UNESCO awarded Panagiotis Karousos is
Greek-Canadian composer who brings to his music the philosophy and spiritualism
of the Greek classics. He is the
most important living opera composer of Greek origin. His style is based on bel-canto with emphasis
on dramatic expression. Romantic emotion characterizes his compositions in the
tradition of the great melodists.
He did
many concerts in Canada and USA with his Symphony No.1 “Liberty”, and Symphony
No.2 “Olympic” with Astoria Symphony, the FACE Symphony Orchestra, the OSJL-L
Symphony Orchestra and the Monteregie Symphony Orchestra under the direction of
maestros Silas Nathaniel Huff, Andre Gauthier, Theodora Stathopoulos and Luc
Chaput. The Piano Concerto was presented with pianist Nathalie Joncas under
UNESCO auspices in the Montreal Popular Concerts series in Montreal’s Maurice
Richard Arena to an audience of 5000 people.
The Olympic Flame choir was
presented with the Symphony Orchestra and the Choir of Gunst wat'n Kunst at
Hague, Holland, with maestro R. Pylarinos. The opera Alexander the Great
presented in Montreal at the Montreal Notre Dame Basilica, in Chicago Illinois
conducted by David Stech, in North Carolina Theatre under the direction of
Grant Gilman, and in Toronto at P.C. Ho Theater Cultural Center of Toronto with
the Sneak Peak Symphony Orchestra of Toronto University and soloists under the
direction of maestro Victor Cheng. The opera Prometheus represented in Los
Angeles, New York, and Washington DC. From 2013 he did major presentations of
Prometheus in Ancient Greek Theaters (Epidaurus, Messina, Ancient Agora), and
the National Archaeological Museum of Greece.
In 2014 Prometheus presented with
bass Vasilis Asimakopoulos in the United Nations and in Mamie Fay auditorium of
New York under the auspices of UNESCO. His Symphony No.4 “Earth” premiered with
City of Athens Symphony Orchestra with maestro Eleftherios Kalkanis.
His
Liederabend and chamber music was presented in Berlin from pianist Theodosia
Ntokou and musicians from Berliner Camerata with impressed reviews in 2015.
In 2016
he presented the opera Olympic Flame at Lincoln Center in New York with
soloists and orchestra under the direction of Jestin Pieper, and Prometheus at
La Sorbonne University in Paris with soloists from the National Opera of
Greece.
The
Greek National Radio Television did many profiles on him and broadcasted live
his works with some of the most talented artists of opera and classical music.
Mr. Panagiotis Karousos is director of Opera and Classical
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