athens, Ruth Gerald and John Blakely in London and Hartmut Höll in Salzburg. Ms. Zeniodi has taken part in masterclasses with Malcolm Martineau, Roger Vignoles, Norman Shetler, Sarah Walker, Paul Hamburger, Philip Langridge, Sir Thomas Allen, Michael Chance, Rudolf Jannsen, Irwin Gage, Dalton Baldwin and Wolfgang Holzmair among others. She has been the official accompanist for the ‘Abingdon School of Singers’ and the ‘Nice Summer Academy’, assisting Robin Bowman and has also collaborated in Masterclasses with Ryland Davis. Zoe is also a Britten-Pears Artist after taking part in the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme (Aldeburgh).
After completing studies that led to a Piano Soloist Diploma (Piraikos Union Conservatoire), a Bachelor Degree in Music and a Master Degree in Piano Performance (Royal College of Music) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Vocal Accompaniment (Mozarteum), Ms. Zeniodi is pursuing a Doctoral Degree in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Miami in Florida, studying with Thomas Sleeper
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“The most important surprise of the evening was the young pianist Zoe Zeniodi. She is a young, talented Greek pianist with brilliant studies in England and Austria, where she specialized in the demanding musical type, the piano accompaniment. The role of the accompanist is not only to support the music of the soloist, but also to understand his interpretative spirit, the details of his expressive fluctuation and to participate with the same spirit in order to contribute to the expressive completion of the work. And Zoe Zeniodi has this ability. She understands the psychological vibrations of the soloist, she transfers them into her own speech and with her wavy sound brings to completion the expressive singularities of the works performed”
Uncommited Press, Athens – 7 November 2001 – Costas Charalambidis
“…so that from the accompanist’s role, takes the lead role. Despite her youth,with sense of proportion, acts like the icing on the cake…”
Kieler Nachrichten, Kiel – 4 November 2000
“Zeniodi plays with sensitivity and gives to the songs a calm, colorful expression… …and while Zeniodi in Debussy’s ‘Chansons de Bilitis’ produces delicate dynamical transitions and lets the sound wave tenderly…”
Göttinger Tageblatt, Göttingen – 6 March 2000 – Torsten Brandt
