1. The Greek pianist Stefanos Nasos has performed in recitals, chamber music concerts
and as soloist with orchestras in Bulgaria, Finland, England, Germany, Japan, and
Greece. He recorded Prokofiev's 2nd Piano Concerto with the National Radio
Symphony Orchestra for the Greek Radio and two CDs: chamber music of Henri
Vieuxtemps and the piano works of the Greek composer Emile Riadis. He has
performed with all the Greek major orchestras, most notably with the Athens State
Orchestra in December 2008 delivering the European premiere of George Tsontakis'
Man of Sorrows and the Athens Camerata at the All Beethoven Concertos Cycle with
fortepiano in April 2013. In solo recitals, he premiered in Greece and abroad works
by Greek composers such as Tsontakis, Terzakis, Mitropoulos, Varvoglis, Psathas,
Sicilianos, Borboudakis, as well by international names such as Crumb, van der Aa
and J. Ter Veldhuis.
In 2006, Stefanos acquired his Doctor of Music degree in music performance
from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. His supervisor Prof. Matti
Raekallio, was since 2001 his last mentor. Previous teachers include Dr. Margit
Rahkonen, Prof. Roswitha Gediga, Prof. Sontraud Speidel, and his mother
respectively at the Sibelius Academy, the Musikhochschule in Cologne and in
Karslruhe (Germany), and the Skalkottas Conservatory in Athens.
As chamber musician, Stefanos collaborates on a regular basis with colleagues
from around the world. He has appeared in festivals such as the “musei di sera” in
Trieste and the Athens Festival, those of Serifos, Samos (Young Artists Festival), and
Paxoi, the Thessaloniki Piano Festival, the Y. A. Papaioannou International Festival
in Kavala, the Aegina International Music Festival, the International Pharos
Contemporary Music Festival (Cyprus), the joint ICMC/SMC 2014 conference, the
Greek Music Festival, the Summer Academy of the Ionian University (Corfu), and
the 7th
Bilgi New Music Festival (Istanbul). He premiered chamber music works in
Greece and abroad by Greek composers Anissegos, Antoniou, Aperghis,
Borboudakis, D. Constantinidis, Kounadis, Koundouroff, Plakidis, Terzakis,
Tsontakis, Vlachopoulos as well by international names such as Cage, Stroppa,
Pesson, Reich, J.L. Adams, Crumb, Andriessen. Stefanos is a member of the Athens
based Ergon Ensemble and the Ionian Festival Ensemble. Finally, he performs often
with distinguished musicians of his generation such as Angelica Cathariou, Apostolos
Palios, Mario Zeffiri, Myrsini Margariti, Varvara Venetikidou and the xPause string
quartet.