Pianist Chryssie NANOU is active as a performer, lecturer, and teacher of piano performance, music technology and contemporary performance practice. Born in Greece, Chryssie's personal and professional aesthetics were formed in Paris and further shaped in the United States with her studies at the École Normale de Musique de Paris/Alfred Cortot and The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University , and her work at the Stanford University's CCRMA. As a solo artist, chamber musician and lecturer, Chryssie has given performances and lectures around the globe giving special emphasis to the performance practices necessary to perform today's acoustic and electro-acoustic contemporary music.