Roxani Chatzidimitriou teaches Piano & Composition, at Musical Praxis Conservatory.

Studies

Roxani Chatzidimitriou is an award-winning Greek composer and pianist. Her work includes more than seventy compositions for orchestra, chamber ensembles, electroacoustic music, as well as music for film, theatre, and contemporary dance. She began her studies at the National Conservatory of Athens, where she completed advanced theoretical studies and piano. In 2013 she received her Piano Diploma with Distinction and Second Prize. She graduated from the Department of Music Science and Art at the University of Macedonia (2011–2015) and holds a Master’s Degree in Music Composition for Film, Theatre and Performing Arts from the Department of Music Studies (2015–2017). She then pursued postgraduate studies in Composition at Royal Holloway, University of London (2016–2017) under Professor Mark Bowden, from where she graduated with distinction in September 2017.

Professional Activity

Her music has been internationally recognized. Her orchestral work “Zero Star Cognac” was awarded First Prize at the international composition competition Ruth Crawford Seeger Prize 2024 in Chicago (USA). Her works have been performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the ERT National Symphony Orchestra, the Thessaloniki City Symphony Orchestra and the CHROMA Ensemble, and have been presented at prestigious venues and festivals such as Lamp Academy in Canada (2023), Plucomp International Music Festival in France (2025), Festival Mixtur in Spain, Contemporary Music Lab Cyprus, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center and the Athens Concert Hall.

Among her collaborations are included her contribution to the documentary “The Weapons of the Struggle” for Cosmote History TV (2021), the commission of two orchestral works by the SNFCC within the framework of El Sistema Greece – Lullaby Project and Blending Melodies (2022,2023), as well as her two recorded albums, Chronographies (2021) and Entre Ruidos (2026). In parallel, she has appeared as a pianist in music venues and piano bars in Athens (Upper) and in London (Giotto).

Educational Activity

Roxani has twelve years of teaching experience. She has taught piano, theory and composition at the Neo Odeio Alimou, at Kite Music School in London, at MMQ Piano Studio in London and at St. Cyprian’s Greek Orthodox Primary Academy, also in London. Since 2021 she has been teaching piano and theory at the Music Praxis Conservatory, preparing students for the ABRSM exams. At the same time, she offers private lessons in piano, theory and composition both in person and online, while also organizing group workshops on musical creativity and film music composition.