Music
Lunch Time Concert - Vasilis Rakitzis
DATE
Thu 28 Nov 2024
VENUE
Woodville Auditorium
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Programme:
F. Schubert
Sonata in A major, D 664
J. Brahms
Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118
Biography
Vasilis Rakitzis is a Doctor of Musical Arts from City University London, and a graduate of
the
Royal Academy of Music and the Conservatories of Athens and Amsterdam.
A pupil of Popi and Maria Efstratiadis, Martin Roscoe, Naum Grubert, and Caroline
Palmer, he has also
participated in masterclasses with Paul Badura-Skoda, Boris Berman, Martino Tirimo, and
Leonidas Kavakos.
Vasilis has performed as a soloist with the leading Greek orchestras, and he regularly
appears in solo and chamber music concerts in England and Greece.
He was a prizewinner in international competitions, and was awarded the prestigious
‘Eleni Tim Mykoniou’ prize by the Academy of Athens.
He currently lives in London and is a piano teacher
at Queen Elizabeth’s School, Christ’s Hospital, The Royal School in Haslemere, and the
Hindhead Music Centre.
www.vasilisrakitzis.com
