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IRIS ASIMAKOPOULOU

MUSICIAN – FILM MUSIC COMPOSER – CULTURAL PROJECTS

A musician working mainly with keyboards and analog synthesizers, both as a solo artist (“Irida”) and as a member of several groups, including the ambient duo Cyclopean Eye and the bands Hekàtē, Lost Bodies, Cyclothymics, among others. In 2025, the film God Will Not Help by Hana Jusić — for which she co-composed the original score with two collaborators — will premiere in the International Competition of the Locarno Film Festival. She has also composed music for the video art piece Icarus Rising by Billy Klotsa, and recorded piano for Elina Panik’s 2011 short film The Mirror of Lord Patchogue.

She studied classical piano and harmony at the Orfeio Conservatory in Athens. Since 2009, she has also worked in the field of Cultural Management. From 2014 to 2023, she worked at the Cultural Department of the Goethe-Institut in Athens, primarily coordinating projects in the fields of visual arts, music, and film. Since January 2024, she has been working as a project manager at Crew United Greece, a networking online platform for films and filmmakers.