On the occasion of his award in the international Piano Competition De Bach au Jazz with the special prize “Manos Hadjidakis 100 years anniversary”(July 2025), Lefteris Gavalas presents a recital that unites different eras and styles.
On Friday 24 April, at the Crete Cultural Conference Centre, at 9pm, the award-winning Greek pianist will perform works by great composers with his unparalleled technique.
From Bach’s Partita in C minor and Beethoven’s last sonata, he moves on to Mendelssohn’s romantic Fantasia and culminates with Hatzidakis’s Ionian Suite in a programme where tradition meets lyricism and contemporary Greek creation.
Lefteris Gavalas (Athens, 2004) is a pianist with studies in Greece and France. He graduated in 2025 with a Diplôme de Concert from the Schola Cantorum de Paris, in the class of Agathis Leimini, and with a Piano Diploma from the Hellenic Conservatory with Acceptance with distinction, First Prize and Gold Medal.
He has performed at major venues and festivals, including the Megaron of Athens, the Lillian Voudouri Music Library, the Parnassos Literary Society, the National Archaeological Museum and the Numismatic Museum of Athens, as well as internationally at the Auditorium San Domenico (Folinio, Italy) and at the Kasteel d’Ursel (Belgium), in the framework of the Primavera Pianistica – Aquiles Delle Vigne International Piano Academy festival.
He has been awarded in many competitions, including Piano Magic (1st prize, 2024 and 2025), London Young Musician, Muse Competition, Great Masters etc. In July 2025 he was awarded a special prize for his performance of Manos Hatzidakis’ Ionian Suite at the international piano competition De Bach Au Jazz. He studies musicology at ECPA and holds a Diploma in Harmony (class of Eleni Anagnostopoulou).
