| Artist ArchiveALKISTIS RAFTOPOULOU
Scorer - Musical Director - Pianist
Born in Athens, she studied piano at the Athens Conservatoire with professor Mary Rota. She received her diploma in 1999 graded "Excellent and First Prize Unanimously". She studied French Language and Literature at Dijon University in France and graduated in 1994.
In 1998-99 she took part in Ksenia Kalogeropoulou's performance Odissevah (Ulyssinbad) staged by the Municipal Theatre of Argiroupoli. In 2002 she composed music for a series of educational books by philologist E. Georgatzi entitled I Gramatoiroes (The Letterheroes), which is used as teaching material in schools in and outside Greece. In 2003 she composes and orchestrates for Eug. Trivizas's play To Oniro tou Skiachtrou (The Scarecrow's Dream), put on by the Municipal Theatre of Argiroupoli. In the same year, she sets to music poems by Kavafis, which were first presented to the public in the concert hall of Parnassos Literary Society and in the Culture Centre of Agios Stefanos. In May 2005 she takes part in the series of concerts entitled "Song Contest Between Two Pianos", sponsored by the Philippos Nakas Conservatory and "Difono" music magazine. Collaborating with D. Stefanidou, she orchestrated songs for two pianos and the two of them accompanied singer Keti Koulia.
She has joined many music ensembles (performing jazz, rock and art songs) and has worked with singers S. Leonardou, M. Esper, S. Noiti, M. Moreleone, Ο. Peridis, P. Dourdoubakis, S. Papazoglou and V. Gisdakis.
Since 2005 she is a member of Makrina Ksadelfia (Distant Cousins), a music band with rock, folk and art song influences which gives concerts around Greece. She has also worked, as performer and orchestrator, with G. Makaris's Odipori(Travellers) ensemble.
She worked with the "Treno sto Rouf" (Train at Rouf) Railway Theatre and Tatiana Ligari in the theatrical season of 1998-99 in Agnieszka Osiecka's Taste of Cherries and in 2002-2003 she took part in the musical theatre performance Thelete Dendr' Anthissete, thelete Marathite (Trees, bloom or not it's no matter to me).
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