Nektaria Karantzi,37,was born in the former Byzantine Empire territory of Asia Minor,which is now a part of Turkey.She began her music career as a Greek Orthodox Church choir member,when she was still a child.She was at that time introduced to the monk Elder Porphyrios the Kapsokalyvite,who encouraged her studies of the Byzantine church music.After his death,Elder Porphyrios was canonised (proclaimed to be an Orthodox Christian saint).
Nektaria attended a music conservatory and eventually enrolled in the University of Athens,taking degrees in music and law and specialising in criminal law;but also studied the canon law (church law).She has been an editor of a legal publication and associated with some prominent Greek law firms.So there's a lot to this woman who loves both medieval ecclesiastical and traditional Greek music,having studied with that master of Greek traditional music,Chronidis Aidonidis,with whom she performs in one of tonight's videos.
Nektaria performs widely in Europe,gives master classes as far afield as the United States,and has recorded several albums of church and traditional music.
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