ÉRMA ENSEMBLE

Born in Athens and based in Cologne, conductor Yorgos Ziavras is active on the international contemporary music scene, collaborating with ensembles and festivals including Ensemble Musikfabrik, Electronic ID, Ergon Ensemble, Ventus Ensemble, tetttix, the Gaudeamus Festival, Acht Brücken Festival, and the Athens & Epidaurus Festival, among others. His extensive repertoire includes numerous world premieres.

For the 2026/27 season, he serves as Chief Conductor of Oper Wuppertal. He has also conducted a number of prominent symphony orchestras, including the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Niederrheinische Sinfoniker, the Orchestra of the Greek National Opera, the Greek National Radio Orchestra, and the Südwestdeutsche Kammerorchester Pforzheim. His concert appearances have taken him to venues including the Kölner Philharmonie, WDR Funkhaus Köln, Megaron Athens, the National Theatre of Greece, and the Graf-Zeppelin-Haus.

He studied orchestral conducting with Prof. Michael Luig at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, piano in Athens and Cologne, and architectural design at the National Technical University of Athens. In 2019, he co-founded ÉRMA Ensemble, where he serves as Chief Conductor.