Elektra Kurtis ~ orchestra member / ensemble member The Apollo Theater, USA Grand Opera Orchestra, Warsaw Poland Irving Plaza w/ Aetos quartet for Erykah Badu and Nona Hendryx Carnegie Hall w/ New England Symphonic Ensemble Greenwich Symphony Hall w/ Greenwich Symphony Orchestra Cathedral of Saint John the Devine w/ Paul Winter The Helsinki Philharmonic Hall The Helsinki Radio and Television Program At The Stamford Opera w/ Connecticut Grand Opera Orchestra Avery Fisher Hall w/ Cachao The Brooklyn Academy of Music w/ Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra The Brooklyn Academy of Music w/ Henry Threadgill {Jazz Festival} Thiasos w/ Greek leader Vangelis Fambas Miller Theater w/ Henry Threadgill Bowery Poetry Club w/ Butch Morris Knitting Factory w/ John Zorn Alice Tully / special events Warsaw Traffic Club w/ Drum Freaks and Milo Kurtis Elektra Kurtis & Ensemble Elektra The Tornio Jazz Festival Old Student House in Helsinki, Finland The Tampere Jazz Festival Knitting Factory Cornelia Street Café CB’s Gallery at CBGB Bowery Poetry Club Satalla The Harlem School of the Arts For bookings please contact: Elektra Kurtis Email: letaki@gowebway.com Website: www.elektrakurtis.com	Violinist and composer of Greek origin, Elektra Kurtis was raised in Poland. She graduated from the Warsaw Conservatory, and Finnish Sibelius She has performed throughout the US, Europe and Finland in numerous chamber ensembles, symphony orchestras, ethno-music ensembles (Greek and Gypsy music), including her own group, Ensemble Elektra, a world jazz improvisational ensemble. Some of the ensembles that Elektra has performed with include Warsaw Grand Opera Orchestra, "Yia Sou" (an improvisational World Music Ensemble), Connecticut Opera, Bronx and Brooklyn Philharmonic, New England Symphonic Ensemble. Elektra performed in concerts, theatrical and television productions, radio broadcasts and recorded the music of notable Finnish composers such as Edward Vesala and Toni Edelman. She has worked with such stellar artists as Lester Bowie, Gerry Mulligan, Paquito d'Rivera, Lionel Hampton ,Shirley Horn, Ray Barreto, Max Roach, and the notable arabic music master Simon Shaheen. She toured with the legendary Cuban artist Israel "Cachao" Lopez, and performed the music of contemporary composers such as Anthony Davis, John Zorn, Akua Dixon and Carman Moore in venues such as the Knitting Factory, the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, Apollo Theatre. She has also been a member of a Greek traditional music group under the leadership of guitarist Vangelis Fampas, and appeared in the New York tri-state area with the New England Symphonic Ensemble, Hudson Valley, Greenwich, Longar Ensemble and Harlem Festival symphony orchestras. Elektra played in trombonist Craig Harris' jazz, hip-hop, rap, poetry and song project in Paris and participated in a performance in 1997 with Nona Hendrix and Erica Badu, among others. In 2002 /03 she appeared in concerts with Henry Threadgill’s Aggregation Orb and Butch Morris’ Skyscraper. Most recently Elektra performed as guest artist with a world music group Drum Freaks in Warsaw, Poland. Recordings include Steve Coleman's double CD Genesis &The Opening of the Way (BMG), and her own recording, Ensemble Elektra The Book of Time (Milo Records, 2000) and AFROdite’s Smile (MR, 2005)