Giorgos Karagounis

Born in Kozani in 1998, Giorgos Karagounis began studying music at six and had completed his first full course of study by sixteen. He trained in Greece and afterwards in Germany, playing in Wuppertal from 2023 to 2025, and in July 2025 became principal clarinet of the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra. He studied with Ralph Manno in Cologne, completing his bachelor’s degree in 2021, master’s degree in 2023 and Konzertexamen in 2025.