Anastasia Antonacos has given notable performances around the world as a solo recitalist and chamber musician.  She has played at venues such as the Salle Cortot, Casa Orfeo, Holland’s Alkmaar Conservatory, and Alice Tully Hall.  She has also played in Greece, Russia, France, and Belgium, as well as various places in the U.S., including Washington D.C., where she testified for funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.   

She won First Place at the International Young Artist Music Competition in Bulgaria, and she holds prizes from the Capdepera International Piano Competition in Mallorca and the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Competition.   In 2004 the Greek Women’s University Club of Chicago awarded her the Kanellos Award.  She attended the Holland Music Sessions, the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, and the Wilhelm Kempff Beethoven Course in Positano, Italy, where she was one of eight pianists selected for an intensive study of Beethoven led by John O’Conor. 

Dr. Antonacos has made solo appearances with the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra and the Bangor Symphony Orchestra.  Some of the musicians she has collaborated with include violinist Joseph Silverstein, soprano Lisa Saffer, and members of the Vermeer, Cassatt, and DaPonte Quartets.  She is a founding member of the Bayside Trio and Harlequine.

She holds doctoral and master’s degrees in piano performance from Indiana University.  She is a member of the Overseers Committee at Bay Chamber Concerts, where she has been a longtime performer and chamber music coach.  She has been named one of the Most Influential People in Portland, Maine by the Portland Phoenix.  She is a member of the full-time piano faculty at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and regularly serves as a competition adjudicator and masterclass teacher.