Dimitris Yakas

He was born in Athens and took his piano diploma from the National Conservatory (class of Myrto Mavrikou). He continued his musical studies at the École Normale de Musique in Paris, in piano, chamber music and music preparation of opera. Then he began studying music accompaniment with Dalton Baldwin. From 1982 to 1991 he worked as a pianist – musical trainer at the Paris Opera and also at the Lyon Opera after the invitation of its music director, Kent Nagano. At the same time, as a pianist, he was accompanying singers in Paris, as well as in many other cities and festivals in France. From 1990 he settled again in Athens, where he began regular collaboration with the Greek National Opera and the Athens Concert Hall. He accompanies regularly Greek and foreign singers in concerts in Greece and abroad.