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Zoi Argyriou is a passionate and dedicated percussionist, musician, and performer born in Trikala, Greece. From a very young age, she showed a strong interest in classical music and soon turned toward contemporary music, where she now specialises as a soloist, chamber musician, and improviser. Her artistic practice focuses on extended techniques and unconventional forms of expression. Her search for challenging learning opportunities led her to Germany and Switzerland, where she worked closely with renowned teachers, musicians, and composers of our time.

 

Zoi holds a Master’s degree in Specialized Music Performance – Contemporary Music from the Hochschule der Künste Bern, a Master’s degree in Timpani and Solo Percussion from the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, and a Bachelor’s degree in Music Science and Art with a specialisation in Percussion from the University of Macedonia.

 

Throughout her career, she has performed with notable ensembles and orchestras in Greece and abroad. Important collaborations include performances with Schlagquartett Köln, Kommas Ensemble, Collegium Novum Zürich, the Athens Philharmonic, and Kollektiv3:6Koeln, of which she is also a member. She is a founding member of the newly formed percussion duo “Octa.” Her performance projects include recording Enno Poppe’s Schrauben at WDR Funkhaus and appearances at MITO SettembreMusica, Ruhrtriennale, and Usinesonore Festival.

 

Zoi has worked with composers such as Enno Poppe, Fritz Hauser, John Psathas, Christos Hatzis, Caspar Johannes Walter, Fabio Nieder, Malin Bång, Georgia Koumara, and Sara Glojnaric, as well as with distinguished musicians and professors including Brian Archinal, Carlos Tarcha, Dirk Rothbrust, Thomas Meixner, Achim Seyler, Boris Müller, and more.

 

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Repertoire

Solo

  • Can you see the___under my skirt? (2025) - Tamara Miller (premiere), female performer, drum set, voice and electronics

  • Weiße Luft (2025) - Ilona Perger (premiere), percussion solo and Tape

  • Love is all (we need) (2024) – Nicolas Berge (premiere), drumset + electronics ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK9CSam2qU8 )

  • In the pink (2019) - Marta Åšniady, marimba + video and audio playback

  • Loops II (2001) – Phillip Hurel, vibraphone ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxuYBbgjtG8 )

  • Vibra Elufa (2003) – Karlheinz Stockhausen, vibraphone

  • Fantasia IIIb (2005) - Nicholas Deyoe, vibraphone ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwux9jzFkf4 )

  • My thoughts are misquided (2023) – Carlos Lopes (premiere), drumset, voice + tape

  • Rebonds A+ B (1987-1989) – Iannis Xenakis, set-up ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_48l_r67Uw ) (Video only B)

  • Stuck (2023) - Tom Belkind, percussion objects + tape

  • King of Denmark (1963) – Morton Feldman, set-up

  • Mecano 1 (2004) – Pierre Jodlowski, set-up( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdrWJnRqB4M )

  • Time and money (2004) – Pierre Jodlowski, set-up + multimedia ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktn3KqhO9E0 )

  • Under lie 2 (2023) (priemere)– Ahmetcan Gökçeer, percussion and computer ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D9MEkTLP58 )

  • Vandalismus (2022) ( premiere) – Carmen Pomet, percussion and live electronics

  • Psappha (1975) – Iannis Xenakis, set-up

  • Blacksnowfalls (2014) – Wojtek Blecharz, timpano solo ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKJ9AZpGAQQ )

  • Five scenes from the snow country (1978) – Hans Werner Henze, marimba

  • Fertility rites (1997) – Christos Hatzis, marimba+tape ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA1L34yXpRg )

  • Totem I - II (2015-2016) – Arnold Marinissen, marimba

  • Figment V (2009) – Elliot Carter, marimba

  • Interzones (1996) – Bruce Hamilton, vibraphone + tape

  • Relentless (2023) – John Psathas (premiere), percussion + text video

  • Chaconne (1717-1720) – J.S.Bach, marimba

  • Orange Allert (2007) – Robert S. Cohen, 5 timpani

  • Toccata (2001) – Anna Ignatowicz, marimba

  • Cello suite no. 1, no. 2 and no. 5 (1717-1723) – J.S.Bach, marimba

  • Little Windows (1986) – Keiko Abe, marimba

  • Meditation no.1 (2011) – Casey Cangelosi, snare drum

  • March, Improvisation, Saeta, Recitativo (1949) (Eight pieces for four timpani) – Elliot Carter, 4 timpani

  • Concerto for vibraphone and string orchestre (1999) – Emmanuel Sejourne

  • Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra (2005) - Emmanuel Sejourne

  • Blues for gilbert – Mark Glentworth, vibraphone

Chamber music and ensembles
Album EP

• All the wonders of six little spoons – Szymon Wójcik
https://gottaletitout.bandcamp.com/album/allthe-wonders-of-six-little-spoons
https://open.spotify.com/album/0Z3Z0B5XPq3BVsCwCWIZVD?si=PqINdN2TSBCIvxFQj4ELJQ
 
 • Songs from the hearts – Kollektiv3:6Koeln
https://k36k.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-thehearts
https://open.spotify.com/album/6Jd1p7SNoFNthF0onL3OWc?si=mWXI9iaSTna6IOaOeHL4UQ
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