Vassilis Tsabropoulos

• Name — Vassilis Tsabropoulos • Born — 7 February 1966 • Birthplace — Athens, Greece • Genre — Classic, Jazz • Occupation — pianist, composer, conductor • Instrument — piano • Years Active — 1978–present • Label — ECM

Tsabropoulos's initial training was in classical piano. As a child prodigy, he won the UNISEF Competition. He studied at National Conservatory of Athens, from which he graduated with honours at the age of fifteen, having received a scholarship from Alexandro's Onassis Foundation. He continued to study at the Paris Conservatory, the International Music Academy of Salzburg and the Juilliard School. He was a student of Rudolf Serkin and Tatiana Nikolayeva. As a concert pianist, he has taken the stage with many orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Stockholm Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, the Royal Concert Philharmonic Orchestra, Budapest Chamber Orchestrate, Sofia Philharmonic, and the Italy Radio Orchestra. He has performed with the London Philharmonia and Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy in piano concertos of Beethoven and Rachmaninoff. In October 2019, he performed Beethoven's Emperor piano concerto and Mozart's concerto No. 20, appearing both as a soloist and as conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London. Tsabropoulos has collaborated with the German cellist Anja Lechner, performing classic repertoire and his compositions. Tsabropoulos and Lechner achieved significant recognition for their two albums, Chants Hymns and Dances (2004) and Melos (2008). He has formed a piano duet with Vovka Ashkenazy, playing concerts in France, Iceland and Greece. Since 2013, he has performed with Byzantine sacred music artist Nektaria Karantzi, in an artistic collaboration inspired by Byzantine hymns and traditional Greek music. Tsabropoulos is honorary president of the Sergei Rachmaninov Greek Society and the music director and principal conductor of the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra of Athens.

Vassilis Tsabropoulos is recorded with the occupation jazz musician. Classed in the genre classical music. Classed in the genre jazz. Recorded as composer, conductor, pianist and musician. Formation and teaching. Tsabropoulos studied at École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot, Sorbonne University, Juilliard School and Harvard University.