Konstantinos Papadakis

Konstantinos Papadakis (born 1972; Heraklion, Crete, Greececite web |url=http://www.wcupa.edu/CVPA/som/am_faculty_kpapadakis.html |title=Faculty Profiles Applied Music - Konstantinos Papadakis |publisher=www.wcupa.com |accessdate=2008-07-15] ) is a Greek pianist. He has received the Golden Medal of superior talent. He has performed in worldwide major concert halls such as Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall.Fact|date=July 2008 He studied with [http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/faculty/bonaventura/ Anthony di Bonaventura] at Boston University. Three years later, he joined the piano faculty at Boston University and was later appointed a "Samuel Barber" Artist in Residence at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. The "Boston Globe" has described him as "One of the greatest hopes of music".

Achievements

*1996 Rachmaninoff Piano Competition in Moscow
*2000 Barber Foundation Achievement Award
*First pianist to receive the Yannis Vardinoyannis Award
*Esther & Albert Kahn Award.

References

* [http://www.newmusicon.org/v11n2/v112aleaiii.html The New Music]
* [http://wiki.musicportal.gr/index.php/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B4%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9A%CF%89%CE%BD%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82 Musipedia (in Greek)]