Elena Kakaliagou

Elena Kakaliagou is a Greek-Austrian French horn player and performer living in Berlin. Αfter her studies in classical music in Greece, Austria and Finland, and inspired by new, folk and experimental music, Kakaliagou developed her own language on the French horn; lyrical and mellow, angry as a wild animal or a stormy sea, calm as the wind or the soft rain.

Kakaliagou can be heard on more than 20 musical albums, including the ones by her duo Nabelóse, her trio Zinc & Copper, solo, and plenty of collaborations of free, experimental, composed and new music, as well as films and theatre.

She is an active member of the free improv scene of Berlin and plays with zeitkratzer and Stefan Schultze Large Ensemble, next to various new music ensembles.