Ourania Gassiou (Concert Organist, Greece) - return to Welcome
Organ Recitals Nationwide
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) - Organ Sonata no. 5
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
Zsolt Gárdonyi (b.1946) - Mozart Changes
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) - Stèle pour in enfant défunt, from Triptyque op.
Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925) - Scherzo in G Minor, op.49, no.2
Olivier Latry (b.1962) - Salve Regina
Biography
Ourania Gassiou is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she
studied with Nicolas Kynaston. Whilst at the Academy she received a scholarship by the
Onassis Foundation and was awarded several of the major prizes and awards of the Royal
Academy of Music, including the DipRAM, the most prestigious award for an outstanding
final recital. In 2006 she was nominated Pidem organ Fellow of the Royal Academy of
music. Aided by the Eric Thompson Trust Grant she continued her studies with Johannes
Geffert in Cologne and Susan Landale in Paris. As a soloist and chamber musician,
Ourania has performed extensively throughout the UK and Europe in recital series and
major international festivals. Recent appearances have included performances in
Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, St Paulʼs Cathedral, Altenberg Dom, Riga
Cathedral, Copenhagen Cathedral, Basel Münster, Maria Laach Abbey, Trondheim
Cathedral, Stavanger Concert Hall, Barcelona Cathedral, Women of the World Festival
(Royal Festival Hall, London), Brandneu Festival (Germany), Oundle Festival (UK), Non
Sola Scripta International Festival (Poland) and Bratislava Castle, amongst others.
Ourania has also been a prize winner in the International Organ Competition of
St.Maurice, Switzerland and in the First Mediterranean Piano Competition of Andros,
Greece. She was the organist of the French Protestant Church in London between 2006
and 2023. In 2011 she was appointed Organist and Curator of the organs of the Athens
Concert Hall and in 2021 she was elected Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.
Ourania Gassiou is particularly interested in promoting the organ in her native Greece.
She has commissioned music from Greek composers and created innovative projects
which attract large audiences, establishing an increasingly prominent role for the organ
in Greek musical culture.