Athens, Greece
Manja Vlachogianni was born in Athens. At the age of 17 she got the Piano Diploma with distinction and also the first prize for Excellence and Exceptional Performance by the National Conservatory of Athens.
She graduated from Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium (Munich) with a Piano Soloist Diploma, while she attended classes of Monody and Musical Theater Performance.
She studied at the “Musikhochschule Dresden” and took acting courses at the Drama School of H. Trayer.
She sang successfully in more than 160 musical theater performances in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
At the age of 24 years she was given the position of deputy director at the State Music School Munich «Sing-und-Musikschule Garching» (Munich).
Now she lives in Athens and is a close partner and performer at the
Porto-Heli International Festival. She collaborates with the music composer Balsam7teen as a songwriter and singer.
She participates also in the theatrical group of the actor and director G.Degaitis.