Bio
Dimitra is a talented composer, originated from Greece and now based in the Netherlands. She has been working as a film composer for the past few years, having already several credits for her work in short films, both in Greece and the Netherlands.
Her most recent work includes a short fiction film, ”De Anatomie van een Meermin”, which premiered at the Keep an Eye film festival in July 2024; and is since following its course to several other film festivals in the Netherlands. After her graduation she collaborated for the second time with director Nour Alkheder for the film ”Dans naar Morgen”, supported by NPO, a short documentary about kids that move to the Netherlands, their struggles and ambitions.
When she is working on a film she always finds the message and style of the film, so as to support it with the best musical style possible. She has experimented with many genres (social drama, drama, horror) and many forms of films, such as documentaries, fiction films, animation films.
She was born and raised in Athens. She has played piano since a very young age, and attended the musical Middle and High School of Alimos, in Athens. She then went on to study Musicology in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has a master’s degree in Systemic Musicology and a diploma in classical piano performance. Furthermore, she has a diploma for Early Music Composing (Fugue) and has studied classical harmony and counterpoint for years.
While piano is her first love and instrument, she has also taken lessons in accordion, oboe and violin. She is always interested to learn something new, expand her musical knowledge.
She has also written music for performances and installations with visual media, and has worked with animation artists for interdisciplinary projects.
Right now she is working on two short films, as well as programming short film blocks in film festivals in the Netherlands.
Music is the answer
Still from February, 2023, when Dimitra conducted a short suite of six pieces, part of a project for orchestration and recording at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
Stills from March 2024, when Dimitra presented her thesis to the jury of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, receiving praise and a grade excellent 9/10 for her work in Minimal Music in Cinema Today, accompanied by an original score for a live-action short film. (https://dimalexiou.com/?p=135)