BIO

Yorgos Ziavras (he/him) Greek-German conductor, based in Cologne, Germany. He is the Chief Conductor of Oper Wuppertal.

He is the founder of CoGNiMUS Collektiv and is also active in the contemporary music scene. In 2019 he founded ÉRMA Ensemble with fellow specialists in contemporary music.

Since 2017/18 he is guest conductor of the Greek National Opera, while he has also conducted numerous symphonic orchestras and ensembles in Greece and Germany, including Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Niederrheinische Sinfoniker, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Ensemble MusikFabrik, Greek National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, City of Athens Symphonic Orchestra,  ERGON Ensemble, TETTTIX aMONG OTHERS.