Cyprien Katsaris

Cyprien Katsaris
Background information
Born	May 5, 1951 (1951-05-05) (age 60) Marseille, France
Occupations	Pianist, composer.
Years active	since 1966.
Labels	Piano 21, Schott Music, Teldec, Telefunken, Sony Classical, EMI, Deutsche Grammophon, DECCA, BMG/RCA, Pavane Records.
Website	www.cyprienkatsaris.net

Cyprien Katsaris is a French-Cypriot pianist, teacher and composer. He was born on 5 May 1951, in Marseilles, France.

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.^{[citation needed]} As well as piano, Katsaris also studied chamber music with René Leroy and Jean Hubeau, and he won First Prize for this in 1970.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]} 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 2011 Katsaris created his own recording label, Piano 21.

Awards

• 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 Merit of 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] :

1. KR 622 : Allegro. The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2. P21 001 : Beethoven • The Creatures of Prometheus, op. 43
3. P21 003 • (2 CD) : In Memoriam Chopin 150th Anniversary • Live at Carnegie Hall, New York City
4. P21 004 : Sergei Bortkiewicz • Piano Works
5. P21 007 : Bach Recital • Vol. 1 • Original Works
6. P21 009-N : The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 1
7. P21 010-N : The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 2
8. P21 011-N : Live at Festival International d’Echternach (Luxembourg) • 7 July 1979 • A Film by Claude Chabrol
9. P21 012-N : Live at Carnegie Hall, New York City • In Memoriam Chopin • 17 October 1999
10. P21 013 : Bach & Sons • 5 Piano Concertos
11. P21 014-A : Beethoven • Concerto No. 3 op. 37 • Sonatas Nos. 31 & 12
12. P21 015 : A Tribute to Cyprus
13. P21 016-A : Schumann • Vol. 1 • Live Recordings
14. P21 017-N : Bach • Vol. 2 • Transcriptions
15. P21 018 : Mozart Transcriptions
16. P21 019 : The Mozart Family
17. P21 020-A • (2 CD) : Russian Music • Vol. 1
18. P21 021-N : The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 3
19. P21 022-A : Liszt • Vol. 10 Liszt I • The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
20. P21 023-A • (2 CD) : Scriabin • Vol. 19 • The Complete Dances
21. P21 024-A • (2 CD) : French Music • Vol. 2 • De Louis XIII à Boulez
22. P21 025-N : The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 4
23. P21 026-N : The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 5
24. P21 027-A • (2 CD) : Mikis Theodorakis • Vol. 20 Theodorakis • Works for piano & orchestra
25. P21 028-A : Grieg • Vol. 18 • Concerto & Piano Works
26. P21 029-A : Live at International Tchaikovsky Competition • Vol. 21 • Moscow 1970
27. P21 030-N : Piano Rarities • Vol. 1 • Transcriptions
28. P21 031-N : The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 6
29. P21 032-N : Album d’un Voyageur • Vol. 1 • EUROPE
30. P21 033-N • (2 CD) : Viennese Connections • Beethoven • Schubert Hüttenbrenner • Diabelli • Liszt
31. P21 034-N : Live in Shanghai • 4 October 2005 • The International Piano Festival of Shanghai Conservatory of Music
32. P21 035-N : Live in Shanghai • 2 October 2007 • The International Piano Festival of Shanghai Conservatory of Music
33. P21 036-A : Cyprien Katsaris Archives • Vol. 16 • Schumann II
34. P21 038-N : Chopin, Concerto n° 2 en fa mineur, op. 21 | les 4 versions
35. P21 039-N : The Complete Mozart Piano Concertos • Vol. 7
36. P21 041-N : Katsaris plays Liszt • Vol. 1
37. P21 042-A : Cyprien Katsaris Archives • Vol. 8 • Schubert

References

1. ^ (mul) "English biography". www.cyprienkatsaris.net. Cyprien Katsaris. http://www.cyprienkatsaris.net/. Retrieved 2011-06-06. 
2. ^ (fr) "Concours Musical International Reine Elisabeth de Belgique, Palmarès du concours de 1951 à 2011, Chant, Piano et Violon.". perso.fundp.ac.be. http://perso.fundp.ac.be/~jmlamber/re/re_alpha.html#K. 
3. ^ "Katsaris, Cyprien - UNESCO Celebrity Advocates". portal.unesco.org. UNESCO . 2005-02-23. http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8859&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html. Retrieved 2011-09-15. 
4. ^ (fr) "Article in the French newspaper SudOuest". www.sudouest.fr. SudOuest. 2011-03-23. http://www.sudouest.fr/2011/03/23/katsaris-tenor-lyrique-du-piano-350681-3603.php. Retrieved 2011-09-15. 
5. ^ (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. http://www.nemitsasfoundation.org/index.php/en/foundation-s-aims/52-speech-by-mr-eleftheros-p-ioannou-member-of-the-board-of-directors-of-the-foundation.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
6. ^ (en) "Comprehensive discography of recordings under the label Piano 21". www.cyprienkatsaris.net. Cyprien Katsaris official website. http://www.cyprienkatsaris.net/en/piano-21.html. 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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Name	Katsaris, Cyprien
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Date of birth	5 May 1951
Place of birth	Marseille, France
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