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Karaindrou moved with her family to Athens when she was eight years old, and she studied piano and theory at the Hellenikon Odeion (Hellenic Conservatory). She also attended history and archaeology classes at the university.
Eleni Karaindrou was born in the mountain village of Teichio in central Greece and grew up in Athens where she studied piano and theory at the Hellenikon Odion. From 1969-74 she studied ethnomusicology in Paris and, on returning to Greece, founded the Laboratory for Traditional Instruments at the ORA Cultural Centre.
Karaindrou studied piano and theory at the Hellenikon Odion in Athens, but remains essentially an instinctive, self-taught composer. When Greece’s military junta compelled her to leave her country in 1967, she moved to Paris, where she went on to explore ethnomusicology and deepened her understanding of the musical culture of her childhood ...
Short improvisation in memorian Theo Angelopoulos (a genius greek cinema director recently died) and his film "Eternity and a day", with the piano score by Eleni Karaindrou. Recorded in a C. Bechstein grand piano 110 years old...
Karaindrou studied piano and music theory at Hellenikon Odion, Athens, and history and archaeology at Athens University. In the late 60s, she was forced to leave Greece by the military dictatorship and into the early 70s lived in Paris, France.
Jan 7, 2022 · Karaindrou studied piano and theory at the Hellenikon Odion in Athens, but remains essentially an instinctive, self-taught composer. When Greece’s military junta compelled her to leave her country in 1967, she moved to Paris, where she went on to explore ethnomusicology and deepened her understanding of the musical culture of her childhood.
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Feb 18, 2013 · The family lived in Athens, in the basement of the school where her father taught in the central neighborhood of Ambelokipi. “I saw my first piano in the school and said to him, ‘I want to learn,’” reminisced Karaindrou. Her mother passed away when she was just 7 years old and her father 35.
