August 26 / Sunday
Piano recital
(part 1)
Thodoros Kotepanos
Frederic Chopin, Richard Wagner
Frédéric Chopin:
Etude No.1 from "Trois nouvelles études" (op. posth.) Ballade No.3 (op. 47) Ballade No.4 (op. 52) Richard Wagner: Prelude from the opera "Tristan and Isolde" ( Transcription) |
Thodoros Kotepanos studied music in Athens, at the National Conservatory, with Aspasia Kanatsouli, Krino Kalomoiri and Nelli Semitekolo, and theory of music with Leonidas Zoras and Giannis A. Papaioannou. He continued his studies in piano with Ventsislav Yankoff, Jacques Rouvier and Jean-Claude Pennetier. He was awarded/won the 1st prize for piano performance by the National Conservatory of Paris, as well as two awards/prizes in international contests in Epinal and Athens (Maria Callas). His musical studies expand in many areas, such as the advanced theory of music, aesthetics, electro-acoustic music, organ, orchestra conducting, etc, therefore preparing his many-sided position in the greek music area after his return to Greece in 1991. Besides his selective soloistic activity, he occupies mainly with song accompaniament and orchestration. His cooperation with the famous counter-tenor Aris Christofellis has been recorded on two CDs with lieder (1989, Sirius and 1996, EMI). He has worked with Manos Hadjidakis since 1987 as a pianist, orchestrator and as his assistant. Since then, he has made numerous appearances in discography and the music scene of the contemporary greek song. Among his important liaisons are these with N. Xydakis, L. Platonos, N. Venetsanou, E. Paspala, St. Spanoudakis, D. Galani, E. Liougos, Chr. Tsiamoulis, S. Yannatou, E. Reboutsika, S. Theodoridou the musical ensembles of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), the Orchestra of Colours and others.
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(part 2)
Lambis Vassiliadis
Richard Wagner (F.Lizst), Robert Schumann
A distinguished Greek pianist of the younger generation, Mr. Lambis
Vassiliadis represents an impressive style of explosive pianism and artistic sensibility. Privileged to study near to pianists like Yalta Menouhin, Victor Merzhanov, Jerome Rose and James Tocco, he managed to obtain five academic titles from Universities and Music Academies around the world (Greece- Germany- England- USA)-all with distinctions and honors. He also holds a degree in Philosophy by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Mr. Vassiliadis has worked for the University of Cincinnati, in the United States, as assistant professor at the studio of James Tocco; he has been Juror of the OMTA (Ohio Music Teachers Association) competition, of the International Music Competition of Thessaloniki, Juror of the Dorothy Price Awards Competition - Mannes College of Music, New York, of the Yamaha Competition Athens and of the Emil Gilels Competiton in Odessa, Ukraine. Mr. Vassiliadis won 11 awards in international and national piano competitions and managed to attract the attention of the international press as a recording artist, (since 1993 by Koch-Discover International) for his pianistical skill and serious musical thinking. In April 1997, his CD with works by Bartok, Scriabin, Poulenc Szymanowski is rated with four stars by BBC Music Magazine and in September 1997, and his Schumann -Brahms recording is praised by Charles Timbrell in Fanfare Music Magazine. Recently the “Listener Magazine” reviewed enthusiastically Mr. Vassiliadis recordings confirming the “emergence of a major virtuoso performer” (P. Meanor, winter edition 1999). The first worldwide recording of the Piano Sonatas by Allen Sapp was commented by the American Record Guide as one of the best recordings of 2001. Finally the Gramophone Magazine includes Vassiliadis recording of the Brahms – Paganini Variations among the “selected discography of the 20th century” (B. Morrison, March 2003). Other CD’s (by Aardvark Media) include a Chopin Album, a Tchaikovsky Album, orchestra repertoire with the Chamber Music Orchestra of Tuebingen (Germany) and the Fairbanks Symphony ( USA) , an all Liszt-Mozart transcriptions and two recordings with works of Mendellsohn, Brahms and Schumann with the Ionian Piano Quartet ( Amicme Classical). Mr. Vassiliadis appeared in solo concerts, radio and television broadcasts in Greece, as well as in many other countries (Germany, USA, South Africa, Italy, England, France); he also appeared with orchestras (Kammerphilarmonie Prague, National Symphony Prague, Bangok Symphony, State Orchestra of Thessaloniki, Orchestra of Colors, Athens, etc. ) with a variety of repertoire including works like the 2nd Tchaikovsky concerto or Liszt’s Malediction. Mr. Vassiliadis has received a position as the director of the Synchrono Conservatory in 1998, where he was teaching piano for the late four years. He has also been active as the artistic director of the «Vertiskos» Summer Courses and the Coordinator of the Piano Studies in the Conservatory of East Macedonia in Kavala-Greece. Since 2004, he is appointed Associate Professor for Piano in the Ionian University, Department of Music, in Corfu, Greece. In year 2005 was appointed Representative of the International Relationships of the Department. He holds the Artistic Coordination of the International Summer Academy and Festival of Corfu, as well as the coordination of the International Music Days in Brache (Schleswig Holstein, Germany) and the “Deutsch- Griechisch Musik Tage” in Solingen, Germany. |
Isolde's death - Tristan And Isolde - R. Wagner. Transcription for piano solo F. Liszt, S
CARNAVAL Op. 9 ROBERT SCHUMANN |
Concert Time / 21.00 Free Entrance