ELEKTRA SCHMIDT / MUSICIAN & PIANIST
Elektra is a professional pianist who has been active in the Bay Area arts and music scene for nine years. Originally from Athens, Greece, she completed her studies in piano performance in Paris where she lived for six years before moving to San Francisco. Elektra has been programming music for several organizations in the U.S. and abroad and is excited to be the volunteer coordinator for the Poppy, one of her favorite venues in the world!
Elektra is a professional pianist who has been active in the Bay Area arts and music scene for nine years. Originally from Athens, Greece, she completed her studies in piano performance in Paris where she lived for six years before moving to San Francisco. Elektra has been programming music for several organizations in the U.S. and abroad and is excited to be the volunteer coordinator for the Poppy, one of her favorite venues in the world!
MARIA LENTZOU / HOST SUPPORT
Maria is an expressive art-play therapist and interdisciplinary artist. Originally from Greece, she is a free and joyful spirit that has lived, worked, and performed in Argentina and Peru. Now she is an emerging performing artist in the Bay Area and facilitates groups in Authentic Movement. Her mission is to honor the beauty of our multifaceted existences, along with the mystery of life-death-life in its paradoxical nature; to embody and communicate the power of authenticity of humbleness and of love; and to advocate for the priceless value of play, imagination, expression, and creativity in our everyday lives at ALL ages.