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George - Emmanuel Lazaridis
Piano
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| Type: | Piano |
| Genre: | Concerti |
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General | | Biography: | George - Emmanuel Lazaridis has been described as "An exhilarating Soloist" (Monde De La Musique, Georges Gad), "A genius at work" (Eastern Daily Press, Michael Drake), "One of the finest pianists of his generation" (Yonty Solomon) and his playing characterised as "special enough to be beyond comparison" (BBC Music Magazine, Adrian Jack).
Mentored by Yonty Solomon (RCM), he has also worked with Douglas Finch (TCM), Domna Evnouhidou, as well as Ruth Nye and Alfred Brendel. He has received a plethora of honorary awards and scholarships, including the prestigious Academy of Athens and the Worshipful Company of Musicians awards, the Queen Elizabeth (RCM), Cathleen Creed (TCM) the Onasis, Hattori and Levendis Foundations to name only a few.
Born in Greece and now aged 26, G.E.Lazaridis has already embarked on a flourishing international career. Since his early teens, he has appeared in prestigious venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Le Corum Montpellier, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Acropolis, the Athens concert Hall and performed with leading orchestras such as the Hamburg Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic, the Strasbourg Philharmonic, the Warsaw Symphony, under the direction of Sir Neville Marriner, Ingo Metzmacher, Theodor Guschlbauer, Michel Tabachnik and others. He has collaborated with renowned ensembles and artists such as the Medici Quartet, the Isaye Quartet, the Vienna Octet, the BT Scottish Ensemble, Leonidas Kavakos, Michael Tilson Thomas and appeared in International Festivals such as Harrogate, Athens, Montpellier, and for the Springboard Concerts Trust at the Wallace Collection in London. His recent performances at the Athens Concert Hall 'Great Interpreters' concert series, the Monterrei International Piano Festival, a recital in the Sala Maffeiana in Verona, Beethoven's Triple Concerto with the Thessaloniki State Symphony and performances of works by Koumentakis in the Athens Festival and at the Megaron were all highly acclaimed both by audiences and critics. TSC (USA) and the BBC as well as the Greek National Television ERT have featured him with special broadcast profiles and his CD release of Schumann Piano Works on the Somm label has been selected in the Top 10 recommendations by the BBC Music Magazine.
He has recently recorded the Sonatas for violin and viola with piano with Yuri Zisslin also for the Somm label. As a composer he has received commissions from the Greek Ministry of Culture, the Europa Cantat International Festival, The Cultural Capital of Europe 1997 Organisation, the Melina Merkouri Foundation etc. His work "Sleepwalking", recently performed at London's Wigmore Hall, was nominated for a Sony Award. The artistic committee of ECHO (European Concert Hall Organization) has selected George -Emmanuel Lazaridis as the Megaron Rising Star candidate for the 2006/07 season.This distinction will include recitals in Amsterdam,Athens, Birmingham, Brussels, New York, Paris, SAlzburg Stockholm and Vienna.
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