Katia Molfesi

Katia Molfesi was born in Athens, Greece. Her musical background includes receiving a piano degree from her home town, as well as a Master of Arts in Composition for Film and Television from the University of Kingston, London. She then graduated from the Athens Conservatory, receiving her orchestral conducting diploma with distinction while also attending additional conducting master courses in the Music Academy of Prague.

Having made a name for herself as a conductor who “has a strong temperament while always retaining her great finesse”, in her home country she works regularly with all the major orchestras such as the Greek National Opera, the Athens State Orchestra, the Thessaloniki State Orchestra, the Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Greek Radio Contemporary Orchestra and the Athens City Orchestra. She has conducted concerts in the Athens Megaron Concert Hall, the Greek National Opera stage, the Pallas theater, the Parnassus Concert Hall, the Thessaloniki “Solon Michaelidis” Hall, the Apollo Theater in Syros and has taken part in numerous festivals around Greece.

Abroad, she has worked with the MAV Symphony Orchestra of Budapest, the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, the North Czech Philharmonic and the Stara Zagora State Opera, having conducted in prestigious venues including among others the Prague Smetana Hall, Teplice Theater and Jablonec Theater in the Czech Republic.

In September 2023 she was a semi-finalist in the Blue Danube International Opera Competition, having received a distinction prize for her performance.

Having a special connection with the opera genre, she has over 16 opera titles in her repertoire. Among others, the most regularly performed include W. A. Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte”, “Don Giovanni” and “Le Nozze di Figaro”, G. Bizet’s “Carmen”, G. Verdi’s “Rigoletto”, “Il Trovatore” and “La Traviata” and G. Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”, “La Bohème” and “Tosca”.

Highlights of her 2023/2024 season include a production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” with the Athens State Orchestra in the Athens Megaron Concert Hall and a symphonic concert with the Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra in the Piraeus City Theater.

Since 2019 she is the artistic director of the Piraeus Symphony Orchestra, with which she has conducted a vast concert repertoire.