Papadopoulos and Mena teach in Basel
Flora Papadopoulos will take over the class for historical harps at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis from Heidrun Rosenzweig in the fall semester 2022/23, while Carlos Mena will succeed Ulrich Messthaler in the vocal department.
Flora Papadopoulos studied at the Conservatorio di Parma and at the Civica Scuola di Musica "Claudio Abbado" in Milan. She also holds a BA from the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Parma (Conservation of Musical Heritage) and an MA in Musicology from the Sorbonne in Paris.
She performs regularly as a duo with Mara Galassi and with her own formation "il Caleidoscopio". She released her first solo album in 2018 Unwritten. She is also interested in musical projects that go beyond the narrower boundaries of early music.
Born in 1971, Carlos Mena studied at the Conservatorio Superior de Música "Jesús Guridi" in his home town of Vitoria-Gasteiz and then at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis until 1997. His repertoire is very wide-ranging, from the Middle Ages to the central repertoire of the 17th to early 19th centuries to contemporary music, with a focus on opera performances.
He teaches at the Academia de Música Antigua at the University of Salamanca and at the Extremadura School of Music (Cáceres), among others. Carlos Mena is also active as a conductor.
