Angelos Liakakis
Bio
Angelos Liakakis was born in Athens in 1980. He began taking cello lessons from Hristos Sfetsas and continued his studies as a scholar of the Onassis and Greek State Scholarships Foundations with Csaba Onczay, Leonid Gorokhov and Kim Bak Dinitzen.
He is a frequent performer, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. He has given concerts and recitals in major festivals throughout Greece and abroad, having an extensive repertoire, which ranges from the baroque to the contemporary. His solo appearances include collaborations with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, the Bilkent
Symphony Orchestra, the Athens and Thessaloniki State Orchestras, the Greek National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Athens Camerata and Orchester 1756 among others.
He has been a member of the renowned New Hellenic Quartet, with which he gave numerous concerts and recorded extensively for the BIS, EMI, Naxos and Legend labels.
Angelos Liakakis is a co-principal cellist of the Athens State Orchestra. He is also a professor of cello and chamber music at the Athens Conservatoire and he is giving regular masterclasses at the Pelion Festival in Greece.
Partnerships with the Athens State Orchestra
Chamber Music Concerts
Musical Promenades: Musical Dyst(r)opia
Mon. 31 March 2025, 17:30
Acropolis Museum
Auditors are requested to book a seat in advance due to limited availability at the web site events.theacropolismuseum.gr. Auditors are also required to purchase a ticket of general entrance (10 euros) at the Box Office of the Museum the day of the concert from 17:00 to 17:30 where they will need to show their reservation code indicating 6, 7 and 8.
In case you will not be able to purchase a ticket in time, the reservation is canceled and given to next auditor in line.
To participate to the event, it is mandatory to show your ticket at the Information Office.
The event includes a guided tour to the Museum with an Archeologist at 17:30 in addition to the concert at 19:00.
The Museum’s restaurant is open following the Museum’s opening hours, while on Fridays and Saturdays it is open until midnight.
Symphonic Concerts
Athens State Orchestra’s Soloists 20.03.2021
Sat. 20 March 2021, 20:30
The concert is broadcast on Athens State Orchestra’s Facebook profile and YouTube channel.
Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Chamber Music Concerts
2022 01 10 Sonatas for cello and piano
Mon. 10 January 2022, 20:30
Parnassos Literary Society
Ticket price: 10 € and 5 € (concessions)
Chamber Music Concerts
2023 04 25 Students of the Permanent Chamber Music Workshop in concert – 7th season
Tue. 25 April 2023, 20:30
Tuition: Angelos Liakakis – Titos Gouvelis
Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
ticket price: 10€ and 5€ (students)