The FIU School of Music is excited to welcome returning concert pianist Grigorios Zamparas for a performance featuring works by Chopin and Beethoven in addition to two works by Greek composers Yannis Constantinidis and Manos Hadjidakis.

Grigorios Zamparas has received critical acclaim for his versatile performing career as recitalist, orchestra soloist and chamber musician in Greece, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, former Yugoslavia, Russia, Latin America, South Korea and the US. He is a frequent guest at numerous festivals worldwide, having performed several times at the prestigious Newport Music Festival (Newport, RI), the Mainly Mozart Festival (Miami, FL), The Artist Series of Sarasota and The Salon of the Arts (Sofia, Bulgaria), among others. He has been featured as a soloist in more than twenty different piano concertos with orchestras such as the Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra (Brazil), Indiana University Symphony Orchestra, Boston Neo-Politan Chamber Orchestra, Togliati Philharmonic (Russia), the Sofia Soloists (Bulgaria) and the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic of the Czech Republic, to name a few.

He is a Professor of Music and head of the piano program at The University of Tampa, in Tampa, FL. At The University of Tampa he was the recipient of the Outstanding Scholarship or Creative Work Award for the 2010-2011 academic year. Zamparas began studying music at the age of seven in Greece, where he received his first piano degree from the Lamia Conservatory in 1995, studying with the distinguished Greek pedagogue Yorgos Manessis. He holds a DMA degree from the University of Miami where he studied with pianist Ivan Davis, and degrees from Indiana University (MM), University of Indianapolis (BM), and the Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Greece. His recordings have been released by Centaur Records.

Program:

Eight Dances from the Greek Islands Yannis Constantinidis
Nos. 1, 2, 5, and 8 (1903 – 1984)

“For a little white seashell” Op. 1 Manos Hadjidakis
Suite for piano solo (1925 – 1994)
Syrtos Dance
Grand Sousta

Sonata Op. 53 in C major “Waldstein” Ludwig van Beethoven
Allegro con brio (1770-1827)
Introduzione: Adagio molto
Rondo: Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo

- Intermission - 

Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante Op. 22 Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise Op. 26, no. 1 (1810 – 1849)
Valse Impromptu in A-flat Major Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 6 (1811 – 1886)

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