July 2009
Vasilis Tsabropoulos "opens" the 2nd ECM Festival with "The Promise"
March 2009
Release of the new album "The Promise" by ECMRelated Links:
ECM Records
13 March 2009 20.30 Megaron Athens State Orchestra
Conductor Marcio Conti
Keenly anticipated follow-up to the beguiling and commercially successful Chants, Hymns and Dances album Melos has a genre-crossing appeal to lovers of classical, world and jazz.
Chants, Hymns and Dances with its striking juxtaposition of music by G.I.Gurdjieff and Tsabropoulos landed on classical charts around the world - and was for a time a Top 10 disc at amazon.com.
April is the month of release of Vassilis Tsabropoulos’ new album “Akroasis”. The album will be released in all European countries, the United States and Japan. Another production for the german label ECM, for which Vassilis has been recording since 2000. The recording and release of this album is a landmark in Vassilis’ career in music. The album includes five improvisations on Byzantine hymns of the “Passion Week” and also three new compositions written by Vassilis, based on echoes of the Byzantine music tradition.
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Discography: “Akroasis”
Vassilis appears on this month’s “Difono” magazine issue. In a big-length interview, he presents his new album “Akroasis”, along with other interesting details about his future concerts and collaborations.
Vassilis will be in Milano, Italy from April 8 to 11, where he is going to give two concerts,
presenting his new album “Akroasis”.
Vassilis is going to give two big concerts, the first in the French city
of Anguleme and the second in Athens, playing works by Rachmaninov. His
friend and long-term collaborator, Vovka Askenazy is going to appear with
him too.
Two big concerts and a doubtless great musical collaboration.
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In Concert: Tsabropoulos/Ashkenazy
Duo
A great sold-out concert in “Athens Concert Hall". Vassilis improvised,
with an amazing approach, works by J. S. Bach. The world famous “Bach
Swingle Singers” vocal group also participated in the same concert. This
was the first time that a Greek pianist improvised on works by J. S. Bach
in such an peculiar way.
Vassilis
traveled to Germany to rehearse with cellist Anja Lechner and organise
his tour in German cities for the summer of 2003.
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In Concert: Tsabropoulos/Lechner
Duo
In his first concert for 2003, Vassilis Tsabropoulos made an appearance with the “Orchestra of Colors” and played Haydn’s “Concert in D Major”. Alexandros Myrat was the conductor and the concert took place in “Dimitris Mitropoulos” hall of the “Megaron”. Vassilis has teamed up with with the “Orchestra of Colors” in the past, giving successful performances of concerts by Mozart, Scriabin, Liszt and Nino Rota.
News
from Norway / New Tsabropoulos/Andersen/Marshall trio album
Vassilis Tsabropoulos began new year with a very successful series of
concerts in Norway. He gave three concerts with his trio, which received
great reviews from the press and the music critics. This was Vassilis’
third concert tour in Norway, and his next one for the Scandinavian lands
has already been planned for 2004.
During his stay in Norway, Vassilis recorded his third personal album
(and second after “Achirana”)
with Arild Andersen and John Marshall, for ECM Records. Manfred Eicher
was once again the album producer and the recordings took place at Rainbow
Studio in Oslo. The new album is anticipated to be released in the beginning
of 2004.
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In Concert: Tsabropoulos/Andersen/Marshall
Trio