Bio
Georgios Iatrou was born in Thessaloniki/Greece.
He's one of the most promising and versatile young greek singers. His repertoire varies from baroque to modern music and from opera to Lied, chanson and oratorio. He has performed in many theaters a.o. Cologne Opera, Aalto Theater Essen, Theater Bonn and Theater Dortmund and halls a.o. Philharmonie Essen, Tonhalle in Düsseldorf, Megaron of Thessaloniki. He has worked with important directors a.o. Laurent Pelly, Dietrich W. Hilsdorf, Frank Hilbrich and important conductors a.o. Giacomo Sagripanti, Matteo Beltrami, Tomáš Netopil.
At the age of five he received piano and cello lessons. At the age of 21 he got his first singing lessons at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki. In 2010 he was accepted in the Music University of Cologne (Prof.Mario Hoff). He completed his masters at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf (Prof. Konrad Jarnot). His current coach is Margreet Honig. Georgios also studied Molecular Biology at the Demokritus University of Greece.
As a member of the soloist ensemble at the Aalto Theater of Essen, Georgios performed the parts of a.o. Figaro („Il barbiere di Siviglia“), Valentin („Faust“), Schaunard („La bohème“), Silvano („Un ballo in maschera“), Kostandis („The greek passion“), Sprecher („Die Zauberflöte“), Marullo („Rigoletto“) and Farfarello/Herold („L'amour des trois oranges“).
He guested as Schaunard („La bohème“) at the Theater of Bonn, Guglielmo („Cosi Fan tutte“) at the Teatro Poliziano in Italy, Daniel („Anna Nicole“- Marc Antony Turnage) at the Theater of Dortmund,, Lehrbube („Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg“) at the Opera of Cologne, Albert Herring, Deputato („Don Carlos“) and Tancredi („Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda“) at the Theater of Aachen, Eisenstein („Die Fledermaus“) at the Musikhochschule Köln und Frank Maurrant („Street Scene“) at the Robert Schumann Hochschule.
In the summer of 2011 he sang at the Young artists festival of Bayreuth. The WDR- radio produced with him and Amina Taikenova Lieder by Hanns Eisler. In 2014 he won the 1sr prize at the “Schmolz und Bickenbach“ competition in the category Lied-Duo. He also wone one of the additional prizes in the „Nei Stemmen“ international singing competition in Luxemburg and in 2016 he won the song prize at the “Antonio Bertolini” international contest in Milano. In 2017 he won the best interpretation prize at the Riccardo Zandonai competition in Italy. He did his first CD participation at the “Jubiläums-CD für Staatskanzlei“ with songs by R.Schumann. He has given concerts in many halls in Germany, Holland, Luxemburg, Israel and Greece.
He took part in masterclasses with Jorma Hynninen, Margreet Honig, Cheryl Studer, Daphne Evangelatos, Edda Moser, Jeannet Pilou, Enza Ferrari, Laurent Pillot. He is a scholar of the Oscar und Vera Ritter- Stiftung , DAAD and Deutschlandstipendium.
He's one of the most promising and versatile young greek singers. His repertoire varies from baroque to modern music and from opera to Lied, chanson and oratorio. He has performed in many theaters a.o. Cologne Opera, Aalto Theater Essen, Theater Bonn and Theater Dortmund and halls a.o. Philharmonie Essen, Tonhalle in Düsseldorf, Megaron of Thessaloniki. He has worked with important directors a.o. Laurent Pelly, Dietrich W. Hilsdorf, Frank Hilbrich and important conductors a.o. Giacomo Sagripanti, Matteo Beltrami, Tomáš Netopil.
At the age of five he received piano and cello lessons. At the age of 21 he got his first singing lessons at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki. In 2010 he was accepted in the Music University of Cologne (Prof.Mario Hoff). He completed his masters at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf (Prof. Konrad Jarnot). His current coach is Margreet Honig. Georgios also studied Molecular Biology at the Demokritus University of Greece.
As a member of the soloist ensemble at the Aalto Theater of Essen, Georgios performed the parts of a.o. Figaro („Il barbiere di Siviglia“), Valentin („Faust“), Schaunard („La bohème“), Silvano („Un ballo in maschera“), Kostandis („The greek passion“), Sprecher („Die Zauberflöte“), Marullo („Rigoletto“) and Farfarello/Herold („L'amour des trois oranges“).
He guested as Schaunard („La bohème“) at the Theater of Bonn, Guglielmo („Cosi Fan tutte“) at the Teatro Poliziano in Italy, Daniel („Anna Nicole“- Marc Antony Turnage) at the Theater of Dortmund,, Lehrbube („Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg“) at the Opera of Cologne, Albert Herring, Deputato („Don Carlos“) and Tancredi („Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda“) at the Theater of Aachen, Eisenstein („Die Fledermaus“) at the Musikhochschule Köln und Frank Maurrant („Street Scene“) at the Robert Schumann Hochschule.
In the summer of 2011 he sang at the Young artists festival of Bayreuth. The WDR- radio produced with him and Amina Taikenova Lieder by Hanns Eisler. In 2014 he won the 1sr prize at the “Schmolz und Bickenbach“ competition in the category Lied-Duo. He also wone one of the additional prizes in the „Nei Stemmen“ international singing competition in Luxemburg and in 2016 he won the song prize at the “Antonio Bertolini” international contest in Milano. In 2017 he won the best interpretation prize at the Riccardo Zandonai competition in Italy. He did his first CD participation at the “Jubiläums-CD für Staatskanzlei“ with songs by R.Schumann. He has given concerts in many halls in Germany, Holland, Luxemburg, Israel and Greece.
He took part in masterclasses with Jorma Hynninen, Margreet Honig, Cheryl Studer, Daphne Evangelatos, Edda Moser, Jeannet Pilou, Enza Ferrari, Laurent Pillot. He is a scholar of the Oscar und Vera Ritter- Stiftung , DAAD and Deutschlandstipendium.
Repertoire
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Mozart
Rossini Gounod Puccini Donizetti Leoncavallo J.Strauss Lehar Verdi Dvořák Turnage Prokofiev Monteverdi Martinu Debussy Bellini Wagner Bizet |
Guglielmo*
Papageno, Sprecher* Conte Don Giovanni, Masetto Figaro* Valentin* Schaunard* Belcore Silvio Eisenstein* Danilo Silvano* Posa,Deputati* Marchese d´Obigny*, Barone Duphol Heger* Daniel* Farfarello*, Herold* Tancredi* Ulisse Kostandis* Pelléas Riccardo Melot*, Steuermann* Morales |
Cosi fan tutte
Die Zauberflöte Le nozze di Figaro Don Giovanni Il Barbiere di Siviglia Faust La Bohème L´elisir d´amore I pagliacci Die Fledermaus Die lustige Witwe Un ballo in maschera Don Carlos La traviata Rusalka Anna Nicole L´amour des trois oranges Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda Il ritorno d´Ulisse in patria The Greek Passion Pelléas et Melisande I puritani Tristan und Isolde Carmen |
*Jump-in ready
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