Nina Lotsari
Μονωδός, Υψίφωνος
She was born in Patras in 1975. She studied monody at the Municipal Conservatory of Patras (1992-1998) and melodramatics with Pavlos Raptis and Efi Adilini at the Greek Conservatory of Athens. She has attended seminars at the Music Academy of Hannover and at the London’s Studio Center. She has also attended drama lessons at the school of Vassilios Diamantopoulos, the Theatre of Changes and the Dancetheatre “Roes” under Konstantinos Konstantopoulos. She has collaborated in concerts and performances with Giorgos Dalaras, Christos Thivaios, Notis Mavroudis, Stefanos Korkolis, Giannis Parios, the Greek National Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of Athens, Piraeus Young Symphony Orchestra, Plucked String Orchestra, Greek National Orchestra (KOEM). She has also appeared in the musical performances Night Again [Nihta ksana], Maria Callas Night, You came like a dream [Irthes san oniro], Intrigue, Steel Magnolias, Chicago and Jizz. She has participated in the records Horizons by Alexis Papadimitriou, Cafe de l’art with Notis Mavroudis, Secrets of the Past by Steve Wood in collaboration with Mario Frangoulis, Eleni Tsaligopoulou and Manolis Lidakis, When it Happens in the Environs [Otan simvei sta periks] (live recording from the Herodeon) and she has recorded a solo album with SONY-BMG. She has collaborated with the GNO in leading roles as a soloist in the opera The Secret Marriage [Il matrimonio segreto] (performances in Patras, Skiathos, 1998-1999) and in the operettas The Apaches of Athens [I Apachides ton Athinon] (2000-01), The Flower of the Levant [To fioro tou Levante] (2001/02), The Girl of the Neighborhood [To koritsi tis gitonias] (2002-03), The General Secretary [Genikos Grammatefs] (2003-04), The Godson [O Vaftistikos] (2004/05), and Christina (2005/05), as well as in the musical shows of Sakellaridis/Liavas, Remember Those Years [Thimisou afta ta hronia] (2007/08) and Sakellaridis/Konstantinidis The Love Virus [To mikrovio tou erota] (2009/10).