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Kostas Karageorgopoulos was born in Volos where he took his first violin lessons. He continued his studies at the Athens Conservatory, in the class of Pantelis Despotidis, from where he graduated with a Violin Diploma in 1995. He then studied for two years with the violinist Giorgos Demertzis and participated as an active member in seminars with Christos and Dimitris Polyzoidis (Graz), Katie Sebestyen (Brussels) and Ervin Schiffer (Antwerp).

His professional activity began in 1995 when he became a non-permanent member of the Athens State Orchestra, while at the same time he developed intense activity as a member of Chamber Music ensembles in concerts in Greece and abroad:
"ARTE ENSEMBLE" (1997-1999, tour in Greece and Australia), Quartet of the 3rd Program of National Radio & Television (1999-2001, concerts and recordings), Piano Quintet "Encore" 2001-2004, concerts under the auspices of he Athens State Orchestra in Municipal Theaters of Syros, Volos, Patras, Athens.
In the period 2005-06 he appeared as a soloist with the Athens State Orchestra in the cycle "Mozart and Baroque".
From 2004 to 2011 he was a permanent collaborator of the Contemporary Music Ensemble of the Greek Composers Union under Theodoros Antoniou.
In the year 2017, he founded the tetARTon string quartet, which participated with particular success in the educational programs of the Athens State Orchestra, presenting the "journey through Musical Time", a musical journey from the 17th century to the present day alongside the development of painting and natural sciences. The tetARTon quartet has since expanded its repertoire and has consistently participated for a number of years, both in the Athens State Orchestra's chamber music cycles "Walks in the Museums" and in concerts outside Athens (Porphyrogenian Foundation of Volos, Roman Theatre of Kos, Castle of the Knights of Rhodes, etc. ).
In the period 1997-1999 he taught violin at the Municipal Conservatory of Piraeus and then at the "ORFEION" Conservatory.

Since 2001 he has been a permanent member of the Athens State Orchestra.
From September 2024 he is a violin teacher at the "PHILIPPOS NAKAS" Conservatory.
He is also a Graduate Chemical Engineer from the National Technical University of Athens.

Kostas Karageorgopoulos

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