Clio Zois

Our conductor

Clio started her musical education studying piano and flute under Carmen-Elena Rotaru and Denis-Pierre Gustin. 

She obtained her Piano Licentiate Diploma from Trinity College London with distinction and won multiple awards for both instruments. 

Clio discovered conducting during a workshop organised by the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam and followed multiple conducting masterclasses, amongst others at Julliard School Extension. 

Aside from working with the BCE, Clio is currently the Principal Conductor of the Association Philharmonique d’Uccle, Assistant Director to the Brussels Choral Society (Belgium’s largest amateur choir), and also conducts BachWerk chamber choir and ensemble on a rolling basis.

Ina Söderlund

Our concertmaster

Ina has played the violin since she was 5 years old, first for Marja Korpela and then Grazyna Zeranska-Gebert. 

She has also played in various orchestras in her native country Finland (most notably the Tapiola Youth Symphony Orchestra) and elsewhere (i.a. Orkester Norden and Orchestra Sinfonica del Festival di Chioggia) and participated in Masterclasses i.a. in Bled (Slovenia), Chioggia (Italy) and Kuhmo (Finland).

Despina Kornilaki

Our cello leader

Despina obtained her cello diploma in 2010 with Prof. Dmitry Gudimov before continuing to the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague with cellist Larissa Groeneveld until 2011.  

She has played with professional and student orchestras in Greece since the age of 14 and continued playing with Dutch university orchestras during her law studies. 

She has been awarded first and second prizes in various competitions in Greece and took part in masterclasses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.