Born in England and raised in Athens, Greece, Athanasia Teliou started piano lessons at the age of 5.  She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in cello performance from Prof. Julius Berger’s class, at the University of Augsburg, Germany (2020) and she holds a Master’s degree in early music from the Music Academy of Nurnberg at (2019), where she studied with Prof. Hartwig Groth (viola da gamba) and Prof. Ralf Waldner (basso continuo). 

She holds a piano diploma from the class of Yorgos Manessis, a cello diploma from the class of Dimitris Gouzios and she was tutored in viola da gamba by Angelos Repapis. 

Active in early, chamber and orchestra music scene she has performed in halls such as the Berlin and Vienna Konzerthaus, the Smetana Hall in Prague, the Kulturkasino in Bern, the Gasteig in Munich and travelled and performed in Greece, Turkey, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Austria, France, Switzerland, Slovakia, Czech Republik, Georgia and China.

She has collaborated with institutions such as the Greek National Opera, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival, the Greek National Radio, the Aix-en-Province Festival, the Early Music Days of Regensburg, the Echa Baroku Leszno, the Early Music Sweden and others, where she had the chance to play under the direction of Howard Griffiths, Alain Altinoglu, Thierry Fischer, Martyna Pastuszka, Dimitris Kountouras, Vassilis Christopoulos, Marcellos Chryssikos, Iason Marmaras between others. She collaborates with the the Oh!Orkiestra, Ex Silentio and Latinitas Nostra ensembles.

She is a founding member of the chamber music ensemble AUXEMBLE, based in Augsburg, where she dedicates herself in pedagogical and interdisciplinary projects in Germany and abroad. She is also a founding member of Lycabettus ensemble, where she plays the medieval fiddle. 

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in political science, from the International and European Studies department of Panteion University of Athens (2016).