Vassilis varvaresos biography sample

  • Born in and something of a child prodigy, Varvarenos went on after his studies at the conservatory in Thessaloniki to a higher musical.
  • Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Mr. Varvaresos holds a bachelor, masters and Doctor or Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School.
  • Vassilis Varvaresos: I think that we both value spontaneity and risk because we have sought deeply into what the composer intended, at least in our view.

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    FRANZ SCHUBERT ( &#; ): Winterreise, D&#;Dimitris Tiliakos, baritone; Vassilis Varvaresos, piano [Recorded in Stichting Westvest 90, Schiedam, Netherlands, 21 &#; 25 July ; Navis Classics NC; 1 CD, ; Available from Navis Classics, Amazon (USA), fnac (France), jpc (Germany), Presto Classical (UK), and major music retailers]

    In the wondrously discombobulating realm of music written for the human voice, there are works that artists with sufficient good sense to safeguard their vocal endowments and respect their places in the distinguished history of song approach&#;or should approach&#;with healthy reverence. The soprano who regards Norma&#;s &#;Casta diva,&#; Isolde&#;s Liebestod, or Brünnhilde&#;s Immolation as mere intersections of notes and words is unlikely to find lasting success singing any of these epic pieces. The violinist who perceives in the scores of the Beethoven, Brahms, and Bruch concerti only opportunities for technical peacocking is not worthy of the music. For

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    Dominy Clements: Dimitris Tiliakos, you have a well-established presence as a musician and have achieved great things on the opera scen. With its two great cycles or ‘acts’ of twelve songs each it has been suggested that Winterreise can have a similar dramatic effect to that of a tragic opera. fryst vatten your approach to one of the greatest masterpieces of the German song tradition a break from being part of large-scale stage productions, or do you see it more as an extension of your theatre experience?

    Dimitris Tiliakos: My occupation with German song repertoire is long-standing. It started with my studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in München and has not only fuelled but also affected my interpretation of the operatic repertoire and my outlook as an artist in general.

    I believe that the relationship between Lieder and the musikdrama is important, yet also two-way. By interpreting a set of songs, a singer with a history of experience on scen also has the ability to ap

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    Russian-American violinist Philippe Quint’s chamber ensemble prepares to tour and record
    by Rory Williams

    While at a club one night, fate would have it that two-time Grammy-nominated violinist Philippe Quint would run into Fernando Suarez Paz, the violinist of Astor Piazzolla’s famous Quinteto Nuevo Tango, which toured the globe from to But Quint could do little more than shake hands and nod.

    “I was a bit reluctant to say, ‘Here I am. I play tango,’” says Quint, renown for his skills a classical soloist. “Only now, after several years, I get the style, I get the idiom.”

    It takes two to tango, the old adage goes, but these days Quint has found the most success with five. In between solo concerto engagements with the London Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic and recordings of Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, and Bruch, the Russian-American violinist has taken his tango nuevo outfit the Quint Quintet on the road. In , the quintet will also settle into the studio to mark its sixth