Athens State Orchestra

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

Principal conductors

 * Filoktitis Εkonomidis (1942–1957)
 * Theodoros Vavagiannis (1957–1969)
 * Andreas Paridis (1969–1975)
 * Manos Hadjidakis (1976–1982)
 * Yannis Ioannidis (1983–1989)
 * Alexandros Symeonidis (1989–1995)
 * Aris Garoufalis (1995–2004)
 * Byron Fidetzis (2004–2011)
 * Vassilis Christopoulos (2011–2014)
 * Stefanos Tsialis (2014–2020)
 * Lukas Karytinos (2020– )