Anousis, Dimitris

He has participated in national and international composition competitions and was awarded (3rd Prize and money award) in the first “National composition competition for choral music”. Some of his important works are “Fantasia & Fugue” for piano, “Lingasarira” for string quartet, “Sonatina” for piano, “Dance of Proitides” for orchestra, “Variations for piano and violin”, “Beginning of wisdom…” for a cappella choir on poetry of Kostas Varnalis, “Symphonic Poem” for 2 pianos – 8 hands.

As a pianist, he has participated and won awards in National piano competitions and has given solo recitals in Greece and Hungary, performing in most of the concert halls in Athens, as well as in smaller halls in other cities of Greece in several festivals (Evia, Orestiada, Kozani etc.), presenting works of the solo piano & chamber music literature (Bach, Schumann, Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt, Mahler, Franck, Saint Saens, Bartok, Khachaturian etc.). “…a young aspiring and vigorous artist… which played with great gusto… pianist Dimitris Anousis did a great job at highlighting the underlying orchestral texture …” from a review of a recital at the newsletter no.111 – June 2013 of “Liszt Society” UK.

He has also presented (Greek premieres) and recorded, original works of composers of the 20th & 21st century, (A. Khachaturian “Sonata for Piano”, J. Mitchel “7 colors”, G. Arkomanis “Rainy night” & “Confessions”). He has collaborated with many composers musicians, singers, conductors and has created several ensembles such us piano duos, the “Tritono” trio (pno, vln, vch), jazz quartet, lied vocal duos etc.

Since 1998, apart of been classical pianist, he is also working as a cocktail pianist and accompanist – correpetiteur in opera & lieder productions (Cimarosa “Il Matrimonio Segreto”, Mozart “Cosi fan tutte”, Orff “Carmina Burana”, Schubert “Winterreise”, Liszt & Mahler lieder). He teaches piano & music theoretics in conservatories, workshops, masterclasses, festivals etc. Since 2011 he is part of juries in piano and composition National Competitions.

He is a keen researcher of the rare piano repertoire of earlier times. In 2016 he published the album – CD “A pianist goes to the Opera” with rare -almost lost- transcriptions of famous operas for solo piano, by pianist-composers of the 19th century (Sydney Smith, Joachim Raff etc.). As an artistic director – manager (2012 – today) of AN ART ARTISTRY, he has organized over 250 artistic events (concerts, recitals, seminars, conferences, recordings, art exhibitions, books and CD presentations, operas, a national musicological conference etc.), invited artists – teachers from Greece, Bulgaria, Austria, Russia, U.S.A., organized first national and international performances of new musical works, organized – grant concerts for prominent young musicians under the events cycle “AN ART ARTISTRY raising artists”, established monetary donations to public welfare – charitable purposes, organized more than 30 concerts – recitals with free admission, awarded with the “GINA BACHAUER 2014” award, as a cultural entity in Athens, by the “Gina Bachauer International Music Association”, for the quality and originality of his many actions and activities.