Panos Karan

Panos Karan (born 1982) is a classical pianist and composer of Greek origin. He was born in Crete, and grew up in Athens and started his musical studies at the National Conservatory of Athens. Between 2000 and 2006 he studied at the Royal Academy of Music as a student of Sulamita Aronovsky, obtaining BMus and MMus, and was awarded the Wilfred Parry and the Christian Carpenter prizes. He made his professional debut performance at the Southbank Centre at age 19, performing Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2. Other performances have included Suntory Hall, Tokyo Opera City, Teatro Nacional Sucre, Hermitage Theatre, Konzerthaus, Vienna, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St John's, Smith Square, Athens Concert Hall and Carnegie Hall . He was laureate at the 2004 "José Iturbi" International Piano Competition in Valencia, Spain. Concerto performances have included Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos No. 2 and 3 and the complete cycle of Beethoven Piano Concertos.

In 2010, he founded Keys of Change, with the motto "Can music change the world? We believe it can", an organisation aiming to share music with audiences in some of the most remote parts of the planet.[1] With Κeys of Change has completed musical projects in Ecuador, Peru, Sierra Leone, Uganda, India, SIberia, Greece and Japan. [2]

In 2012, with the support of Keys of Change, he founded the Fukushima Youth Sinfoinetta, an orchestra made up of young musicians that came together in the wake of the 2011 disaster. In April 2014 he performed with the Fukushima Youth Sinfoinetta at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London and in August 2015 at the Tokyo Opera City.

Karan's composition Surupanga was premiered at St.John's, Smiths Square, London on 1st June 2015.[3]

Personal

Karan has resided in London since 2000.

Press and other mentions

Classic-music.com: Pianist paddles down the Amazon (July 2011)

allafrica.com: Sierra Leone: World-Class Pianist Unlocks the Rhythm At Freetown Jail (June 2012)

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ellines.com: Ο πιανίστας που ταξιδεύει με την μουσική του σε απομακρυσμένες περιοχές (

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References

  1. ↑ Kourti, Marianna (May 13, 2011). "Pianist Panos Karan Performs at Vienna’s Concert Hall". Greek Reporter. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
  2. ↑ Vatopoulos, Nikos (September 5, 2015). "Kathimerini".
  3. ↑ "St.John's, Smiths Square, London".


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