Zinovia Arvanitidi

Post-Classical/Ambient composer and vocalist born in Athens, Greece, in 1976. She is currently living in France.

From very early on she has been honing her music-composing skills by taking piano lessons at the young age of 8. She later on continued her studies in music theory & vocal training at the “Philippos Nakas Conservatory of Athens” and obtained diplomas in Classical Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue, Orchestration and Music Technology & Production. After her studies she gained valuable experience for several years working with very established greek artists as session musician & vocalist, and also as a studio sound-engineer. She also released a Vocal Pop album in 1996, produced by her father Πασχάλης Αρβανιτίδης (a famous singer-songwriter in Greece).

By 1999 she began experimenting with electronic sounds, incorporating her influences in classical, electro, ambient, dub, neo-classical, jazz, and film scores into her own sound creations. Over the next several years Zinovia‘s work has been featured in theatrical plays, films, and various other media. In 2010 she began work on her first collaborative album ‘Vanishing Mirror‘ with fellow Athens-based composer Hior Chronik under the moniker Pill-Oh, which was released in 2012. In 2013 she released the album “The Gift of Affliction” (Tympanik Audio) as a solo artist.

Alongside her solo projects, Zinovia works as a composer for tv series and film. She has written music for theatrical plays, short films and an animated feature film, while in 2013 she began composing the soundtrack for various tv series in Russia broadcasted by major tv channels.

Zinovia is currently represented by “Oticons - film composer’s agency” among the names of Shigeru Umebayashi, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, and many more.