Vassilis Tsabropoulos

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Vassilis Tsabropoulos, 2008

Vassilis Tsabropoulos ( Greek Βασίλης Τσαμπρόπουλος , * 1966 in Athens ) is a Greek pianist and composer who also performs in the field of modern jazz .

Life

Vassilis Tsabropoulos won a UNESCO piano competition at the age of ten . He studied at the National Conservatory of Athens, the Conservatoire de Paris , the Salzburg Music Academy and the Juilliard School of Music . Rudolf Serkin and Tatjana Nikolajewa were among his teachers .

He has performed with the most important Greek orchestras, but also with the Czech Philharmonic and the Houston Symphony Orchestra , and has worked under conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy , Choo Hoey and Robert Janssens . At the center of his classical repertoire are Beethoven , Mozart , Chopin and Bach , alongside the Russian composers Sergei Rachmaninow , Sergei Prokofiev and Alexander Scriabin .

Tsabropoulos composed orchestral works, string quartets , violin and cello pieces and numerous works for piano solo, including Twelve Preludes for Vladimir Ashkenazy. He recorded the works for piano solo on his solo records.

He also made a name for himself as a jazz musician, where he worked temporarily in a trio with Arild Andersen and John Marshall .

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SURNAME Tsabropoulos, Vassilis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Τσαμπρόπουλος, Βασίλης (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens