Biographies

Eleni Andreou has a long and warm relationship with the “Omogeneia” in New York through her captivating voice. Her musical journey began at an early age when she first appeared in Lazos’ Boite in Astoria, although she was only a high school student at the time.
Her love for Greek music and singing brought her back to Greece, under the shadow of the Acropolis, in Plaka at the legendary Boite “Esperides”. Her talent and singing abilities caught the attention of various Greek composers and for two years she traveled throughout Greece with the composer Thomas Bakalakos performing his work with Haris Alexiou, Vasilis Papakonstantinou and Aphrodite Manou.
In the mid-80s, Eleni returned to New York to complete her studies. She never stopped singing. While in college she appeared in Boite Acroama with Vangelis Fampas and Julie Ziavras and later at Microcosmos Boite with Gregoris Maninakis.
Eleni took a break from performing while pursuing a career in Clinincal Nutrition and in 2013 she once again entered the Greek music scene in New York. During this time, Eleni participated in various concerts and music events.
In November 2018 Eleni published her first album “Ekdromi” which was recorded in Athens and included lyrics and music by various well known artists (Polys Kyriacou, Andreas Katsigiannis, Nikos Zervas, Vasilis Giannopoulos and others).

leana Exaras is a lyricist, composer, actress, dancer, and recent graduate of Lehigh University. She began writing songs at the age of 11, and is now a versatile music artist splitting her time between New York City, and Athens, Greece. She is currently writing for Emre Yilmaz, Nikos Platyrachos, and Spiros Exaras,  among others.

Anthoula Katsimatides is an actor, writer, producer and voice over artist. A member of SAGAFTRA and AEA, a true artist at heart, her love for performing on screen is matched by her passion for theatre work. In addition to appearing on several network and cable television shows and in big budget films,
Anthoula has performed off-Broadway. She developed an autobiographical solo show called “Warrior Without A Cause”, which she will be performing again late Spring 2020. To learn more, please visit www.anthoula.com. Follow her on Twitter & Instagram @AnthoulaKats.

Christiana Kantilioti has studied Photography and Visual Arts at the Technological Institute of Athens and acting at the drama school “Athinaiki Skini”. She has worked as an actress with glorified directors at theatre, cinema and tv. She has attended seminars and workshops for acting, singing, yoga and acrobatics. She lives in NY the last three years.

Yanna Katsageorgi studied Law and Political Science in Athens, Greece. She worked as a lawyer, while simultaneously becoming the protagonist of Manos Hatzidakis’ album “Pornografia” and collaborating with D. Savopoulos, Katsimihas Brothers, Lina Nikolakopoulou, and many more renowned artists . Today she lives in New York City and is a journalist and Editor- in- Chief of the National Herald Magazine.

Glafkos Kontemeniotis is an active New York based, pianist and composer. He has performed in well-known jazz clubs such as Blue Note, Iridium, Birdland, Kitano, and venues including Alice Tully Hall and Schomburg Theatre, as well as universities across the country including Yale and Princeton. His compositions, arrangements and piano playing are featured in various recordings including his own trio recording “Progress” released in 2010.
Critics have praised his work with quotes like …”an under-recognized force of jazz to be reckoned with”… and “…absolutely stunning on piano…”
He was born in Cyprus, where he started his musical studies at an early age and was in love “at first sound” with jazz in his early teens. Since migrating to New York in 1988 he studied classical piano with Paul Sheftel and jazz piano with Harold Danko at the Manhattan School of Music. He later studied with well-known jazz educator Mike  Longo and composer Anthony Branker. He holds a graduate degree in composition from Hunter College.
His work has been described as “unmistakably personal”, a sound that incorporates elements and echoes from various musical and emotional experiences.
His second release as a leader “Yugen” featuring a program of all original compositions and a few of new York’s finest musicians, Joel Frahm, Marcus
McLaurin and Dave Meade was released in September 2019.

Eirini Mo is a Greek/British Actress and Presenter.
She has worked and lived in the USA, the UK and Greece.
TV work includes being Kate in “Zapped” for the British channel Dave  with James Buckley.
Some of her film work has successfully gone to the Cannes film festival such as “The Bridge” which has had 7 nominations.
She worked with Morgane Polanski in “The Stroke”
She in the feature film “Mirsini is not alone” that has been released in 40 cinemas in Greece in 2018/2019
Her work includes Voice Overs such as the Reuters.com Online Digital campaign and also commercials such as the two page advert for Cosmopolitan for the November 2018 issue, an advert for LinkedIn and so on.
When she is not acting, she is presenting and covering red carpet events and premieres in London and New York. She recently worked at the red carpet at the Tribeca Film Festival where she interviewed the likes of Elijah Wood. She has also interviewed Emma Thompson, Adam Sandler, Dustin Hofman and other Hollywood Celebrities.
Other events that she covered include the Bafta kids awards, The BFI Gala etc.
She is a trained actress with studies at NYU and also at the London Centre for Theatre Studies. Apart from that, she holds a Bachelors in Computing and a Masters in E-Commerce and has travelled in 54 countries.
She is very excited to be doing the red carpet interviewing at the New York Greek Film Festival, and also the presenting of the closing ceremony and awards.

Natassa Pantelidi: Actress, singer, director & founder of «Greek Theater NYC». Graduate of: Royal Academy of the
Dramatic Arts (RADA), LCA Academy & Royal Academy of Dancing (RAD). Composer of the soundtrack of the play
“Mama, I am coming”. Lead in: «Sunset Boulevard», «Dinner at Iocastis’», «And the wife shall revere her husband».
Diploma in REIKI & in Quantum Physics Therapy.

Chrysi Sylaidi is a Greek actress based in NYC. She is a graduate from the 3-year Professional Conservatory at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Greek credits include: Hecuba-Hecuba(Euripides), Elizabeth Proctor-The Crucible. NYC credits include: Pope Joan-Top Girls(Stella Adler), Dogberry-Much Ado About Nothing(Stella Adler) Hermione-The Winter’s Tale(Stella Adler). Chrysi is also, the co-founder of the theater group: ”The Team” that has staged award winning shows such as “The sun tries dating”. Furthermore, she has a degree in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business.