Konstantinos Papadakis (pianist)


Konstantinos Papadakis is a Greek pianist. He has received the Golden Medal of superior talent. He has performed in worldwide major concert halls such as Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall. He studied with Anthony di Bonaventura at Boston University. Three years later, he joined the piano faculty at Boston University and was later appointed a "Samuel Barber" Artist in Residence at West Chester University of Pennsylvania where he remained for 5 years. In 2011 he joined the piano faculty of the 's Pre-College Division in Boston. He holds the prestigious Motoko and Gordon Deane Principal Chair of Boston's . He has premiered many works, including Samuel Barber's "Three Essays", "Three Sketches", "Fresh from West Chester" and "Fantasy for two pianos". The Boston Globe has described him as "one of the greatest hopes of music". Celebrating the bicentennial year of Franz Liszt, he released a recording with short miniatures for piano entitled "The Short Liszt" to a critical acclaim. He is the director of the Piano Summer Academy in Archanes Crete, Greece. In 2013 was appointed lecturer at Boston University College of Fine Arts.

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