Cyprien Katsaris

Thu Apr 30, 2009

20:30

Location

Larnaca Municipal Theater
Municipal Gardens
Leonida Kioupi
Larnaca, Larnaca

Description

Cyprien Katsaris (born May 5, 1951 Marseilles, France) is a Franco-Cypriot pianist, teacher and composer. He trained at the Paris Conservatory winning the first prize for piano in 1969 and chamber music in 1970. In 1970 he won the Albert Roussel Prize and in 1977 won 1st prize in the Cziffra competition. He has appeared with the major orchestras in the world and has appeared as recitalist as well. He has recorded for Sony Classical and Teldec labels, including the Liszt transcriptions of all nine Beethoven symphonies.

Katsaris was one of 10 international pianists who performed at the Beijing Olympics.

The Event is part of the Larnaca Festival of Classical Music.

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