Enkela Kokolani
Bio
Enkela Kokolani started taking her first violin lessons at the age of six years in the Music School of Gjirokastra, to continue later with viola lessons. She graduated in the Academy of Arts in Tirana, in the class of professors Gjergj Pekmezi, Arben Llozi.
In 1995 and 1996, she was member of the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra, based in Aix-en Provence, France.
From September 1996 she was guest member as tutti musician of Athens State Orchestra and in 2001 she became its permanent member. She has also collaborated with other Orchestras in Greece, as the Greek National Opera Orchestra and the City of Athens Symphony Orchestra, where she has been a principal viola member for a period. She has followed various seminars in Greece and abroad, under the tutelage of Professors Bruno Pasquer, Rainer Moog and Grigori Zhislin.
She appeared as soloist with Athens State Orchestra, the Intrarti Orchestra, performing in compositions such as: Hoffmeister – Concert for Viola and Orchestra (first performance in Greece).
She participated in various groups of Chamber Music in Greece, Austria and Germany, as the Ensemble Modern, Kyklos Ensemble, Intermezzo String Quartet and others. She participated at Festivals of Music in Syros and Paxi, Greece and in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary.
From 2007 to 2010 she was teacher of violin and viola at the Municipal Conservatory of the city of Zografos and in Santorini, Greece.
During 2011-2013, she accomplished post-graduate studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, in the class of Professor Christian Euler, where she obtained the Acamedic degree of Master of Arts.
From 2016 she is second Principal viola at Athens State Orchestra.
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.
Chamber Music Concerts
Musical promenades at the Museums II – Music for violin and viola
Mon. 22 January 2018, 20:30
Due to a sudden health issue of one the artists, the Athens State Orchestra has to cancel the concert programmed for Monday January the 22nd, “Music for violin and viola”, at the Benaki Museum – Islamic Art.
The Benaki Museum - Museum of Islamic Art
The concert is free for holders of tickets to the Museum.
Chamber Music Concerts
2023 04 10 In Memoriam
Mon. 10 April 2023, 20:00
BYZANTINE AND CHRISTIAN MUSEUM
Ticket price for the concert and the guided tour: 8€
Concession tickets are valid according to the Museum’s regulations.
The Museum can support at maximum 70 auditors. Thus, it is necessary to reserve a place.
Information and reservations at 2132139507 from 10:00 to 13:00.
Chamber Music Concerts
2023 05 08 Tradition in Music
Mon. 08 May 2023, 20:30
Parnassos Literary Society
ticket price: 10€ and 5€ (concessions)
Chamber Music Concerts
2024 10 07 Musical promenades: Musical Smyrna: a musical journey into time
Mon. 07 October 2024, 19:30
BASIL & ELISE GOULANDRIS FOUNDATION
Free entrance; electronic reservation is mandatory
Chamber Music Concerts
Musical Promenades: the four Seasons
Tue. 17 December 2024, 20:30
Parnassos Literary Society
General entrance 10€, concessions 5€
Chamber Music Concerts
Musical promenades at the Museums – Climate Changes in Music
Mon. 24 February 2025, 19:30
National Museum of Contemporary Art
Entrance with National Museum of Contemporary Art ticket at 12€ for the general audience and at 8€ for concessions.
Ticket includes the guided tour.