Maria Pseftoga, known professionally as May Roosevelt, is a greek composer, thereminist and producer. Born and raised in Thessaloniki, she took to violin lessons at the age of twelve. A few years later she focused on the pioneering electronic musical instrument theremin and the composition of electronic music. In 2009, she released her first EP, "Panda, a story about love and fear" (Coorecords), that led to her participation at the Red Bull Music Academy 2010 in London, followed by her album 'Haunted' in 2011. Two years later she released her album "Music to the poetry of Ntinos Christianopoulos" (Ianos Publications) and in 2017 the LP «Junea» (Inner Ear). Her most popular musical piece, "Memoir #2 [06.12.09]", has amassed 45M+ streams on Spotify and went viral on social media platforms in 2022. In the same year, May Roosevelt released the singles "Miniature I, II & II". All of May Roosevelt's albums have received rave reviews from the Greek and international music press. She has collaborated with Greek and foreign artists and has given concerts in Greek and European cities (London, Barcelona, Hamburg, Berlin among others).  She also composes original music for theatre, documentaries and cinema.

SELECTED SOLO PERFORMANCES

December  2023 | MOMus - Museum of Modern Art. Thessaloniki, Greece
July  2021 | Syros International Film Festival. Tarsanas Shipyard. Syros, Greece
November  2019 | Soundtrope Festival. Cultural Center of Ioannina. Ioannina, Greece
September  2019 | Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. Athens, Greece
May 2019 | Onassis Cultural Center Athens. Athens, Greece
March 2019 | Main Ceremony Hall of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki, Greece
Oct 2018 | Xanthi Cultural Hall. Xanthi, Greece
July 2018 | Vovousa Festival. Vovousa, Greece
June 2018 | Ypsilon. Thessaloniki, Greece
March 2018 | Giafka. Patra, Greece
March 2018 | Noesis: Science Center and Technology Museum. Thessaloniki, Greece
November 2017 | Heimathafen Neukölln / RBMA presents: Round Robin: A Night of Improvised Duets. Berlin, Germany
September 2017 | Noesis: Science Center and Technology Museum. Thessaloniki, Greece
July 2017 | Vovousa Festival. Vovousa, Greece
March 2017 | Moving Silence. Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art. Thessaloniki, Greece
December 2016 | Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. Athens, Greece
July 2016 | International Conference on Typography & Visual Communication. Thessaloniki, Greece
June 2016 | St. Johannis Harvestehude Church / Blurred Edges Festival. Hamburg, Germany
February 2016 | Mylos Club. Thessaloniki, Greece
October 2014 | Opening Ceremony of the 2014 World Rowing Coastal Championships. Thessaloniki, Greece
September 2014 | TEDxBerlin. Berlin, Germany
December 2013 | w/ Sonia Theodoriou & the Thessaloniki Municipal Symphony Orchestra. I. Vellidis Conference Center. Thessaloniki, Greece
March 2012 | Polytechno. Corfu, Greece
February 2012 | Xanthi Cultural Hall. Xanthi, Greece
January 2012 Node Festival. Lausanne, Switzerland
June 2011 Miscelanea. Barcelona, Spain
April 2011, | 4FashionShake III. Athens, Greece
November 2010 | BIOS. Athens, Greece
September 2010 | Reworks Festival. Thessaloniki, Greece
May 2010 | Moving Silence Festival. Athens, Greece
March 2010 | Koç University. Istanbul, Turkey
February 2010 | Old Blue Last. London, UK
January 2010 | Mylos Club. Thessaloniki, Greece
June 2009 | Athens Biennale. Athens, Greece
May 2008 | Veria Cultural Hall. Veria, Greece

RESIDENCIES / WORKSHOPS / EXHIBITIONS / OTHER

2021 | Original Music for the short film & audiovisual installation “Launching Ceremony“.

2017 | Original Music for the short film “The Grace of God”. Greece

November 2016 | “Ode to Joy” Audio/Video. / The body and other small tales: Performance at the State Museum of Contemporary Art Collections. / Museum of Contemporary Art Crete, Rethymno, Greece

March 2015 | “Ode to Joy” Audio/Video. / The body and other small tales: Performance at the State Museum of Contemporary Art Collections. / State Museum of Contemporary Art. Thessaloniki, Greece

December 2014 | Original Music for the theatrical play “Orion’s Dog”. Theatre of Neos Kosmos. Athens, Greece

January 2014 | “Ode to Joy” Audio/Video. / “Mediterranean temperament?”. Regional stereotypes and other myths. 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. Thessaloniki, Greece

October 2013 | Young Artists’ Workshop of the 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. Participant. Thessaloniki, Greece.

February 2010 | Red Bull Music Academy 2010. Participant. London, UK

LECTURES

January 2010 | “The theremin” SAE Institute Athens. Athens, Greece
September 2013 | “The theremin” New Conservatory of Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki, Greece