Curriculum Vitae
Karakantas Dimitris
Violinist
Born in Larissa, Greece in 1987, Dimitris Karakantas took his first violin lessons at the age of 8 in the Municipal Conservatory of his home town. At 13, he continued his studies in the Thessaloniki State Conservatory with Prof. Dimitris Handrakis until his Diploma with special prize for excellent performance. At the age of 15, he moved to Vienna to continue his studies, first with Regina Brandstatter in the young talent's class of the Graz Music University and then at the Vienna Music University, in the Master Class of the famous Primarius of the legendary Alban Berg Quartett, Prof Gunter Pichler and with the internationally acclaimed soloist Joanna Madroszkiewicz. He also studies Sound Engineering and Music Production at the Vienna Music University and Baroque Violin with Prof. Ulrike Engel at the Vienna Konservatorium.
Dimitris has won the first prize in almost all important Greek violin competitions as well as the First Prize and Audience's Prize in the World Festival of Young Musicians in Moldavia, and has received scholarships from the "Megaron" concert hall in Athens as well as the Greek National scholarship.
As a soloist, he has performed with major Greek and Austrian orchestras and has given recitals in Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Turkey, Greece and Moldavia in important concert halls as the Musikverein in Vienna, the Megaron Concert Hall in Thessaloniki, the Greek National Opera House in Athens a.o.
He participated in many masterclasses of famous teachers and musicians as Zakhar Bron, Lukas David, Ara Malikian, Eugeny Dournovo, Georgios Demertzis, Georgios Hatzinikos a.o.
He plays on a violin by Paolo Antonio Testore, made in Milan in 1757.
Repertoire
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J. S. Bach
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Violin Concerto in A Minor BWV1041
Violin Concerto in E Major BWV1042
Concerto for two Violins in D Minor BWV1043
Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C Minor BWV1060
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L. v. Beethoven
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Violin Concerto in D Major Op.61
Two Romanzas for Violin and Orchestra Op.40 & Op.50
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M. Bruch
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Violin Concerto no.1 in G Minor Op. 26
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J. Haydn
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Violin Concerto in C Major (Hob. Vlla:1)
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A. Khachaturian
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Violin Concerto
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E. Lalo
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Symphonie Espagnole
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F. Mendelssohn
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Concerto for Violin and Strings in D Minor
Violin Concerto in E Minor Op.64
Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings in D Minor
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W. A. Mozart
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Violin Concerto no.1 in B flat Major K.207
Violin Concerto no.2 in D Major K.211
Violin Concerto no.3 in G Major K.216
Violin Concerto no.4 in D Major K.218
Violin Concerto no.5 in A Major K.219
Synfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola in E flat Major K.364
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S. Prokofiev
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Violin Concerto no.1
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M. Ravel
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Tzigane, Rapsodie de Concert
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C. Saint-Saëns
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Violin Concerto no.3 in B Minor Op.61
Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Havanaise
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P. de Sarasate
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Zigeunerweisen Carmen Fantasy
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F. Schubert
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Rondo for Violin & Strings in A Major D.438
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R. Schumann
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Violin Concerto in D Minor WoO 23
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J. Sibelius
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Violin Concerto in D Minor Op.47
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I. Stravinsky
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Violin Concerto in D (1931)
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P. I. Tchaikovsky
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Violin Concerto in D Major Op.35
Souvenir DUn Lieu Cher
Serenade Melancolique
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H. Vieuxtemps
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Violin Concerto no.2 Fsharp Minor Op.19
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G. B. Viotti
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Violin Concerto no.22 in A Minor
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A. Vivaldi
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The Four Seasons and other Concertos
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H. Wieniawski
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Violin Concerto no.2 in D Minor Op.22 Legende
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