About

Christina Maria Koti is a London-based Greek pianist who recently completed an MMus in Piano Performance under Professor Deniz Gelenbe-Arman at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance with the Trinity College of Music scholarship. Christina Maria graduated from the University of Glasgow with a first class honours Bachelor of Music degree, and she has taken part in international music festivals and competitions such as the Gnessin Academy Summer Festival, the Concorso International Pianistico citta Villafranca di Verona, the Glasgow Music Festival, and the Dinu Lipatti International Piano Competition. She has appeared in collaborative piano recitals and concerts in the UK, France, Italy, Russia, and Greece. Christina Maria has participated in masterclasses with Pascal Rogé, Paul Roberts, Aaron Shorr, Natalia Mihailidou, Petras Geniusas, Dimitris Toufexis, Martino Tirimo and Tatiana Svistunova. She is passionate about chamber music and art song and is currently a SongEasel Young Artist with her duo partner, baritone Jared Andrew Michaud. Together, they have performed in masterclasses with Dame Sarah Connolly and Dr. Emily Kilpatrick, as well as taking home first prize from the 2022 Elisabeth Schumann Lieder Duo Competition and the 4th International SGSM Singing Competition, Lieder Duo category in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. She has worked with vocal coaches such as Simon Lepper, Eugene Asti, Helen Yorke and Christos Marinos. She has been a finalist for the English Song Festival 2021 and Lilian Ash French Song Competition 2021. She has recieved a Piano “Diploma” with Distinction (arista pampsiphi) from the Dodekanesian Conservatoire in Greece.