Apostolos Palios has been described as “a true artist, one of the most exciting pianists that Greece has to offer. A very special musician of rare qualities, sincerity, musical intelligence and artistic integrity” (Musicos Tonos Magazine, Constantine P. Carambelas-Sgourdas). Born in Greece (Carditsa), in 1979, Palios began playing the piano at an early age. He studied at the Larissa Conservatory and graduated in 1997 with distinction and first prize. He continued his piano studies at the Musikacademie of Berlin Hanns Eisler with Prof. Georg Sava and at the Musikacademie of Leipzig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy with Prof. Markus Tomas, where he received master- and soloist diploma with distinction. He also studied chamber music and conducting. He has studied musicology at the University of Athens and is currently working toward a dissertation examining the piano compositions of Loris Margaritis.

He has received lessons from distinguished artists Aldo Ciccolini, Cyprien Katsaris, Yonty Solomon and George Hadjinikos.

He has won scholarships from the Costopoulos Foundation, from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, from the Greek National Scholarships Foundation, from the State of Leipzig, and from the World in Harmony Foundation.

He is the prizewinner of several National and International Piano, Chamber Music and Composition Competitions in Greece (S.A.O.Th Competition, CH.O.N. Piano Competition, Patras Piano Competition, Saratsi Piano Competition, Vikelas Piano Competition, Maria Chairogiorgou-Sigara Piano Competition, Gina Bachauer Competition), Germany (Leipzig-Yamaha Piano Competition, Kuhlau Competition, Berlin-Hanns Eisler Prize, Wφlfenbόttel Competition), Spain (Ibiza Piano Competition) and Italy (Rovere d’ Oro Competition).

He has received a special award from the Academy of Athens.

He has appeared in many concerts given in Greece, Germany, Norway, Russia, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Rumania, France and elsewhere. He is a frequent guest at many International Festivals and has performed on television. As a soloist he has appeared with many orchestras (Athens State Symphony Orchestra, Athens Youth Symphony Orchestra, String Orchestra of Patras, Larissa Symphony Orchestra, Volos Symphony Orchestra, Neue Elbland Philharmonie, Orchestra of the Music Comedy Leipzig and others). He has also participated in CD recordings and has given the first world performances of piano works. He is a member of the well-known Αurora (Piano) Quartett of Germany.

Upcoming engagements include appearances in Greece, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Austria and Germany, as well as CD recordings.