Markellos Chrysikopoulos
Harpsichord
He studied harpsichord with Margarita Dalmati (Vignanelli School Athens) and graduated with dinstiction and the first prize. He continued his studies in Paris with S. Romeo and O. Baumont, in Salzburg with K. Gilbert and S. Rampe and in Geneva with the late Ch. Jaccottet of whom he was the last student. A founding member of the baroque group Ex Silentio and Latinitas Nostra. He is regularly performing in Greece with Camerata – orchestra of friends of music, The Athens National Orchestra, The National Opera House etc. He specializes in the continuo accompaniment of vocal music and is often assuming the coaching and musical assistance in baroque operas (Tamerlano / Haendel - Athens Festival 2006, Giustino / Vivaldi - Athens Concert Hall 2007 etc ). He has participated as musical assistant in the recordings of G. Fr. Haendel: Arianna in Creta, Tamerlano and Giulio Cesare for the MDG recording company. He teaches harpsichord and baroque chamber music in Athens at the Athenaeum Conservatory, the Patras Municipal Conservatory and the summer academy in Pilion.