Calliope Tsoupaki [SEP] date of birth
Calliope Tsoupaki
Calliope Tsoupaki (; born 27 May 1963) is a Greek pianist and composer.
Biography.
Calliope Tsoupaki was born in Piraeus, Greece. She studied piano and music theory at the Hellinicon Conservatory in Athens and composition with Yannis Ioannidis. She continued her studies with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, and graduated in 1992.
After ending her studies, Tsoupaki settled in Amsterdam and began a career as a pianist and composer. Her works have been performed in Europe and in the United
's "The Wizard of Oz" () at Opernhaus Zürich. In 2017 Visser staged Handel's oratorium Semele for the opening of The Internationale Händelfestspiele Karslruhe, which became a famous production with German and international audiences and press. The same year he initiated a four-year plan for a series of newly composed operas called "Sign of the Times" in co-production with Opera Trionfo, Dutch National Opera and the Asko|Schoenberg Ensemble. The first episode, "Fortress Europe", was composed by Calliope Tsoupaki. and premiered