THEODORE KERKEZOS Saxophonist
THEODORE KERKEZOS Saxophonist
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Theodore Kerkezos was nominated by Naxos label in the category #102: "Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra" for the 50th Grammy Annual Awards in New York 2007.
He has performed the complete classical repertoire for saxophone and orchestra, and has appeared with major orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, The Philharmonia (of London), St. Petersburg Philharmonic, St Petersburg Symphony, Tchaikovsky Symphony of Moscow Radio, the Moscow New Opera Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker, Nuremberg Symphoniker, Sud Westfalische Philharmoniker, Zurich Symphony, Athens and Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestras, Athens Radio Symphony, Bucharest Philharmonic "George Enescu", Bucharest Radio Symphony, Slovak Philharmonic, and Ensemble Modern-Frankfurt, receiving excellent reviews in Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, The Independent, American Record Guide, Fanfare-USA, Fono Forum (Germany) among others.
He is proud for his collaboration with renowned artists such as: Vladimir Fedoseyev, Evgeny Svetlanov, Yuri Bashmet, Odysseas Dimitriadis, the Oscar winner Manos Hadjidakis, Gunter Neuhold, Roberto Minczuk to name but a few.
He has given concerts at the most prestigious venues of Europe, America, and Asia such as the: Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Great Halls of both St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the "Tchaikovsky" Conservatory of Moscow, Tonhalle (Zurich), Opera of Rome, La Fenice (Venice), Athens Megaron Concert Hall, the ancient Theatre of Herod Atticus (under the Athens Parthenon) and at the Beijing Concert Hall.
Theodore kerkezos was born in Crete (Greece) and he graduated with honors and distinction from Babis Farantatos' class at the Athens Conservatoire and continued in Bordeaux with Jean-Marie Londeix and in Paris with Daniel Deffayet. He is a professor at the Athens Conservatoire and has given master classes at Conservatories in Moscow, Boston, New England, at Princeton and Boston Universities (USA), the Agricultural Univ. (Beijing); also at the Chopin (Warsaw), Gnesin (Moscow) and Kiev Academies. Works have been dedicated to him by leading composers including Iannis Xenakis, Mikis Theodorakis, Friedrich Cerha. He is a Director of the Saxophone Ensembles of the Piraeus Prefecture.
His cds have received the following distinctions: "Papaioannou Chamber Music Award" (1992 and 1993) "CD of the month" ("The sound" 10/2002), "Best classical saxophone album" ("Fono Forum" 2/2005), No1 "Best Seller" (Top 20) and "Artist of the Week" (11/2006-London for Naxos), "Bargain of the Month" (Musicweb-International 12/2006), "Pizzicato: Supersonic Award" (Luxemburg 02/2007) and a nomination for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards 2007 - New York in the category #98:"Best Classical Album" for his cd "Impressions for saxophone and orchestra".
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