'Mikra Asia' - Paivanas Music Family Trio

Performance as part of "HRIPSIME'S AGONY, ATHENA'S MOURNING, AND RACHEL'S HEARTBREAK": Commemorating the Centennial of the Christian Genocide in Asia Minor and Anatolia and the "Final Solution's" Inspiration.

Georgia Paivanas was born in Corinth, Greece in 1989. At the age of four, she started classical violin lessons. She completed her studies by obtaining a diploma in violin in 2012 from the Hellenic Conservatory of Northern Suburbs with a grade of “Very Good” in the class of Al. Mato. She also holds a diploma in Byzantine music with a grade of “Excellent” and a First Prize. Along with music, she also studied at the TEI of Athens, where in 2012 she was sworn in as an Electronic Engineer. In 2014, she completed her postgraduate studies with a specialization in Artificial Neural Networks and their applications, while in March 2022 she was awarded a Doctorate by the Department of Biotechnology of the Agricultural University of Athens. For a number of years, she was a member of the Hellenic Conservatory Orchestra, participating in performances in the Athens Concert Hall ("A child counts the stars", "Physis Gaia - Vicky Leandros sings for the earth, Abir Nehme participates", music by Giorgos Voukanos, director of musical instruments: Giorgos Aravidis). In 2005, she participated in the H.O.N (Youth Choir and Orchestra) competition, where she was awarded First Prize in the competition and a Gold Medal in the Orchestras category, as well as in 2006 with First Prize and a Gold Medal in the Violin - Duet category. She was a founding member of the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra of Athens, as well as a co-creator and founding member of the Baroque Project Orchestra. She was a Professor of classical violin and a Professor of Byzantine music at many conservatories including the Hellenic Conservatory of Northern Suburbs (Athens), the Contemporary Corinthian Conservatory, the Madrigal Music School (Corinth), and others. She lives with her husband in Prague and works as a Test and Validation Engineer at Valeo.

Nikolaos Paivanas was born in Corinth, Greece. From the age of six he was taught the violin and completed his studies at the Hellenic Conservatory where he graduated with an Honors degree. At the same time, he also completed his studies in Byzantine Music at the Hellenic Conservatory with the unanimous committee of assessors’ grade of “Excellent” as well as the distinction of Second Prize. He also holds a degree in Harmony, Counterpoint and Fugue with a grade of “Excellent”. In 2005 he won the Panhellenic H.O.N (UNESCO) First Prize in the "Violin Duets" category and also the First Prize in the "Ecclesiastical Byzantine Music" category. In recent years, he composes melodies for historical events such as "The Holocaust of Greek-Jews", the Epic of 1821, the Asia Minor disaster, among other notable projects. Finally, he is a graduate of the Mathematics Department of the National Kapodistrian University and holds a master's degree in Banking, Accounting and Finance from the Hellenic Open University.

Ioannis Paivanas is a musician who resides in Athens, Grrece. He earned a Diploma in the area of violin from the Hellenic Conservatory with a grade of “Excellent”, a First Prize and a Silver Medal. He earned a Diploma in Byzantine Music from the same Conservatory with a grade of “Excellent. He competed in the violin solo category of the Youth Orchestra and Choir competition and earned a grade of “Excellent”, the First Prize, and the Gold Medal. He participated in the master class of Julian Rachlin and the Diaghilev Festival in Perm, Russia, hosted by Theodore Currentzis. In 2009-2010 he played first violin in the Athens Chamber Orchestra of the Greek Opera House. Between 2011-2012, he was guest violinist in the Orchestra of Colours. Between 2008-2012 he was a rotation violinist in the Simfonietta Athens Orchestra. Between 2014-2016 he served as the first violin in the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra of Athens, while in 2015 he was a founding member and concertmaster of the Baroque Project Orchestra in Athens. In 2019, he was the second violin on a temporary basis in the Athens Philharmonic Orchestra. Currently, he is Teacher of Violin as well as a Teacher of Byzantine Music at the Hellenic Conservatory of Athens, and a teacher of chant and singing for the “Ergastiri Psaltikis” Byzantine Music Choir, in Athens, Greece.