Athens State Orchestra

The Athens State Orchestra (Greek: Κρατική Ορχήστρα Αθηνών, romanized: Kratiki Orchistra Athinon) is a Greek symphony orchestra based in Athens, which is consistently ranked in the top handful of orchestras of the country.

Athens State Orchestra
Orchestra
Native name	Κρατική Ορχήστρα Αθηνών
Founded	December 11, 1942; 82 years ago (1942-12-11)
Location	Athens, Greece
Concert hall	Athens Concert Hall
Principal conductor	Lukas Karytinos
Website	www.koa.gr

Principal conductors

• Filoktitis Εkonomidis (1942–1957)^[1]
• Theodoros Vavagiannis (1957–1969)^[2]
• Andreas Paridis (1969–1975)^[3][4]
• Manos Hadjidakis (1976–1982)^[5]
• Yannis Ioannidis (1983–1989)^[6]
• Alexandros Symeonidis (1989–1995)^[7]
• Aris Garoufalis (1995–2004)^[8]
• Byron Fidetzis (2004–2011)^[9]
• Vassilis Christopoulos (2011–2014)^[10][11]
• Stefanos Tsialis (2014–2020)^[12][13]
• Lukas Karytinos (2020– )^[14]