Greek pianist Vassilis Varvaresos (1983, Tessaloníki) was in 1998 the youngest pianist winner ever of Young Concert Artists in New York, followed by various international prizes after that: his most recent one in September 2014, having been awarded the 3rd Prize at the Enescu Competition in Bucharest.

Since his American debut, aged 15, Vassilis has performed as recitalist at major venues in New York like Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Morgan Library, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall while in Washington he performed in Kennedy Center. March 2012 marked his first solo recital in Carnegie Hall after which he was invited by President Obama to perform at the White House.

This “Most Promising Young Greek Artist” holds a bachelor and a master of music degree from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal, Yoheved Kaplinsky and Robert MacDonald. In May 2011 he received his Doctorate in Piano Performance. In September 2013 Vassilis received the prestigious Diplôme d’Artiste-Interprète degree at the CNSM in Paris, where he studied with Michel Dalberto.

Varvaresos, who is residing in Paris, has appeared at various festivals in Greece and France, like Festival Chopin de l’Orangerie à Bagatelles, Festival “Lisztomanias” in Chateauroux and the Festival Chopin de Nohant, where he is being re-invited to the inaugural concert.

Over the last few years, Varvaresos gave concerts and recitals in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Rumania and Greece and toured to Japan and US with violinist Noé Inui. After playing at several summer festivals, he will make a solo-tour to the USA in October.

Vassilis has made three CD’s, one with solo works of Chopin, Debussy and Liszt, one with Brahms’ 1st Piano Concerto and one with violinist Noé Inui (Strauss Sonata and Schumann 2nd Sonata), which will be released this autumn.