Kostas Rekleitis (1975) began his formal training at the National Conservatory of Greece. He subsequently earned a Bachelor’s of Music at the University of Edinburgh, a Masters of Music at the Royal Holloway University of London, and a PhD in music composition at the Edinburgh University. He has studied harmony and counterpoint with Spyros Klapsis and John Kitchen and composition with Nigel Osborne, Peter Nelson, Marina Adamia, Philip Cashian, and Brian Lock.

His composition Aerialistic Piano Trio received critical acclaim and was premiered by the Zagreb Trio in Vienna, representing Greece at the MINSTREL cultural event in 2012. Also, his orchestral song Subito has been selected among others for the International Society for Contemporary Music, ISCM, Beijing 2018.

During the years Kostas, apart from his chamber and orchestral compositions, has built an interest in setting poetry. Soon after he settled in the USA, he set poems by the American poets Natalie J Graham, Sarah Maclay, Gustavo Hernandez, the recent Pulitzer winner Diane Seuss, and Anne Carson. His art song collection 24 Songs on Greek Poetry has been published by North Star Music and Ficks Music.