Stella Ziopoulou

Stella’s Studies

  Stella Ziopoulou is a Violinist and Composer born in Athens, Greece. She has obtained her Violin diploma, Harmony Diploma, Counterpoint Diploma and Fugue Diploma. In 2020 she graduated from the Composition Classes of the Composer E. Kokkoris obtaining her Diploma with Distinction and winning the First Prize. She also plays the electric violin, the mandolin, the piano, some percussion. In addition she is a singer, songwriter and lyricist. Flamenco dancing is one of her favourite pastimes. She graduated from the University of Piraeus in 2010 with a degree in International and European Studies and obtained her postgraduate degree in International Relations and Strategic Studies at Panteion University Athens, making her thesis on “International Relations - Strategy and Musicology- Music: Parallel Worlds”.

Stella’s compositions

  Stella has participated in Composition Competitions and Master Classes both in Greece and abroad. She took part in the composition Master Class at Cellowercken Zutphen in the Netherlands under the guidance of Mrs. Vanessa Lann. The composition she created, based on the films of the American Martha Colburn, was presented in March 2025 at Dat Bolwerk in the city of Zutphen, Netherlands, as well as at the Eye Film Museum in Amsterdam as part of the Kaboom Animation Festival. She has also presented her compositions "Le temps a laissé son manteau" for voice and piano and "Eastern Wind" for the Chinese instrument Erhu and string quartet as part of the "100 Works of Contemporary Greek Composers" concerts in 2024. Stella was chosen to participate in the composition master class of the pilot workshop of contemporary music of the Athens State Orchestra held at the Anargyrios and Korgialenios School of Spetses in August 2024, under the teaching of Mr. Yiannis Kyriakides. Her composition "Pensées Inversées" was performed by the Athens State Orchestra at the final concert held on September 2nd. Stella's Composition " Life After Storm" was chosen in order to be presented during the concert of 70 years of the Friends of Music Society at Megaron the Athens City Hall in November 2023. Her composition "Frammenti di vita" was also presented at Megaron the Athens Concert Hall, on September 30, 2022. Her composition "The words were dripping" was presented during the «5th Musa Hellenica Festival» on the island of Chios in July 2021, under the guidance of A. Kalogeras. Stella's composition "Shades of Alleviation" was chosen by the Thessaloniki City Symphony Orchestra to be used in the composition workshop held in collaboration with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Greek Composer’s Union. The composition was presented by the Thessaloniki City Symphony Orchestra in a concert dedicated to people with special needs in December 2019. Her intense yet light and bright composition “Une Hirondelle Dans Les Nuages” was chosen by French composer Alain Louvier to be presented during the masterclass to honour the French composer Olivier Messiaen at Athens Conservatory in February 2019. Stella’s composition “La Noche De Una Estrella” was presented at the Theater of the Nakas Conservatory in the context of the event «Ηymns of the Night» in March 2019. She has also attended seminars by Professor P. Liaropoulos of the Berklee College of Music.

Stella's Film & Theater music

  Stella has participated as a stage musician in the theatrical performances, “Junkermann” directed by D. Tarlow, at the Poreia Τheater in Athens, “From Antigone to Medea” & “Wonderful languages of the world” directed by K.Gakis at the Alfa Τheater in Athens and "Feggaroklosti" at the F. Nakas Conservatory. She collaborated in the composition of music for the theatrical performance “From Antigone to Medea”. This outstanding performance was invited to take part in the 15th Busan International Performing arts Festival, South Korea in May 2018 and also in festivals throughout several cities in Greece. For the summer of 2021 she was the assistant musician of A. Triantafyllou at the theatrical performance “Iphigenia In Tauris” directed by G.Nanouris and presented at Epidauros Theater among others. Stella has attended the workshop on the composition of music in theatre as organized by the National Theater of Greece concerning the composition of music in Theater.

Stella as a Violinist

  She has collaborated with many orchestras among them “Palintonos Harmony Orchestra” of the composer Y. Markopoulos, Greek Turkish Youth Orchestra, Chamber Symphony Orchestra and “Greek orchestra” with whom she recorded for the Greek National Radio. She was also member of the Athens Youth Symphony Orchestra. As a member of the orchestra she collaborated with the Athens State Orchestra under the baton of Maestro V.Christopoulos. She is also member of the group “Cinema Paradiso Project” and the Fairytale Orchestra. Stella collaborates as a violinist with the King George Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Athens

Stella Zio in Electronic music

  Stella collaborates with several DJs creating electronic music by the name Stella Zio. In 2022 the record company Cafe Anatolia released her track "Midnight dream" in collaboration with dj ThroDef. Stella is Performing in several Festivals and stages of electronic music such as Symposio Festival at Varvakeios, Boo coctail bar etc. She is also performing violin with backing tracks for events or she creates her own electronic sounds for exhibitions of art etc

Stella in Discography

  From 2022, Stella has been collaborating with the recording company FMrecords as a composer and violinist. She both cooperates with several DJs creating electronic music by the name Stella Zio and she also creates her own songs mostly with greek lyrics in a swing-jazz style that presents in the public as Stella Ziopoulou. In 2022 the record company Cafe Anatolia released her track "Midnight dream" in collaboration with dj ThroDef. Stella has joined forces with and contributed to the recording CD’s of various Greek artists such as Z. Tiganouria, E. Voudouraki, T.Tsilis, Seqstyle e.t.c.

Stella’s Teaching

  She is a violin and music professor at the National Conservatory of Greece, at Doukas school and at Hellenic French school of Ursulines among others. Stella has written the music-pedagogical book for young children entitled "Journey to the City of Music Notes" which is accompanied by a CD with songs in her own music and lyrics and is available by Nakas editions.