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Cyprien Katsaris is a French-Cypriot pianist, teacher and composer. He was born on 5 May 1951, in Marseilles, France.
Cyprien Katsaris, : Source Cyprien Katsaris, Carole Bellaïche
Biography
Katsaris first began to play the piano when he was four, in Cameroon where he grew up. His first teacher was Marie-Gabrielle Louwerse.
He studied piano at the Paris Conservatoire with Aline van Barentzen and Monique de la Bruchollerie, and in 1969 he won the piano First Prize. As well as piano, Katsaris also studied chamber music with René Leroy and Jean Hubeau, and he won First Prize for this in 1970.
Katsaris gave his first public concert in Paris, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 8 May 1966. He performed the Hungarian Fantasy by Liszt, with the Orchestre Symphonique d'Ile-de-France conducted by René-Pierre Chouteau. Since then he has carried on to perform with many orchestras and conductors.[1]
Katsaris has recorded the complete Liszt transcriptions of Beethoven's nine symphonies, reissued by Warner Classics in 2006. He has also recorded the music of Mozart, Chopin, Grieg, and other composers, including the rare piano version of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with Brigitte Fassbaender and Thomas Moser.
In 2001 Katsaris created his own recording label, Piano 21.
Awards
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1970 : Albert Roussel Foundation Prize (Paris).
1972 : Prize-winner at the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium International Competition.[2]
1972 : The Alex de Vries Foundation Prize (Antwerp).
1974 : First Prize in the International Cziffra Competition (Versailles).
1977 : First Prize in the International Young Interpreters Rostrum-UNESCO (Bratislava).
1977 : Knight of the Order of Merit (Cameroon).
1997 : UNESCO Artist for Peace.[3]
2000 : Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters[4] (France).
2001 : Vermeil Medal of the City of Paris (Paris).
2009 : Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
2011 : Nemitsas Prize[5] (Cyprus).
Discography
Comprehensive discography of recordings under the label Piano 21[6] :
KR 622 : Allegro. The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
P21 001 : Beethoven • The Creatures of Prometheus, op. 43
P21 003 • (2 CD) : In Memoriam Chopin 150th Anniversary • Live at Carnegie Hall, New York City
P21 004 : Sergei Bortkiewicz • Piano Works
P21 007 : Bach Recital • Vol. 1 • Original Works
P21 009-N : The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 1
P21 010-N : The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 2
P21 011-N : Live at Festival International d’Echternach (Luxembourg) • 7 July 1979 • A Film by Claude Chabrol
P21 012-N : Live at Carnegie Hall, New York City • In Memoriam Chopin • 17 October 1999
P21 013 : Bach & Sons • 5 Piano Concertos
P21 014-A : Beethoven • Concerto No. 3 op. 37 • Sonatas Nos. 31 & 12
P21 015 : A Tribute to Cyprus
P21 016-A : Schumann • Vol. 1 • Live Recordings
P21 017-N : Bach • Vol. 2 • Transcriptions
P21 018 : Mozart Transcriptions
P21 019 : The Mozart Family
P21 020-A • (2 CD) : Russian Music • Vol. 1
P21 021-N : The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 3
P21 022-A : Liszt • Vol. 10 Liszt I • The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
P21 023-A • (2 CD) : Scriabin • Vol. 19 • The Complete Dances
P21 024-A • (2 CD) : French Music • Vol. 2 • De Louis XIII à Boulez
P21 025-N : The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 4
P21 026-N : The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 5
P21 027-A • (2 CD) : Mikis Theodorakis • Vol. 20 Theodorakis • Works for piano & orchestra
P21 028-A : Grieg • Vol. 18 • Concerto & Piano Works
P21 029-A : Live at International Tchaikovsky Competition • Vol. 21 • Moscow 1970
P21 030-N : Piano Rarities • Vol. 1 • Transcriptions
P21 031-N : The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 6
P21 032-N : Album d’un Voyageur • Vol. 1 • EUROPE
P21 033-N • (2 CD) : Viennese Connections • Beethoven • Schubert Hüttenbrenner • Diabelli • Liszt
P21 034-N : Live in Shanghai • 4 October 2005 • The International Piano Festival of Shanghai Conservatory of Music
P21 035-N : Live in Shanghai • 2 October 2007 • The International Piano Festival of Shanghai Conservatory of Music
P21 036-A : Cyprien Katsaris Archives • Vol. 16 • Schumann II
P21 037-N : Piano Rarities • Vol. 2 • Compositeurs français
P21 038-N : Chopin, Concerto n° 2 en fa mineur, op. 21 | les 4 versions
P21 039-N : The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 7
P21 041-N : Katsaris plays Liszt • Vol. 1
P21 042-A : Cyprien Katsaris Archives • Vol. 8 • Schubert
P21 043-N : Katsaris plays Chopin • Live Recordings
P21 044-N : Hélène Mercier/Cyprien Katsaris • Brahms : Sonata for 2 pianos • Schumann/Clara Schumann : Piano Quintet 4 hands
References
^ (mul) "English biography". www.cyprienkatsaris.net. Cyprien Katsaris. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
^ (fr) "Concours Musical International Reine Elisabeth de Belgique, Palmarès du concours de 1951 à 2011, Chant, Piano et Violon.". perso.fundp.ac.be.
^ "Katsaris, Cyprien - UNESCO Celebrity Advocates". portal.unesco.org. UNESCO. 2005-02-23. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
^ (fr) "Article in the French newspaper SudOuest". www.sudouest.fr. SudOuest. 2011-03-23. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
^ (en) "Speech by Mr. Eleftheros P. Ioannou Member of the Board of Directors of the Nemitsas Foundation". www.nemitsasfoundation.org. Nemitsas Foundation. 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
^ (en) "Comprehensive discography of recordings under the label Piano 21". www.cyprienkatsaris.net. Cyprien Katsaris official website. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
External links
(mul) Cyprien Katsaris Official Website www.cyprienkatsaris.net
(en) Cyprien Katsaris at Allmusic Biography in English www.allmusic.com
(mul) Biography in english on Schott Music' musical editions website www.schott-music.com
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