Penelope Bekiari

Studies

• 2024–Present: PhD Student, Department of Digital Arts and Cinema (University of Economics and Business), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA): "Electroacoustic Composition and Affective Technologies in Contemporary Performance Practice​" 

• 2021–2022: MMus Electroacoustic Composition and Interactive Media, University of Manchester, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures – Graduated with Distinction

• 2020–2023: MMus Music Technology and Contemporary Practices, NKUA – Graduated with Distinction

• 2016: Music Production, SAE Institute (School of Audio Engineering – Athens)

• 2012–2018: BA Theatre Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens – Supported by the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY)

• Piano Diploma (grade 8)

 

Conferences / Academic Presentations

• 2024 (November): 7th Conference on Acoustic Ecology, Athens and Ancient Epidaurus Presentation: Resonant Echoes: Acoustic Heritage and Cultural Memory in the Mani Peninsula

• 2024 (June): SMC Porto (Sound and Music Computing Conference) Performance: Andromeda for Flute and Biofeedback – Biosensors in Immersive Music Performance

• 2024 (June): Spatial Audio Gathering, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, Talk/Demonstration: Neural Narratives: Live Sonification of Brain Data in “The Glass Menagerie”

• 2023 (November): Electroacoustic Music Days 2023 & 41st International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (CIME/ICEM) Meeting, HELMCA

• 2023 (June): Advances in Data Science & AI Conference 2023, University of Manchester, Business School Poster and Talk: Revisiting Andromeda of Euripides with Biofeedback

• 2022 (October): Athens Conference of Sound Drama With Digital Media in Modern Theatre Practice, NKUA (Department of Music Studies)

• 2022: EASTN-DC Cardiff Electroacoustic Conference Presentation of Quadraphonic Piece: Opsis (Straddles conference and artistic presentation)

 

Artistic Events / Festivals / Residencies

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• 2025 : Rustle awarded the Art of Neuroscience 2025 prize by the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN).

• 2025 : Permeable Signal: PROCESSES FESTIVAL (20–21 September ), REVMA Cultural Space.

• 2025 : "Exploring the biosensory condition through voice, heartbeat and a laptop" - TV Controler Centre, Athens.

• 2025 (May 1–3): BEaST_Southeast / Northwest, Bramall Music Building, University of Birmingham Selected Work: Rhoē for piano and live bio-electronics.

• 2024 (Oct–Dec): Artist in Residence, Greek National Opera As part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan – funded by the European Commission (Next Generation EU).

• 2024 (October): Contemporary Music Festival, Athens Concert Hall (Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall) Performance: Rhoē

• 2024 (October): CIME/ICEM - Synopsis, selected by HELMCA, Opéra Comédie, Montpellier

• 2024: MANTIS Music Festival: 20 Years, University of Manchester Selected Work: Lalē

• 2024 (June): SNFCC – Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Project: Latent Space – Glass Animals (acoustic composition inspired by The Glass Menagerie*)*

• 2023 (July): MA/IN FESTIVAL, Goethe Institute Rome Selected Work: Andromeda (Category A)

• 2022 (November): MANTIS Music Festival, University of ManchesterSelected Work: Synopsis

• 2022: Electroacoustic Music Days – 20th Anniversary of HELMCA, Corfu Work: Opsis

• 2022: John Rylands Library and Research Institute, University of Manchester Memorial to Delia Derbyshire Selected Work: Acousmatic Composition

• 2022 (March): MANTIS Music Festival, University of Manchester

• 2022:Duncan Dance Research Centre, Delphi Quadraphonic Piece – Memorial to Aggelos Sikelianos

• 2021: Transmissions Project, University Exchange Program Supported by the Onassis Foundation Teaching Experience

• 2024–Present: Lecturer, Department of Digital Arts and Cinema, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Electroacoustic Composition and Live Electronics

• 2023 (July): Hong Kong University of Science and Technology & Department of Music Studies – Sound

Ecology Conference by Civil Society and Governance (The Aristotle & Confucius Symposium) Supervised Bachelor students, composition for Sound Ecology

• 2022–Present: Music Technology Lecturer, Metropolitan College (in partnership with the University of

East London) 

 

Theatre Plays / Film Scoring

• 2025: The Chairs (Les Chaises) by Eugène Ionesco Alkmini Theatre, Athens

• 2022: The Knight’s Hart – Best Original Score at SEVIFF (Sevilla Indie Film Festival 2022) awarded to Penelope Bekiari

• 2019–2020: Doctor Glass by Hjalmar Söderberg (Greece-Cyprus production)

Under the aegis of the Embassy of Sweden in Athens

• 2018: Old Clown Wanted (Greece) Under the aegis of the Association of Greek Culture and Development – ΕΝΕΛΠΑ

• 2017: Euripides in War: Phoenicians – Trojans Center for Classical Drama, Panteion University of Social and Political SciencesCollaborative Projects

• TV Control Center: March 22, 2024 – Bio Resonances Project: Rhoē

• Curated Performance Evening | Ionian University – MARes A meditative framework of four performance pieces centered on interaction, the body, and sound.

 

Technical Skills

• Arduino​

• MaxMSP

• Python

• SuperCollider

• MATLAB