41st Horto Festival – Pelion / 21 September / Piano Recital – Apostolos Palios

Born in Karditsa, piano soloist Apostolos Palios has been described as an “amazing pianist” (Cyprien Katsaris) and “an unusually charismatic, communicative, and dedicated musician with great finesse, expressiveness, and artistic presence” (Y. Solomon).

A graduate in piano and advanced theory from the Municipal Conservatory of Larissa, he studied at the Music Academies of Berlin and Leipzig with G. Sava and M. Tomas, where he received a soloist diploma and master’s degree with unanimous honors and distinction, while also studying chamber music and orchestral conducting. He worked closely with important figures in the artistic world, such as A. Ciccolini, M. Perahia, C. Katsaris, Y. Solomon, R. Szidon, and G. Hatzinikos. He is a graduate and honorary doctorate of the Department of Music Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
He was a scholarship recipient of the I. Costopoulos Foundation, Kosmos en Armonia, the State of Saxony, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, and the IKY, and has won many international piano, chamber music, and composition competitions in Greece, Germany, Italy, and Spain. He was honored with the commendation of the Academy of Athens and won the Gina Bachauer Award of the World in Harmony Foundation. The Union of Greek Theater and Music Critics awarded him the distinctions of best new artist of the year and best album by a Greek artist.

APOSTOLOS PALIOS
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Born in Karditsa, piano soloist Apostolos Palios has been described as an “amazing pianist” (Cyprien Katsaris) and “an unusually charismatic, communicative, and dedicated musician with great finesse, expressiveness, and artistic presence” (Y. Solomon).
A graduate in piano and advanced theory from the Municipal Conservatory of Larissa, he studied at the Music Academies of Berlin and Leipzig with G. Sava and M. Tomas, where he received a soloist diploma and master’s degree with unanimous honors and distinction, while also studying chamber music and orchestral conducting. He worked closely with important figures in the artistic world, such as A. Ciccolini, M. Perahia, C. Katsaris, Y. Solomon, R. Szidon, and G. Hatzinikos. He is a graduate and honorary doctorate of the Department of Music Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
He was a scholarship recipient of the I. Costopoulos Foundation, Kosmos en Armonia, the State of Saxony, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, and the IKY, and has won many international piano, chamber music, and composition competitions in Greece, Germany, Italy, and Spain. He was honored with the commendation of the Academy of Athens and won the Gina Bachauer Award of the World in Harmony Foundation. The Union of Greek Theater and Music Critics awarded him the distinctions of best new artist of the year and best album by a Greek artist.
As a soloist, he has appeared in major concerts and festivals in Greece and abroad (Germany, England, France, Spain, Austria, Russia, Norway, Romania, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, Chile, USA) and in some of the world’s most important concert halls (Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Konzerthaus, Carnegie Hall New York, Oslo Philharmonic, Auditorio de Falla Granada, Athens Concert Hall). His recordings include collaborations with Naxos, among others. He has collaborated repeatedly with all Greek orchestras and major foreign orchestras (Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, etc.) and has performed world premieres of works.
A former member of the Aurora Piano Quartet in Germany and the Ergon Ensemble contemporary music group, he collaborates as a piano professor with the music departments of the University of Macedonia and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and has served as artistic director of the international concert series New Classics.
(www.apostolos-palios.com)

Sunday, 21 September, 12:00 p.m.
Giorgos Chatzinikos Hall
Admission: €10