Mary Gougousi

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A heartfelt welcome to Mary Gougousi who is joining us in the Callias Ensemble for the premiere of 'Octocorallia' by Alexander Maria Wagner at the Town Hall Athens on the 29th of Sept 26

during the Athens Democracy Forum organized by the Democracy & Culture Foundation in Association with the New York Times.

Mary Gougousi was born in Edessa. At the age of seven she began studies in the

Municipality Conservatory of Edessa (violin, piano, children’s choir). She continued her music studies at the National Conservatory of Athens in Heraklion, Crete studying piano and advanced theory

and took the Degree in Harmony, the Degree in Counterpoint and the Degree in Fugue with honors. During the years 2012-2013 she wrote music for one local and one social documentary. Meanwhile

she turned towards classical singing. In January 2017 she took the Diploma in Classical Singing with honors and first prize (class of Anna-Maria Karkania, National Conservatory of Athens).

She continued her studies in Accademia D’Arte Lirica in Osimo, Italy studying

with: Raina Kabaivanska, Enza Ferrari, William Matteuzzi, Anna Vandi, Vincenzo

De Vivo, Alla Simoni, Harriet Lawson, Carlo Morganti, Alessandro Benigni, Mirca

Rosciani, Claudia Foresi, Matteo Mazzoni etc and has taken the Master di Alto

Perfezionamento in Accademia Renato Bruson in Busseto of Italy studying with

the great bariton Renato Bruson and with the maestro Roberto Barrali.

During the years 2019-2020 she was a member of the Opera Studio of the National Opera of Greece.

She has participated as an active member in masterclasses with: Anita Rachvelishvili,

Barbara Frittoli, Dennis O’Neill, Nucia Focile, Don Marrazzo, Dafni Evangelatou,

Dimitri Platanias, Tassis Christoyannis, Aris Argyris, Aris Christofellis, Sofia

Kondosi, Anna-Maria Karkania and Nikos Tsalikis.

She has also taken private lessons in classical singing with: Sylvia Sass, Patrizia