Apollo Global Music Awards

Faidra Giannelou was born in Athens. She received her Bachelor's and Master’s degree in the major of “Orchestral Conducting” at the Music Department of Ionian University under Prof. Miltos Logiadis. In January 2012, she was admitted as a Ph.D. candidate. She has collaborated with orchestras in the USA, Germany, Russia, Chile, Sweden, Estonia, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria, Turkey and Cyprus and she has attended numerous masterclasses with well-known conductors. She is invited as Principal Guest Conductor to Athens State Orchestra, Thessaloniki State Orchestra, Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra (E.R.T.), Orchestra of Colors, Athens Municipality Symphony Orchestra, Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra, Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra, to the ensembles Kyklos Ensemble and Canadian Brass and also to Athens Epidaurus Festival, Megaron Concert Hall of Athens and Megaron Concert Hall of Thessaloniki. At the same time, she is choir conductor at “Choremus” Choir since 2016 and in the Chios Choir since 2020. She teaches “Orchestral Conducting” at the University of the Aegean, the Hellenic Conservatory and the Music School of Chios. In October 2013, she won the second prize (lack of first) at the International Competition for Young Conductors “Solon Michaelides” organized by Cyprus Symphony Orchestra and during the 2020 she was Cohort Member of the Global Leaders Program, a nine-month Executive Graduate Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship, Cultural Agency, Policy Leadership, Teaching Artistry, and Organizational Management, led in partnership with nine top universities of U.S.A.