Concerts
that immediately followed include my debut at the Royal Albert
Hall, St James Piccadilly, the Hampstead and Highgate Festival,
Wyaston Festival and a concert series with the wonderful Medici
Quartet. Now that I have the privilege to be working with
one of the leading agencies in the world, Askonas Holt, it
is impossible to forget the immense help and support of the
Springboard Trust , at the beginning of my career in the UK.
I would like to take this opportunity to wholeheartedly thank
the Trust and in particular Hannah Horovitz, who kindly offered
me an invaluable helping hand and a serious opportunity to
move on in this profession.
Born
in Greece and now aged 26, G. E. Lazaridis has already embarked
on a flourishing international career. Since his early teens,
he has appeared in prestigious venues such as the Royal Albert
Hall, Le Corum Montpellier, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Acropolis,
the Athens Concert Hall and performed with leading orchestras
such as the Hamburg Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic,
the Strasbourg Philharmonic, the Warsaw Symphony, under the
direction of Sir Neville Marriner, Ingo Metzmacher, Theodor
Guschlbauer, Michel Tabachnik and others. He has collaborated
with renowned ensembles and artists such as the Medici Quartet,
the Isaye Quartet, the Vienna Octet, the BT Scottish Ensemble,
Leonidas Kavakos, Michael Tilson Thomas and appeared in International
Festivals such as Harrogate, Athens, Montpelier, and for the
Springboard Concerts Trust at the Wallace Collection in London.
His recent performances at the Athens Concert Hall 'Great
Interpreters' concert series, the Monterrei International
Piano Festival, a recital in the Sala Maffeiana in Verona,
Beethoven's Triple Concerto with the Thessaloniki State Symphony
and performances of works by Koumentakis in the Athens Festival
and at the Megaron were all highly
acclaimed both by audiences and critics. TSC (USA) and the
BBC as well as the Greek National Television ERT have featured
him with special broadcast profiles and his CD release of
Schumann Piano Works on the Somm label has been selected in
the Top 10 recommendations by BBC Music Magazine.
As
a composer he has received commissions from the Greek Ministry
of Culture, the Europa Cantat International Festival, The
Cultural Capital of Europe 1997 Organisation,
the Melina Merkouri Foundation etc. His work "Sleepwalking",
recently performed at London's Wigmore Hall, was nominated
for a Sony Award.
George
has been selected as the Megaron Rising Star for the 2006/7
season by the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO).
For more information please see www.askonasholt.co.uk
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