Tasso Adamopoulos
Tasso Adamopoulos (June 1944, Paris, France – 2 January 2021[1]) was a French violist of Greek origin. Tasso Adamopoulos, who was fighting cancer, died in Paris on the 2nd of January 2021 after contracting COVID-19.[1]
Career
Adamopoulos was born in Paris, France. After musical studies in Israel, he became a violist soloist at the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 19. Subsequently, he was successively soloist at the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Ensemble orchestral de Paris and the Orchestre national de France from 1980 to 1990. From 1990, he was a soloist at the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine and a member of the Sartory Trio, with Roland Daugareil[2] and Étienne Péclard.
In addition to his concert activity, Adamopoulos taught at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon and the Conservatoire de Bordeaux where he was responsible for the viola class of the development cycle.
He played a Landolfi viola dated 1755.
Due to the quality and singularity of his musical career, he left a significant contribution to the classical music of the 20th and 21th centuries, dignifying and expanding the viola whether in the context of chamber music or big orchestras. His students occupy positions in leading European orchestras.
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Tasso Adamopoulos was the brother of violinist and conductor Thanos Adamopoulos and of violinist Eve Adamopoulos. He was the father of Portuguese writer and former journalist Sarah Adamopoulos (b. 1964), French kindergarten teacher and pedagogue Natacha Adamopoulos (b. 1966), Portuguese light designer Tasso Adamopoulos (b. 1972), French musician, composer and producer Charlie Adamopoulos (b. 1973) and Constance Adamopoulos (b. 2003). He was the grandfather of Carolina (b. 1993), Faustine (b. 2007) and Pénélope (b. 2009).
References
- ^ a b Violist Tasso Adamopoulos has died aged 76 The Strad. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ Roland Daugareil on the site of the Conservatoire de Paris
External links
- Biography of Tasso Adamopoulos on Hexagone.net
- Tasso Adamopoulos on data.bnf.fr
- Tasso Adamopoulos on Khloros International Production
- Chaconne BACH 4 Violas with Tasso Adamopoulos, Elçim Ozdemir, Stéphane Rougier & Nicolas Mouret
- Hommage to Tasso Adamopoulos on French public radio broadcast France Musique
- Newspaper article on Portuguese daily newspaper Público
- SIC Notícias Portuguese private television channel website on Tasso Adamopoulos' death
- Obituary on The Violin Channel
- Opéra National de Bordeaux on Tasso Adamopoulos death
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