Othonas Gkogkas
The virtuoso flutist has in his repertoire first world and national performances of flute works as well as important collaborations with the Manson Ensemble, the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra and the Camerata Orchestra of Friends of Music. As a soloist he has performed with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Mibo Orchestra of the Royal Academy of London, the Symphony Orchestra of the Municipality of Thessaloniki and repeatedly with the Thessaloniki State Orchestra. He has been awarded the “Dorothy Grienstead Memorial Prize” by the Royal Academy of London and the Bärenreiter Urtext Prize at the ARD International Competition in Munich (2015). He has also won prizes at the 1st Pan-European Flute Competition (2007) and the Jonathan Myall Competition for piccolo flute, England (2008). He performs regularly with the Ventus Ensemble, of which he is a founding member. Since 2008 he has been principal flutist of the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra.
He attended his first lessons at the Mantzaros Philharmonic Society and after receiving his diploma, he continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London with the scholarship of the Royal Academy and the “Alexandra Trianti” scholarship of the Friends of Music Society.