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Vassilis Tsabropoulos

Vassilis Tsabropoulos (in Greek: Βασίλης Τσαμπρόπουλος) is a Greek pianist, conductor, and composer. Career Tsabropoulos's initial training was in classical piano. As a child prodigy, he won the

Vassilis Tsabropoulos (in Greek: Βασίλης Τσαμπρόπουλος) is a Greek pianist, conductor, and composer. Career 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 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

Era
21st Century
Lived
1967–present
From
Greece
Born in
Athens
Known as
composer, conductor, jazz musician, pianist, musician
Instruments
piano
Genres
jazz, classical music