Vassilis Tsabropoulos

Vassilis Tsabropoulos was born in Greece, and attended the conservatories of Athens, Paris and Salzburg, before completing his studies at the Juilliard School, where his teachers included Rudolf Serkin and Tatyana Nikolayeva. He is well-known in his homeland as an interpreter of the classical tradition, and has performed internationally as a soloist and under conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy and Robert Janssens. He is also highly regarded as a jazz pianist, and was encouraged in his improvisational activities by Chick Corea. He has recorded two jazz trio CDs for ECM with Norwegian bassist Arild Andersen and British drummer John Marshall: Achirana, released in 2000 and just released earlier this year, The Triangle.