Sissi
Makropoulou
29.11.2024 |
20:30Uhr |
Megaron the Athens Concert Hall, GR
06.12.2024 |
20:30Uhr |
Megaron the Athens Concert Hall, GR
20.12.2024 |
19:30Uhr |
Frankfurt Oder, DE
09.05.2025 |
20:00Uhr |
Megaron the Athens Concert Hall, GR
Sissi Makropoulou is a versatile harp virtuoso, composer, and electronic music artist based in Athens and Berlin. With a distinguished career as a harpist, she has collaborated with prestigious ensembles such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Deutsche Oper, and MusicAeterna, and has performed as a soloist with the Athens State Orchestra, Sinfonietta Köln, and the Nordwestdeutsche Sinfonietta. Sissi’s achievements include winning prizes at the 5th International Harp Contest in the Netherlands, the 2023 Regensburg International Composition Competition, and the Young Soloists Competition in Athens. In addition to her classical work, she creates and performs her own music under the name Sissi Rada, where she blends harp with experimental sounds, seamlessly mixing classical traditions with contemporary innovation. She has released music on Stroom Records, Kryptox, Inner Ear and Brilliant Classics.
Cooperations
Berliner Philharmoniker, Deutsche Oper, musicAeterna, Daniel Barenboim, Teodor Currentzis, Andris Nelsons, Matthias Pintscher, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Donnald Runnicles, TΕΤΤΤΙΞ, Brian Eno, Lee Scratch Perry, Mouse on Mars, Lena Platonos, Jay Glass Dubs, Diaghilev Festival, Berliner Festspiele, Kammerspiele München, Apartamento Magazine, NTS Radio, SHAPE+, Musikfonds, Amplify Berlin, Megaron Athens, ΤEDxUniversityoftheAegean
Discography
Awards
- 3rd Prize, Regensburg Composition Contest, Regensburg 2023
- 2nd Prize, 5th International Harp Contest, Amsterdam 2007
- Young Soloists, Athens 2010