Christos Fountos

Year of birth: 1997
Place of birth: Nicosia
Educated in: London
Place of residence: London
(Plays in Munich)

Finalist of the 65^th Ferruccio Busoni
International Piano Competition

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November 2024 Preselections

Program

D. Scarlatti - Sonata in G Major, K. 455 S. Rachmaninov - Études-Tableaux op. 39, no. 5 F. Chopin - Étude op. 10, no. 4 A. Skrjabin - Piano Sonata no. 4, op. 30

Biography

Fountos began taking piano lessons at the age of 5, and at age 17, he debuted as soloist with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. A year later, he moved to London for further piano studies, where he eventually graduated with a Bachelor of Music, a Master of Music and an Artist Diploma with full marks and numerous prizes. He had studied with full scholarship. Since then, he has been active as a soloist, with recent performances of piano concerts by Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Ravel and others. He has a busy concert schedule as the pianist of the Waldstein Trio, that has performed at the Brahms Saal of the Wiener Musikverein, Beethovenhaus Bonn, and other venues in Europe. He is a junior fellow at Trinity Laban Conservatoire and a Silver Medal winner and Young Artist of The Musicians’ Company of the City of London.

Due to health reasons the candidates Shotaro Nishimura and Zixi Chen could not participate in the GPP 2022. They received the possibility to participate in this edition.

Candidates who withdrew from the competition:

Bily Robert
Deng Yubo
Durliat Gabriel
Guo Yungyung
Han Wenfang
Lee Shinyoung
Martinelli Riccardo
Park Chaeyoung
Thomazinho Lucas
Wang Jiapeng