Theodore Karathodoros is a composer and a musicologist. He graduated from the Department of Music Science and Art at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece, and holds a master’s degree in educational administration and management from the Department of Primary Education at the University of Thessaly. He received his PhD in Musicology from the Department of Music Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Following his doctoral studies, he completed two postdoctoral research projects: one at the Department of Music Science and Art of the University of Macedonia, focusing on composition and music analysis, and another at the Department of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, devoted to the digitization, editing, and publication of texts and interviews by the composer Michael Adamis. His compositional training included studies with Athanasios Zervas and Michael Adamis.

Karathodoros has presented numerous papers at musicological conferences, while his compositions have been performed in Greece and abroad by distinguished soloists and ensembles. His professional affiliations include the Hellenic Musicological Society and the Greek Composers’ Union. The University of Macedonia Press recently published his monograph on Dinos Constantinides’s Symphony No. 2. He has also served as a scientific associate of the Great Orthodox Christian Encyclopedia, contributing entries on Byzantine music. Since 2008, he has been Cultural Affairs Officer of the Nea Aghialos Society of Athens. He is currently a member of the Specialized Educational Staff of the Department of Music Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He was recently elected Associate Professor of Music Theory and Analysis in the Department of Music Studies at Ionian University and is currently awaiting formal appointment.

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