Dionysis Grammenos

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Biography

Greek clarinettist Dionysis Grammenos made his international breakthrough in 2008 when he won the Grand Prix d’Eurovision and the title of the “European Young Musician of the Year” – the first wind player ever to hold the title.

Dionysis has performed with such orchestras as the Vienna Symphony, Norwegian Radio Symphony, Vienna Radio Symphony, Festival Strings Lucerne and Vienna Chamber amongst others and has appeared at major venues such as the Wiener Konzerthaus, Auditorium Musée du Louvre, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall and Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid. A keen chamber musician, he regularly collaborates with the Philharmonia Quartett Berlin.

At the age of 21 he made his conducting debut with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Since then he has conducted such orchestras as the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla and St. Michel Strings, Finland.

He has received the International Leonardo da Vinci Award for excellence in the field of arts and sciences and is a gold medalist of the City of Athens for his services to music. In 2010 he was appointed Artistic Director of the Corfu Festival of Arts.

Dionysis Grammenos studied at the Liszt School of Music Weimar with Professor Martin Spangenberg.

Dionysis Grammenos was nominated as an ECHO Rising Star by Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall

Performance dates

25.09.2013 – 8 pm
Philharmonie Luxembourg

29.09.2013 – 4 pm
Kölner Philharmonie

30.09.2013 – 8 pm
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

05.01.2014 – 11 am
Sage Gateshead

08.01.2014 – 8 pm
Cité de la musique Paris

16.01.2014 – 7:30 pm
Wiener Konzerthaus

18.01.2014 – 3 pm
Palace of Arts – Budapest

22.01.2014 – 8:15 pm
Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam

23.01.2014 – 7:30 pm
Laeiszhalle Hamburg

26.02.2014 – 8:30 pm
L’Auditori Barcelona

09.03.2014 – 11 am
Bozar Brussels

16.03.2014 – 7 pm
Stockholms Konserthus

22.03.2014
Konzerthaus Dortmund

14.05.2014 – 8:30 pm
Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall  (together with Quatuor Voce)

10.05.2014 – 12 am
Casa da Música Porto

11.05.2014 – 7 pm
Calouste Gulbenkian Lisbon

16.05.2014 – 1 pm
Barbican Centre London

18.05.2014 – 11 am
Town Hall & Symphony Hall Birmingham