Konstantinos Destounis

Pianist Konstantinos Destounis (b. 1991 in Athens) is regarded as one of the most prominent Greek artists of his generation. His discography includes the Complete Piano Works by Maurice Ravel (Brilliant Classics), Theodore Antoniou (Naxos, world première recording) and Naresh Sohal (Toccata Classics, world première recording). He is a Piano Professor at the Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University in Corfu, Greece. As a soloist he collaborates with numerous orchestras in Greece, Germany, Spain, the UK, Malta and Australia and he performs recitals in International Festivals. He has won many International Piano Competitions, most notably the Grand Prix Maria Callas in Athens, the Southern Highlands in Canberra and the Bremen European Piano Competition. As the winner of Greece’s national competition, he represented his country at the Eurovision Young Musicians in Vienna. For his artistry and his contribution to music, he has received awards by the Academy of Athens, the Hellenic Association of Theatre and Performing Arts Critics and the Yamaha Music Foundation. After studying the piano with Agathe Leimoni (Hellenic Conservatory, Athens), Igor Petrin (University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece) and Rolf Plagge (Mozarteum University, Salzburg), he went on to receive a Doctor of Music degree by the Royal College of Music in London, for his research on Theodore Antoniou’s piano works.