“…Vassilis Tsabropoulos is one of those rare musicians who is equally at home in both the classical and the jazz worlds. His album Achirana demonstrates that, while noted principally for his prowess as a classical pianist, conductor and composer, he also has much to say in a jazz idiom”

Mike Bradley, THE TIMES, UK
June 2000


“…Tsabropoulos, is the first classical pianist I’ve ever heard who can play jazz with real understanding and great imagination…It’s an object lesson in artistry”

"Pick Of The Month"
Ian Carr, BBC Music Magazine, UK
October 2000

"...Like many records on the ECM label, there is spaciousness in these proceedings that one would errantly label as "spare" or "sparse." The use of space is a different matter altogether, and that's what this band does: they use space as an architectural element in the creation of spontaneous and written composition. There are more than enough notes and rhythmic patterns to go around; it is their distribution and execution that sets them apart from those seekers of organized silences. [...] As Tsabropoulos' debut, this is without doubt an auspicious beginning."

Thom Jurek (of Allmusic.com), Rollingstone.com
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"...Vassilis Tsabropoulos, a young pianist who's distinguished himself in the classical field. It's a remarkable jazz debut for the Greek pianist, whose playing reveals none of the stiffness or empty technical display that often appears when classical players turn to improvisation. He belongs to a distinctly European stream of pianists initially influenced by Bill Evans, but which has developed an identity of its own. For sheer beauty of sonority and effective use of single notes, he can even invoke comparison with another Mediterranean pianist, the brilliant Enrico Pieranunzi.
Tsabropoulos can recast the simplest elements in surprising combinations, and he works closely with Andersen and Marshall in creating gradual tension curves. There's delicacy in the way he uses dissonance to expand "Fable," and thoughtful control in the unfolding, Scriabin-like lyricism of "Monologue..."

Stuart Broomer, editorial review, Amazon.com


"...The great sound of Andersen's bass, the unerring intonation of his lines and the flow of Tsabropoulos' inventions combine in delightful ways..."

Jazz Times, December 2000, p. 146


"Like Keith Tippett’s Ovary Lodge, this piano trio transcends the norm, but toward the opposite end of the spectrum. [...] It’s definitely on my top ten latest jazz CDs".

Fred Barrett, Beyondcoltrane.com
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"Vassilis Tsabropoulos is likely a new name to most jazz fans, but if his work on this first album for ECM is any indication, his talent is one that will make that name better known, if no easier to pronounce".

John Kenyon, Popmatters.com
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“Achirana è una delle più esaltanti prove, tra le ultime nell’inflazionato formato del trio con pianoforte”

Giacomo Pellicciotti, REPUBBLICA, Italy
June 2001


“…Il prodigio Tsabropoulos…
…Il suo nome va tenuto in mente perche di lui e della sua musica parlerà tantissimo.
…Il tocco è leggero come una piuma, anche se a tratti lezioso (l’accademia si sente), e ovviamente la tecnica è sopraffina…Achirana gia si candida a miglior disco jazz dell’anno, mentre sarà difficile toglieri lo scettro di miglior giovanne talento!”

Christian Rocca, IL FOGLIO QUATIDIANO, Italy
Maggio 2000