Vassilis Varvaressos
Vassilis Varvaresos, one of the leading pianists of his generation, is invited to perform in prestigious concert halls, including the Kozerthaus Berlin and Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall.
In previous artistic seasons, he has been invited to play at the Enescu Festival, the Festival des Arcs, the Festival des Musicales du Golfe, the SelLiszt Festival of the Gyorgy Cziffra Foundation, the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, the Bodrum Music Festival and the Istanbul Festival, among others. Recent concerto appearances include Chopin’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Orchestre de Normandie, Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto with the Freiburg Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto with the Thessaloniki State Symphony, Prokofiev’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Bilkent Symphony, and Prokofiev’s 4th Piano Concerto with the Saint Petersburg Chamber Orchestra. Previous seasons marked Mr Varvaresos’ debut recitals at the Tonhalle of Zurich, the Musikverein of Vienna and the Paris’ Salle Gaveau. He is invited to give recitals and masterclasses in California, Cincinatti, Charleston and New York City.
Major appearances include recitals at Carnegie’s Weill Hall, New York’s Morgan Library, Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston, Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center and the Kennedy Center in Washington. Following his debut recital at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall, he was invited to perform at the White House for President Barack Obama.
Vassilis Varvaresos represented Greece at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He has been named “Most Promising Young Greek Artist” by the Critic’s Association of Greece and has been a regular soloist in all major stages of his home country.
An avid chamber musician as well, he has been invited to perform at the Bozar Theater in Brussels, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Diligentia Theater of the Hague, and the Gasteig in Munich. His regular chamber music partners include the leading French musicians as Michel Dalberto, Henri Demarquette and Nicolas Dautricourt, as well as Noé Inui, Ella van Poucke and Anastasia Kobekina.
A versatile musician, Vassilis Varvaresos has written music for ten films and several television series and wrote the book “Departure From the Functionality of Syntax”, which was awarded the Scholastic Distinction Award at the Juilliard School. He holds a bachelor, masters and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School. He is a graduate of the prestigious Diplôme d’ Artiste-Interprète degree at the Conservatoire Nationale et Superieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris, France, under the tutelage of Michel Dalberto.
Vassilis Varvaresos has recorded with APARTE Records, BIS, ΜΙRARE Records, as well as NAVIS Classics with violinist Noé Inui and barytone Dimitris Tiliakos.