Cyprien Katsaris
Cyprien Katsaris (Greek: Κυπριανός Κατσαρής; born 5 May 1951) is a French-Cypriot virtuoso pianist, teacher and composer. Amongst his teachers were Monique de la Bruchollerie, a student of Emil von Sauer, who had been a pupil of Franz Liszt. He is known for his refined sound, extreme command of voicing, and virtually effortless physical mastery of technique.
Genre: classical, classical-piano
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Top Tracks
- Carmina Burana, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O fortuna - Fortune plango vulnera - Arr. for Piano
- Solfeggietto in C Minor, H. 220
- Capriccio brillant in B Minor, Op. 22
- Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Precipitato
- Piano Sonata in C Major: I. Allegro - World Premiere Recording
- Swan Lake, Op. 20: No. 21, Danse espagnole - Arr. for Four-Hands Piano by Claude Debussy
- The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848: Prelude
- Etudes d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Feux follets
- Jarabe del Bajío - National Air arr. for Piano by Rubén Campos, World Premiere Recording
- Patriotic Artists' Association: Var. XXIV. Allegro - After Franz Liszt's Variation on a Waltz by Diabelli, S. 147
- Lyric Pieces, Op. 54: No. 3, March of the Dwarfs
- Preludes, Op. 12: No. 3 in B-Flat Minor
- Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, D. 960: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza
- 15 Inventions: No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779
- 10 Etudes, Op. 15: No. 9 in F-Sharp Minor, Allegro di molto
- Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: IV. Allegro assai - Arr. for Piano, World Premiere Recording
- 13 Variations on a Theme of Hüttenbrenner, D. 576: Var. X
- Carnival of Vienna, Op. 26: No. 4 in E-Flat Minor, Intermezzo
- Gayaneh: Sabre Dance - Arr. for Piano, World Premiere Recording
- 2 Polonaises, Op. 40: No. 1 in A Major
Albums (43)
- Cyprien Katsaris - Virtuoso's Touch (2025)
- Schubert: 6 Moments musicaux D. 780, Sonata in A Major D. 664 & Tänze (2025)
- Schubert: Impromptus (2024)
- Brahms: Ungarische Tänze (2023)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Juan" ("Don Giovanni") In Transcription For Piano Solo By Georges Bizet (2023)
- Chopin's Epoque (2022)
- Papaïoannou: 24 Préludes pour piano - Constantinidis: 8 Danses des îles grecques - Levidis: Erste griechische romantische Sonate (2022)
- Hope For an Ideal Ocean (Inspired by ‘The Outlaw Ocean’ a book by Ian Urbina) (2021)
- Beethoven: A Chronological Odyssey (2020)
- Saint-Saëns: Original Works and Transcriptions for Solo Piano (Le carnaval des animaux, Organ Symphony, Danse macabre, Piano Concerto No. 2, L'assassinat du duc de Guise) (1970)
- Opera Songs For Piano (2019)
- Auf Flügeln Des Gesanges - Romantic Songs and Transcriptions (2018)
- Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances & 16 Waltzes for Piano Four Hands (2018)
- Transcriptions by Karol A. Penson (World Premiere Recordings) (2018)
- Grande fantaisie sur Zorba, une rhapsodie Grecque (World Premiere Recordings) (2018)
- In the Mood for Love & Passion, Vol. 4: Rubinstein, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Poulenc, Weill, Khachaturian... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Love & Passion, Vol. 3: Méreaux, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Dvořák, Kreisler, Gershwin... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Love & Passion, Vol. 2: Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Grieg, Vladigerov, Rodrigo, Katsaris... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Love & Passion, Vol. 1: Liszt, Fauré, Albéniz, Bortkiewicz, Addinsell, Piazzolla... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Meditation & Zen, Vol. 5: Händel, Gluck, Beethoven, Liszt, Grieg, Debussy... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Energy & Power, Vol. 4: Brahms, Grieg, Scriabin, Bortkiewicz, Prokofiev, Khachaturian... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Energy & Power, Vol. 3: C.P.E. Bach, Diabelli, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Orff... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Energy & Power, Vol. 2: Bach, Händel, Beethoven, De Falla, Campos, Stravinsky... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Meditation & Zen, Vol. 4: Vivaldi, Brahms, Fauré, Satie, Ravel, Khachaturian... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Energy & Power, Vol. 1: Charpentier, Mozart, Chopin, Gottschalk, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Meditation & Zen, Vol. 3: Albinoni, Mozart, Schubert, Gounod, Grieg, Boulez... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Meditation & Zen, Vol. 2: Chopin, Schumann, Wagner, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, Mahler... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Meditation & Zen, Vol. 1: Pachelbel, Bach, Borodin, Massenet, Strauss, Rachmaninoff... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Waltzes, Vol. 3: Diabelli, Glinka, Schumann, Strauss II, Tchaikovsky, Bortkiewicz... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Waltzes, Vol. 2: Schubert, Liszt, Grieg, Rolón, Poulenc, Khachaturian... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- In the Mood for Waltzes, Vol. 1: Chopin, Brahms, Delibes, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Katsaris... (Classical Piano Hits) (2017)
- Harp Meets Piano (1970)
- Elective Affinities - Die Wahlverwandtschaften (World Premiere Recordings) (2016)
- Russian Ballet Transcriptions for Four Hands and Two Pianos (World Premiere Recordings) (1970)
- Grieg: Concerto & Piano Works (Cyprien Katsaris Archives) (2015)
- Cyprien Katsaris Presents Katrin Hagen (Brahms, Saint-Saëns & Crusell) (2015)
- Si la poésie m'était chantée: Œuvres pour voix d'alto, alto et piano (World Premiere Recordings) (1970)
- 111 Piano Hits - Vol. 5 (World Premiere Recordings) (2014)
- 111 Piano Hits - Vol. 4 (World Premiere Recordings) (2014)
- 111 Piano Hits - Vol. 3 (World Premiere Recordings) (2014)
- 111 Piano Hits - Vol. 2 (World Premiere Recordings) (2014)
- 111 Piano Hits - Vol. 1 (2014)
- Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" (World Premiere Recording of the Solo Piano Arrangement by Katsaris) (2014)
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