Pianist Lambis Vassiliadis In Recital

Saturday, February 25th at 7:30 pm

Lambis Vassiliadis

A distinguished Greek pianist, Mr. Lambis Vassiliadis represents an impressive style of explosive pianism and artistic sensibility. Privileged to study with pianists Yalta Menuhin, 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 and the USA) all with distinctions and honors. He also holds a degree in Philosophy from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

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 pianistic skill and serious musical thinking. In April 1997, his CD with works by Bartok, Scriabin, Poulenc Szymanowski was rated four stars by the BBC Music Magazine. For his Schumann -Brahms recording Charles Timbrell noted in Fanfare Music Magazine: “I highly recommend this Carnaval, whether it might be your first or your twentieth recording of the work”. The first worldwide recording of the Piano Sonatas by Allen Sapp was honored by the American Record Guide as one of the best recordings of 2001. Finally the Gramophone Magazine included Vassiliadis’ recording of the Brahms Variations on a Theme of Paganini 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 Mendelssohn, Brahms and Schumann with the Ionian Piano Quartet (Amicme Classical).

Mr. Vassiliadis has 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, Bangkok Symphony, State Orchestra of Thessaloniki, Orchestra of Colors, Athens, etc.) with a variety of repertoire including works like the Tchaikovsky Concerto no. 2 and Liszt’s Malediction.

Since 2004 he has served as Professor for Piano at the Ionian University in Corfu, Greece and is Artistic Coordinator of the International Piano Institute in Greece.

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