KATERINA STAMATELOS was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. She studied piano
performance with Helen Papazoglou (State Conservatory of Thessaloniki),
Gelert Modos (Pireus Association), Dianko Iliew (Conservatory of
Vienna), Lois Rova Ozanich (Kent State University), and Uriel Tsachor
(The University of Iowa). Her composition teachers include: Michael
Eckert, David Gompper, Lawrence Fritts, and Jeremy Dale Roberts (The
University of Iowa). She further attended composition master classes
with Theodore Antoniou, Robert Platz, and Beat Furrer.
She holds degrees from The University of Iowa (MA and PhD in
composition), Kent State University (MM in piano performance), the
Conservatory of Vienna (Piano Teaching Certificate), and the Pireus
Association (Piano Soloist Diploma). She also holds a degree in Fashion
Design (Dimitrelis School of Fashion, Thessaloniki).
Her awards include: a full tuition scholarship and assistantship for
composition (The University of Iowa, 2005-2006), the Henry and Parker
Pelzer Composition Award (The University of Iowa, 1999-2000), the Rita
Benton Scholarship for piano performance (The University of Iowa,
1999-2000), the Iowa Performance Fellowship (The University of Iowa,
1996-1999), Scholarship of the Hellenic University Club of Northeastern
Ohio (1986), Scholarship of the Blossom Festival School (Kent, Ohio,
1985), full tuition scholarship and assistantship (Kent Sate University,
Kent, Ohio, 1985-1986), Scholarship of The Music Friends of the City of
Vienna (Vienna, Austria, 1975-1976), Scholarship of the Pireus
Association (Pireus, Greece, 1970-1971) and a Panhellenic Piano
Competition Award (Pireus, 1970).
Her compositions have been performed at the Midwestern Composers’
Symposiums of 2006, 1998, and 1997 at: The University of Iowa, the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Oberlin College, in Athens,
and Thessaloniki. Her most recent compositions have been premiered at: The SoundSCAPE Festival 2009 (Pavia, Italy), The International Saxophone Symposium 2010 (George Mason University, USA), and The Flamingo International New Music Festival 2010 (Florida, USA). Her recently commissioned work (the song cycle "Love and Terror") was premiered at the University of Iowa (March 6th, 2010) and is soon to be released on CD.
As a pianist she has performed in Greece, Austria,
Germany, the United States, and Canada. She has appeared as a soloist
with all major orchestras of Greece and on National Radio and TV.
She is an elected member of the Pi Kappa Lambda Society, ASCAP (American
Society of Composers Authors and Publishers), and GCU (Greek Composers
Union).
www.katerinastamatelos.com