Cyprien Katsaris

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Cyprien Katsaris

Cyprien Katsaris ( Greek Κυπριανός Κατσαρής - Kyprianós Katsarís ; born May 5, 1951 in Marseille ) is a French pianist and composer of Cypriot descent.

Life

Cyprien Katsaris, who is known as a brilliant technician, began his training unusually in Cameroon , where his parents lived, before he was able to transfer to the Paris Conservatory in 1964 .

In addition to many other prizes, he won the important Concours Reine Elisabeth in 1972 , the Cziffra competition in 1974 and the Tribune international des jeunes interprètes in 1977.

In 1976 he founded a piano dance duo with the prima ballerina of the Paris Opera, Noëlla Pontois.

He is a specialist in romantic transcriptions and concert paraphrases, which he also creates himself. Legendary is the first complete recording of all the Beethoven - Symphonies transcribed for solo piano by Franz Liszt , played the Katsaris also live and provided even with additional illustrative votes despite the already eminent difficulties. For her he received several important record awards.

Cyprien Katsaris can refer to an impressive discography, including: Sony Classical, EMI, Deutsche Grammophon, BMG-RCA, Decca, Pavane, PIANO 21 and Teldec (Grand Prix du Disque Frédéric Chopin, Warsaw 1985; Grand Prix du Disque Franz Liszt, Budapest 1984 and 1989; British Music Retailers Association's Award 1986; recording from 1984, Germany, for Beethoven's / Liszt's 9th Symphony).

He has been leading the Echternach International Music Festival (Luxembourg) and master classes in Salzburg , The Hague and Hong Kong since 1978 .

In 1992 the Japanese television NHK produced a thirteen-part series on Chopin with Cyprien Katsaris, which includes a solo evening and Katsaris' interpretation courses.

On October 17, 1999, he received a standing ovation at Carnegie Hall at the concert he gave on the 150th anniversary of Frédéric Chopin's death . In January 2001, Cyprien Katsaris decided to found Piano 21, his own, independent music label. Since then he has been publishing his own recordings there, some of which are new editions of existing recordings, some of which have not yet been published. On January 27, 2006, Mozart's 250th birthday, he was the soloist at the opening concert of the Mannheim Mozart Orchestra, which was conducted by its founder Thomas Fey. In March 2006, Cyprien Katsaris gave master classes at Franz Liszt's house in Weimar, making him the first pianist to teach there since the composer's death in 1886. In August 2008 he was invited to Beijing to give two concerts on the occasion of the Olympic Games at the National Center for the Performing Arts. After the world premiere of the China Jubilee , a concert by Cui Shiguang for ten pianos and orchestra, he improvised, among other things, a melody from ancient Greece and melodies from China in homage to the universality of the Olympic Games.

On October 1, 2012 Katsaris suffered during a performance in the Small Hall of the Konzerthaus Berlin a stroke . He noticed that he could no longer feel his left hand and was immediately admitted to a hospital. At the end of November 2012, he had already recovered from it.

Awards

Discography

Complete discography of recordings under the Piano 21 label:

  1. KR 622: Allegro. The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  2. P21 001: Beethoven • The Creatures of Prometheus, op. 43
  3. P21 003 • (2 CD): In Memoriam Chopin 150th Anniversary • Live at Carnegie Hall, New York City
  4. P21 004: Sergei Bortkiewicz • Piano Works
  5. P21 007: Bach Recital • Vol. 1 • Original Works
  6. P21 009-N: The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 1
  7. P21 010-N: The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 2
  8. P21 011-N: Live at Festival International d'Echternach (Luxembourg) • 7 July 1979 • A film by Claude Chabrol
  9. P21 012-N: Live at Carnegie Hall, New York City • In Memoriam Chopin • October 17, 1999
  10. P21 013: Bach & Sons • 5 piano concertos
  11. P21 014-A: Beethoven • Concerto No. 3 op. 37 • Sonatas Nos. 31 & 12
  12. P21 015: A Tribute to Cyprus
  13. P21 016-A: Schumann • Vol. 1 • Live Recordings
  14. P21 017-N: Bach • Vol. 2 • Transcriptions
  15. P21 018: Mozart Transcriptions
  16. P21 019: The Mozart Family
  17. P21 020-A • (2 CD): Russian Music • Vol. 1
  18. P21 021-N: The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 3
  19. P21 022-A: Liszt • Vol. 10 Liszt I • The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
  20. P21 023-A • (2 CD): Scriabin • Vol. 19 • The Complete Dances
  21. P21 024-A • (2 CD): French Music • Vol. 2 • De Louis XIII à Boulez
  22. P21 025-N: The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 4
  23. P21 026-N: The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 5
  24. P21 027-A • (2 CD): Mikis Theodorakis • Vol. 20 Theodorakis • Works for piano & orchestra
  25. P21 028-A: Grieg • Vol. 18 • Concerto & Piano Works
  26. P21 029-A: Live at International Tchaikovsky Competition • Vol. 21 • Moscow 1970
  27. P21 030-N: Piano Rarities • Vol. 1 • Transcriptions
  28. P21 031-N: The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 6
  29. P21 032-N: Album d'un Voyageur • Vol. 1 • EUROPE
  30. P21 033-N • (2 CD): Viennese Connections • Beethoven • Schubert Hüttenbrenner • Diabelli • Liszt
  31. P21 034-N: Live in Shanghai • October 4, 2005 • The International Piano Festival of Shanghai Conservatory of Music
  32. P21 035-N: Live in Shanghai • October 2, 2007 • The International Piano Festival of Shanghai Conservatory of Music
  33. P21 036-A: Cyprien Katsaris Archives • Vol. 16 • Schumann II
  34. P21 037-N: Piano Rarities • Vol. 2 • Compositeurs français
  35. P21 038-N: Chopin, Concerto n ° 2 en fa mineur, op. 21 | les 4 versions
  36. P21 039-N: The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 7
  37. P21 041-N: Katsaris plays Liszt • Vol. 1
  38. P21 042-A: Cyprien Katsaris Archives • Vol. 8 • Schubert
  39. P21 043-N: Katsaris plays Chopin • Live Recordings
  40. P21 044-N: Hélène Mercier / Cyprien Katsaris • Brahms: Sonata for 2 pianos • Schumann / Clara Schumann: Piano Quintet 4 hands
  41. P21 045-N: Piano Rarities • Vol. 3 • Transcriptions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cyprien Katsaris' official homepage ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cyprienkatsaris.net
  2. ↑ (en) Cyprien Katsaris: Piano 21 . In: www.cyprienkatsaris.net . Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 2, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cyprienkatsaris.net
  3. ↑ Cyprien Katsaris' official homepage ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cyprienkatsaris.net
  4. ↑ Konzerthaus: Pianist suffers stroke , tagesspiegel.de, accessed online on October 4, 2012
  5. ↑ Dorothee L. Schaefer: You rarely experience so much genius - Cyprien Katsaris gave a phenomenal piano recital at the KuKo , schwaebische.de on November 25, 2012, accessed online on December 1, 2012
  6. ↑ (fr) Concours Musical International Reine Elisabeth de Belgique, Palmarès du concours de 1951 à 2011, Chant, Piano et Violon. . In: perso.fundp.ac.be . Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  7. ↑ (en) Katsaris, Cyprien - UNESCO Celebrity Advocates . In: portal.unesco.org . UNESCO . February 23, 2005. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  8. ↑ (fr) Article in the French newspaper SudOuest . In: www.sudouest.fr . SudOuest. March 23, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  9. ↑ (en) Speech by Mr. Eleftheros P. Ioannou Member of the Board of Directors of the Nemitsas Foundation . In: www.nemitsasfoundation.org . Nemitsas Foundation. September 16, 2011. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 25, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nemitsasfoundation.org
  10. ↑ (de) Complete discography of recordings under the label Piano 21 ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , www.cyprienkatsaris.net (26/10/2011) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cyprienkatsaris.net

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personal data
SURNAME Katsaris, Cyprien
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Katsarís, Kyprianós; Κατσαρής, Κυπριανός (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French pianist and composer of Cypriot descent
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Marseille