Varvara Antigoni Athinaiou

Varvara Athinaiou was born in Athens in 2000 and grew up in Corfu. She received her first music lessons in violin and piano at the age of six, before taking up the trombone at the age of eleven.
She graduated from the Corfu Conservatory with a degree in trombone. This was followed by studies at the Bern University of the Arts with Ian Bousfield. She completed this in 2021 with a bachelor's degree.

She has been a member of the Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra (GYSO) since September 2021. Varvara Athinaiou has played with the Greek Radio Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Greek National Opera, the Athens Philharmonia Orchestra and the Athens State Orchestra.

She has been a member of the EUYO (European Union Youth Orchestra) since January 2022. As a member of the EUYO, she has had the opportunity to play with conductors such as Iván Fischer, Gianandrea Noseda, Elim Chan, Antonio Pappano, Manfred Honeck and Gustavo Gimeno as well as soloists such as Renaud Capucon, Francesco Piemontesi in various concert halls throughout Europe, including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Berlin and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.

In March 2023, she began her master's degree at the HMDK Stuttgart with Henning Wiegräbe. Varvara Athinaiou has been a member of the Orchestra Academy of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra since March 2024.