Polychronopoulou, Konstantina

Konstantina Polychronopoulou is a composer, pianist, and music educator. She is currently a doctoral student in the artistic-scholarly doctoral program at Anton Bruckner Private University. She holds a master’s degree in "Science of Education-Music Education" from the University of Nicosia. Under a full scholarship, she graduated Cum laude from Hellenic American University with a BM in Music Theory and Composition. She has a Piano Diploma which she completed with honors and praise for Best Performance. She holds Harmony and Counterpoint degrees. She teaches piano at Ph. Nakas Conservatory since 2014. Moreover, she is a piano and theory teacher at the ABRSM. She has been teaching music theory and history at professional dance schools since 2013. Her main teaching approach is for dance students to be creative to explore and expand their movement vocabulary from all aspects of music. In January 2022, her book Music and Body, a musical handbook for student dancers and performers was published by Nasos Publications. She cooperates in chamber music concerts and her musical compositions have been presented in various venues in Greece and abroad in Germany, France, etc, by renowned ensembles and she collaborates regularly with acclaimed choreographers. She is an adjunct faculty member teaching in the BM program.