Apostolos Mitras, violin
Eirini Barouta, cello
Panos Galanopoulos, piano
Saturday, September 19, 2026
18:00
George Hadjinikos Hall
Admission €15
Trio Orpheus presents the first piano trio works by three composers. In 1842—a year he regarded as his “year of chamber music”—Robert Schumann explored the possibilities of the piano trio in the four early pieces that comprise his Phantasiestücke (Fantasy Pieces), Op. 88. At the age of 18, inspired by P.I. Tchaikovsky and his famous trio, Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his first Élégiaque Trio in G minor, a single-movement work characterized by intense dramatic elements. While recovering from tuberculosis at a sanatorium in Crimea at the age of 16, Dmitri Shostakovich fell in love with Tatiana Glivenko, to whom he dedicated his first piano trio: the single-movement Trio in C minor, Op. 8.
Apostolos Mitras, violin
Born in Larissa in 1976, he began violin lessons at the Larissa Municipal Conservatory in the class of Stefan Laetsos and obtained his violin diploma—graduating with unanimous distinction and an award—from the Volos Municipal Conservatory in 2001. He also holds qualifications in viola and advanced music theory. He has studied violin with Lucas David, Angela Sinell, Apollon Grammatikopoulos, Christos Kannetis, and Piotr Jasiurkowski, and has attended masterclasses with Leonidas Kavakos, Gidon Kremer, Giorgos Hatzinikos, and Alkis Baltas.
He has performed with the ERT Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Larissa Symphony Orchestra and the Volos Municipal Symphony Orchestra. He works as a violin instructor at both the Larissa Municipal Conservatory and the Volos Municipal Conservatory.
Eirini Barouta, cello
Eirini Barouta was born and raised in Thessaloniki, where she took her first cello lessons at the Mousiko College Conservatory with instructor Michalis Liatsos. Subsequently, she studied at the Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University under Professor Ioannis Toulis, graduating with a specialization in cello performance. During her studies, she was accepted to the I.J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, Poland, where she studied for a semester under Professor Agnieszka Brojek through the Erasmus+ program. In 2017, she was awarded a full scholarship to the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston (Texas), where she pursued graduate studies in cello performance under Professor Vagram Saradjian. During her graduate studies, she served as the cellist for the university’s resident ensemble, the “Tomazt String Quartet,” and was also an AHEPA scholarship recipient. In 2020, she was accepted into the doctoral program at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge with a full scholarship and a teaching assistantship, studying under Professor Denis Parker. She has attended cello and chamber music masterclasses with instructors such as Dimitris Patras, Anatoli Krastev, Mario de Secondi, Anthony Elliot, and the Rastrelli Cello Quartet, among others, and holds advanced theory diplomas in harmony and counterpoint from the Thessaloniki Music College, where she studied with Giannis Baroutas. She has performed as a soloist and as an ensemble member in Greece, Italy, Austria, and the USA. As an orchestral musician, she has played with the Corfu Old Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (under conductor Alkis Baltas), the Rhodes Symphony Orchestra, the Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra (ELSON), the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra (Louisiana), and the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra (Louisiana). Since 2024, she has been living and working in Volos as a cello instructor at the Volos Music School and the Volos Municipal Conservatory. She also performs with the city’s symphony orchestra and gives concerts in the Magnesia region and elsewhere.
Panos Galanopoulos, piano
Born in Volos, Panos Galanopoulos obtained his piano diploma from Dinos Mastrogiannis’s class at the Volos Municipal Conservatory and a degree in advanced music theory from Andreas Mimaios’s class. In 2018, he continued his studies in opera vocal accompaniment at the Vienna State Opera under the renowned pianist Kristin Okerlund. Concurrently, he attended chamber music classes with pianist Ralf Heiber, performed in a piano duo with conductor Anastasios Strikos, and worked with the Austrian Radio Orchestra. He has also participated in the “Colla Voce” workshop led by pianist Christos Marinos and attended orchestral conducting seminars. He has studied piano with the distinguished soloist Dora Bakopoulou and pianist Efi Papathomaidi, and currently continues his studies with pianist Manos Kitsikopoulos, further expanding his knowledge and repertoire. As a vocal accompanist and member of chamber music ensembles, he has performed in various cities across Greece and in Austria. He has collaborated with vocalists from Greece, Germany, Denmark, Austria, the United States, and Russia. Among others, he has performed alongside countertenor Nikos Spanos, mezzo-soprano Mathilde Wallevick, Greek-American soprano Stella Markou, American baritone Evan Bravos, and baritone Dionysis Avgerinos. He is a member of the Orpheus Trio, performing chamber music recitals featuring the piano trio repertoire from the Classical and Romantic eras. He is also a member of Duo Zephyrus; since 2023, he and German soprano Franziska Niewind have presented themed voice-and-piano recitals in Greece, Germany, and Italy. In Greece, his performances have taken place at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron) Library, the Horto Festival (South Pelion), the Porphyrogenio Foundation (Agria, Volos), the Naxos and Eumelia international festivals, the Aloni Theatre, and elsewhere.
Alongside his performing career, he teaches piano and serves as an accompanist for the vocal studies department at the Volos Municipal Conservatory.