Athens Conservatoire's Distance Learning Studio

As part of the modernization and internationalization of its educational services in the field of music and other performing arts, and thanks to the unrelenting and generous personal support of Mrs. Chiona Xanthopoulou - Schwarz, the Athens Conservatoire adopted the idea of creating special infrastructures dedicated to Distance Learning. The original idea consisted in the adaptation and equipment with the appropriate state-of-the-art technology of selected venues in the Athens Conservatoire building in the centre of Athens for the purpose of conducting educational or cultural events where participants would be located in different cities, different countries and even different continents. Once finished, all of these venues would be equipped to host one-on-one lessons, public seminars and masterclasses, lectures, orchestral and choir coaching sessions, technical workshops, joint rehearsals, seminars and many other types of international real-time events.

The implementation of this ambitious idea was entrusted to architect Mrs. Ivy Nanopoulou and her team, including engineer Mr. Yannis Ladopoulos, and some of the technologically most experienced educational institutions in the world were consulted, such as the Manhattan School of Music, New York.