Lena Platonos

Lena Platonos is a Greek musician, pianist, and electronic music composer. She is one of the pioneers of the 1980s electronic music scene in Greece, and remains active to this day.

She started playing the piano at the age of two and became a professional pianist before she turned eighteen. Returning from her studies in Vienna and Berlin in the late 1970s, she started working as a composer in the Third Program of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) radio, under the direction of Manos Hadjidakis, with whom she maintained a close professional and personal relationship until his death. She has also collaborated in all Greek state radio programs as a music producer and copywriter.

Her first album, “Sabotage,” was released in 1981. Ever since, Lena Platonos has released and took part in more than 15 albums of mostly electronic music. Her contribution to the Greek electronic music scene is immense, comprising works recorded exclusively with analog electronic musical instruments. Combining unique virtuosity with poetic expression – a pairing only achieved by Platonos – her work paints the image of a remarkably talented artist who worked prophetically in the course of time, capturing themes that would overflow TV screens and newspapers many years later. In the last few decades, she has been collaborating with leading Greek performers and creators.

Lena Platonos’s work has recently enjoyed worldwide recognition. In 2015, her electronic music masterpiece “Gallop” was re-released by Dark Entries Records and caught the attention of the international music press and distinguished international DJs. FACT magazine included “Gallop” in its list with the 25 best reissues of the year worldwide, whereas she was also featured in The Wire, on the occasion of “LP,” a documentary dedicated to her life, which was screened in numerous festivals and countries around the world (Los Angeles, Berlin, Bordeaux, among others).