BIOGRAPHY

Klio began her studies in Greece. She continued with Catherine Cantin and Pierre Dumail at the Paul Dukas Conservatoire in Paris where she gained a Premier Prix at the U.C.E.M 92 flute competition. Meanwhile she completed an Aesthetics / Philosophy of Art  Degree, at the Paris I - La Sorbonne University. She was then awarded a scholarship for Trinity College of Music where she successfully completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Performance and a Master in Music Degree in the classes of Alan Baker and Wissam Boustany. 

Since the beginning of her career Klio has performed extensively both as a soloist and ensemble player in France, Greece, Bulgaria and the UK. She has appeared with numerous orchestras and ensembles such as the Wallace Ensemble, Classical Soloists, Haydn Chamber Orchestra, Orion Orchestra, Tempus Orchestra and the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Denmark. Festival appearances include the Mayfield Festival collaborating with Theatre Alive! and theatre director Andrew Visnevski, the Festival of Dodekanison, Demetria Festival and the International Music Festival of Cyclades in Greece. In 2006 she gave with Blaue Reiter Ensemble a first performance in Drill Hall, Lincoln, of Shoenberg’s masterpiece Pierrot Lunaire. More recently she has completed Glimpse of Japan, a series of concerts in the UK inspired by Japanese traditional and contemporary artforms. 

Her special interest in contemporary music has led her to work with new composers and artists such as SPMN shortlisted composer Evelyn Ficcara and Japanese composer Yoko Kubo. She has thus commissioned and premiered works at the Queen Elizabeth Hall/Foyer, Blackheath Halls, St James’s Piccadilly, St Martin-in-the-Fields and the Hellenic Centre in London. Future performances include concerts in Greece as well as at St John's Smith Square and the Royal Festival Hall.

Klio also performs regularly with concert pianist Gareth Owen and has recently formed the very successful Persephone  Duo with cellist Rebecca Hews represented by Vitali Music and Alive Network.

As an educator Klio has been very busy for the past few years teaching the flute, leading workshops and coaching chamber music ensembles in the U.K. and abroad. Specialising in the early years music education she has worked extensively as a visiting musician in nurseries all around London as well as in organisations such as the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Klio is currently teaching at the Blackheath Conservatoire and leads educational projects at Trinity College of Music.

 Contact: klio@klioblonz.com