Ilektra Platiopoulou
mezzo-soprano

Ilektra Platiopoulou began her musical training in singing with V. Tsampali at the Neo Conservatory of Thessaloniki, before joining the Schola Cantorum in Basel, where she further developed her skills with Rosa Dominguez and Andreas Scholl. She obtained her master’s degree in early music in 2009 and continued her studies with Marcel Boone at the Basel Musik Akademie. In 2010, she became a semi-finalist at the Cesti Competition in Innsbruck, Austria.

Her career took off in 2011, with the role of Virtu in Monteverdi’s *L’incoronazione di Poppea* at the Greek National Opera (conducted by M. Chryssikos, directed by A. Papadamaki). In 2013, she performed a recital of De Falla’s *Chansons Espagnoles* with the Basel Symphony Orchestra and went on tour to Japan as a soloist. In 2014, she took on her first title role, that of the Child, in Ravel’s *L’Enfant et les Sortilèges* at the Basel Opera (conducted by R. Garza, directed by Barbora Horakova-Joly), and performed Lucilla in Rossini’s *La Scala di Seta* at the Aix-en-Provence Festival Academy.

In 2015, she sang Marianna in Rossini’s *Il Signor Bruschino* at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon and participated in a workshop for Rossini’s *Il Viaggio a Reims* at the Royaumont Foundation. With a deep interest in traditional music, she explored Greek repertoires (Theodorakis, Hadjidakis) and ancient Gaelic music with The Curious Bards, who invited her to feature on their debut album released by Harmonia Mundi in 2017.

In 2017, she performed Giunone in Sébastien Daucé’s *Le Concert Royal de la Nuit*, which she later toured in Caen, Versailles, and Grenoble. In 2018, she sang *La Voix humaine* by Poulenc for the first time in Greece with the Thessaloniki Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Ph. Forget) and the Greek National Theatre.

Since 2020, she has continued to enrich her career, performing in the revival of *Ballet Royal de la Nuit* with the Ensemble Correspondances at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Nancy Opera, Rouen Opera, and the Versailles Opera, while continuing her recitals with pianist Alphonse Cemin.

Since 2016, Ilektra Platiopoulou has collaborated with The Curious Bards, an ensemble specializing in 18th-century Gaelic and Scandinavian traditional music. Together, they have given more than 250 concerts across France and Europe. She participated in the recordings of the albums *Extradition* (2017), *Indiscretion* (2023), and *Sublimation* (2025), released by Harmonia Mundi, highlighting these rare and fascinating repertoires. These projects showcase her artistic commitment and passion for traditional music.