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| Janis Vakarelis |
| GEN |
| Born | |
| Greece | |
| Studies | |
| Vienna | |
| Highlights | |
| Salzburg Festival | Vienna Musikverein | Berlin Philharmony | |
| Prizes | |
| 1st Prize Reina Sophia Competition | |
| Recordings | |
| RCA | ASV | RPO Records | |
| Short Biography | |
| The pianist Janis Vakarelis is equally comfortable as concerto performer, recitalist, chamber musician and festival director. He enjoys a major international career which has developed worldwide since he won the 1st Prize at the Queen Sofia International Piano Competition in Madrid in 1979. He is known for his performances of the large-scale Romantic repertoire, particularly Brahms, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and he also excels in Prokofiev or Gershwin. He has performed regularly at the Musikverein Vienna, Festspielhaus Salzburg, Auditorio Madrid, Tonhalle Zurich, Berliner Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Lisbon Coliseu,, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall London. Appearances in recent seasons included his debut with Zubin Mehta and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, with Lorin Maazel and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, with Mstislav Rostropovitch and the Orquesta di San Carlo in Naples and with Gerd Albrecht and the Wiener Symphoniker. This season his is performing among others with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo. Janis Vakarelis is Artistic Director of the Nafplion Music Festival which he founded in 1991 in Greece. 2008/2009 If you wish to revise this biography, please contact Mark Stephan Buhl Artists Management, www.msbuhl.com | |
