Leonidas Kavakos

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Karel Mark Chichon
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest o.l.v.

Verdi: Ouverture 'La forza del destino'
Tsjaikovski: Vioolconcert



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Leonidas Kavakos (born 30 October 1967) (Greek: Λεωνίδας Καβάκος) is a Greek virtuoso violinist
Born in Athens into a musical family, Kavakos began studying violin at five years old and continued his studies at the Hellenic Conservatory with Stelios Kafantaris. An Onassis Foundation scholarship enabled him to attend master classes with Josef Gingold at Indiana University. He made his concert debut at the Athens Festival in 1984. In 1985, at age 18 (the youngest contestant), he won the International Sibelius Competition [1] in Helsinki and in 1986 won silver medal in the Indianapolis International Violin Competition. He also took first prizes at the Naumburg Competition in New York (1988) and the Paganini Violin Competition (1988)—all by the age of 21.

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