Tedi Papavrami

Tedi Papavrami
Born 5 January 1971 (1971-13-05) (age 40)
Origin Tirana, Albania
Genres Classical
Instruments Violin

Tedi Papavrami, (born May 13, 1971 in Tirana, Albania) is an Albanian professional violinist and translator.

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Biography

Papavrami was born in Tirana in 1971 and started to play the violin at the age of four. He studied violin with his father, well known Professor Robert Papavrami, which impacted heavily on the artistic future of his son. At age 8 he interpreted Sarasate's "Arie Bohemienne" with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Tirana, and three years later Paganini's first violin concerto.

In September 1982, thanks to flautist Alain Marion, the French government offered him a scholarship to study at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris under the direction of Pierre Amoyal. In 1985 he won the contest Rodolfo Lipitzer in Gorizia and in 1986 he won with unanimity the "First Award" of the Conservatory of Paris. In 1987 he received a degree at the Lausanne Conservatory.

Papavrami then followed musical studies under the direction of Zino Francescati the Viktori Mullova. In 1992 he won the prize awarded by Sacem "George Enescu" and, in 1993, the first prize and special prize in the international public "Sarasate" in Pamplona.

In addition to his international career as a violinist, Papavrami has appeared in a TV movie, and has become the French translator of Ismail Kadaré's literary works since the death in 2002 of Jusuf Vrioni.

Tedi Papavrami has played in Europe, South Africa, Turkey, Japan, Israel, with the Orchestra of Bologna, Bamberger Symphoniker, Orchestre de Paris, etc.. He has been guided by known orchestra directors such as K. Sanderling, C. Hogwood, A. Pappano, L. Langree, G. Varga, Mr. Macal, C. J. Casadesus, etc..

In the 2000-2001 season he has performed with the Orchestre philharmonique de Nice, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, etc., and has conducted several tours in Japan with "24 capricci" of Paganini. Tedi Papavrami regularly interprets the music room along with P. Bianconi, H. Sermet, Rubackyte M., P. Meyer, E. Lesage, Oleg R., G. Hoffman, etc..

Tedi Papavrami plays with a violin built exclusively for him in 2005 by the luthier Christian Bayon and an arch by Edwin Clément.

Discography

PAGANINI/ SARASATE

Christophe Larrieu (piano) Harmonia Mundi RAVEL/FAURE/ WIENIAWSKI PAGANINI/BACH

Olivier Reboul (piano) Stereoplay Edition E

ALKAN Sonate de concert op. 47 (a) Grand Duo Concertant op. 21 (b) Husseyin Sermet (piano) Valois-Auvidis “Biennale de Lyon” PROKOFIEV

Concerto no 1 op. 19 Concerto no 2 op. 63 Sonate pour violon solo op. 115 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Antoni Wit (direction) Naxos Records

BRAHMS 3 Sonates pour violon et piano Muza Rubackyté (piano) Lyrinx Lyr 161 PAGANINI Caprices pour violon solo Enregistrement réalisé au Théâtre des Quatre Saisons à Gradignan PAGANINI 24 Caprices pour violon solo Pan Classics

BACH The Six Sonatas & Partitas

CHAUSSON - FAURE Piano Quartets • Choc Monde de la Musique • Diapason d'or

SCARLATTI Violin Transcriptions Choc du Monde de la Musique

References

Sources

Official Site of Tedi Papavrami