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Synthesis Cultural Foundation, Inc is an organization that develops, promotes and cultivates interest in American and Greek literature, drama, arts, education and charity.
It was founded in 2011. |
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Christina KostakiFounder, PresidentChristina Panagopoulou-Kostaki was born in Athens. In her teens, she moved to New York with her parents and brother. From her marriage she had three daughters, Sophia, Argyro and Melina.
They moved to Greece where she had the opportunity to attend classes at the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. After her return to New York she served as secretary at the Hellenic Cultural Center of the Greek Archdiocese of America for several years and later as an affairs manager at HANAC. She served the Historical Athenians’ Society of NY as President, Vice President and Treasurer, the Women's Affairs Committee as President and is now Secretary General of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of New York. In 2011 she established the "Synthesis" Cultural Foundation with the aim of promoting and supporting Greek culture, education and philanthropy. In recent years she has been working as a Greek teacher in the afternoon schools of the Parishes of the Holy Archdiocese. |
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Petros HatjopoulosBoard member, Music DirectorPetros was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and has played the piano since the age of 5. He studied piano, composition and choral conducting in Greece and Europe.
He represented his hometown in a series of concerts and recitals around Europe and represented Greece in the Sonenberg European conference of young conductors at the age of 20 in 1987. Petros studied Classical Piano Performance and Music Education at NYU and Orchestral Conducting at Juilliard. He played numerous classical and Greek music performances in the US, and he composed music for radio, TV, ballet, as well as orchestral pieces, children’s musicals and theater. He has conducted choirs and orchestras in recordings and performances around the world. He represented the US in the International Festival of Sydney, Australia in 1997, served as organist at St. Nicholas in Flushing, taught music at the Holy Trinity Cathedral School in NYC and in 1999 founded the Archdiocesan Children’s Choir and was its first director. He also directed the choirs at the Church of our Savior in Rye, NY for 21 years and headed the music ministries of the Cathedral in Hartford CT. He founded and served as President of GMTV- the first global Greek music TV channel which broadcast to the Americas, Asia Pacific and Australia via satellite. Currently, Petros teaches at University of Bridgeport and in the New Haven Public Schools. |
