Composer/pianist Christos Tsitsaros, currently a Professor at the University of Illinois, was born in Cyprus. His compositions are deeply influenced by the Mediterranean landscape and the rich imagery found in Greek and Cypriot mythology. This album includes some of his best solo and chamber works. Christos Tsitsaros began his musical studies at the Greek Academy of Music in his native country. Upon completing his secondary education, he moved to Poland, where he studied at the Musical Academy of LÃ³zd and later at the FrÃ©dÃ©ric Chopin Academy of Warsaw. There, he was admitted in the class of the world-known Chopinologist Jan Ekier. In 1981, he won first prize at the Gina Bachauer Institution Competition in Athens, which enabled him to continue his musical journey in Paris. While in Paris, he apprenticed with renown pianist Aldo Ciccolin and graduated from the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, obtaining the DimplÃ´me SupÃ©rieur d' ExÃ©cution unanimously. In 1986, after being granted a scholarship from the A. G. Leventis Foundation, he moved the the United States, where he pursued further artistic development at the coveted Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. There, he had the chance to study with the legendary GyÃ¶rgy SebÃ¶k, and received an Artist Diploma and a Masters in Music degree (1989.) Subsequently, he entered the School of Music of the University of Illinois where he attained a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance (1993.)

Tracklist:

Three Preludes: A Mythical Triptych for Piano Solo~Water Nymphs
Three Preludes: A Mythical Triptych for Piano Solo~Dance Mystique
Three Preludes: A Mythical Triptych for Piano Solo~Dionysian Rites
Introduction and Dance for Violin and Piano
Seascapes (Five Tone Tableaux for Piano Solo)~Seascape with Clouds and a Sliver of Sun
Seascapes (Five Tone Tableaux for Piano Solo)~October Song
Seascapes (Five Tone Tableaux for Piano Solo)~Faraway Journey
Seascapes (Five Tone Tableaux for Piano Solo)~Where the Sun Hides Away
Seascapes (Five Tone Tableaux for Piano Solo)~Sea Caves: A Storm
Fantasy for Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, and Piano
Lyric Ballads~Album Leaf
Lyric Ballads~Morning Tenderness
Lyric Ballads~Love Song in the Rain
Lyric Ballads~Sea Breezes
Lyric Ballads~Rays of Hope
Lyric Ballads~Night Reflections

UPC: 044747388922
Label: Centaur
Release Date: 10.15.21
Format: CD

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