Théodore Kerkezos
Theodore Kerkezos is a Greek classical
saxophonist. Theodore Kerkezos graduated with honors from the
class of B. Farantatos at the Athens Conservatory and continued his musical
training in Bordeaux, France with the famous saxophonist Jean-Marie Londeix. He
later studied in Paris with Daniel Deffayet, the saxophone professor at the
conservatory there. Kerkezos received the Papaioannou award in 1992
and 1993. He has performed all existing classical repertoire
for saxophone and orchestra, and has appeared with major orchestras throughout
Europe, including the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia of London, the St.
Petersburg Philharmonic, the Tchaikovsky Symphony of Moscow Radio, the Athens
State Orchestra, the Thessaloniki State Orchstras, the Athens Radio Symphony,
the G. Enescu Bucharest Philharmonic, the Bucharest Radio Symphony, the
Sudwestfalische Philharmonic, the Sofia Radio Symphony, the Mediterraneo
Symphony of Spain, the Slovak Philharmonic, the Armenia Philharmonic, and the
Ensemble Modern. He has performed in Carnegie Hall in New York
City, the Royal Festival Hall in London, the great halls of the St. Petersburg
Philharmonic, the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, and the Athens Megaron
concert hall. He has had works dedicated to him by composers
such as Xenakis and Antoniou and is actually director of the Saxophone
Orchestra of Piraeus Prefecture. Since 1999 he has collaborated with Alphonse Leduc
publisher in Paris in promoting new works for the saxophone. He is a professor
at the Athens Conservatory and has given master classes at conservatories in
Moscow and Boston, and at the Gnesin and Kiev Academies. |