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Konstantinos Papadakis
Samuel Barber Artist-in-Residence
Piano

Room 327, Swope Music Building
kpapadakis@wcupa.edu

Born in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Konstantinos Papadakis has been described by the press as “one of the “…greatest hopes of music” [Boston Globe] and he has performed in world’s major concert halls and famous artistic centers; from Russia and South Europe, to the United States and Canada, in recitals and concerts with renowned artists and chamber ensembles. He has performed with many orchestras and he has recorded several works especially written for him by contemporary composers, many of which have been broadcast on radio and television. 

He has won many prizes and distinctions at international piano competitions, including the prestigious Yannis Vardinoyannis Award, given for the first time to a pianist, as well as the Esther & Albert Kahn Award.  Other major appearances are those in New York’s Carnegie Hall and at St. Petersburg’s Grand Concert Hall, where he performed in world premiere works by Greek and Russian contemporary composers.

Noted both for his versatility and his artistic depth and maturity, he performs a repertoire that stretches from Scarlatti through the Romantics, continuing through Bartok, Stravinsky and beyond, including such contemporary composers as Ligeti and Crumb. Equally at home performing Bach’s English Suites or Ligeti’s Etudes for Piano, Papadakis possesses an unusually broad repertoire, including some 40 concertos and over 300 works for solo piano, notwithstanding the numerous chamber works. Recently he finished a recording of Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti.

Konstantinos Papadakis studied at the Hellenic Conservatory of Crete with Vilma Antonakaki and a year later having already won the first prize at a Panhellenic Competition (including a Special Distinction for his own composition) he debuted as a soloist in many performances showing his special musical and pianistic skills. He subsequently received a fellowship at the Hellenic Conservatory of Athens, where he studied with Costis Gaetanos and he graduated with First Prize a Golden Medal for excellence (a superior distinction awarded for the first time to a pianist.) He also attended private lessons and master classes with Martino Tirimo, Nikolai Petrov and Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Mr. Papadakis is an alumnus of Boston University's School for the Arts, where he studied with Anthony di Bonaventura and received an Artist Diploma in Piano performance.

With his graduation on May of 2000, he was invited to join the piano faculty of Boston University’s College for the Arts, where he remained for several years. In fall of 2006 he was named is 2006 as the “Samuel Barber Artist-in-Residence” at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

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