Ektoras Karatzios-Papaioannou

Born in Larissa in 2006. He holds a piano diploma with honours, 1st prize and distinction of excellent performance (Municipal Conservatory of Larissa, class of Christos Lenoutsos, June 2022). Following a unanimous decision of the board of directors, he is a scholarship holder of the MCL. Since 2022, he has been studying at the University Preparation Programme in Graz with Pr. Aima Maria Labra-Makk. He has won first prizes at the Filonas Piano Competition, Youth Choir Orchestra Competition, MCL Competition, Junior Piano Contest, Cherogiorgou Competition, the 5th National Music Competition of the Group for the UNESCO Arts, Speech and Sciences, and has been awarded 3rd prizes at the 6th International Jenӧ Takács Piano Competition for Young Pianists in Austria (1st and 2nd prizes were not awarded) and at the 5th Panhellenic Piano Competition of the Thessaloniki Piano Festival.