Charis Dimaras

D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music; M.M., Juilliard School; diploma, Royal College of Music, London.  Studies with Aldo Ciccolini, Hans Graf, Solomon Mikowsky, Alan Rowlands, Gyorgy Sandor, piano; Anner Bylsma, Mario Brunello, Felix Galimir, Jacob Lateiner, Alain Meunier, chamber music; Lazar Berman, Aldo Ciccolini, Hans Graf, Andrea Lucchesini, Tatiana Nikolayeva, piano seminars; Sarah Arneson, Lorine Buffington, Helen Conath, Cynthia Hoffman, Edith Mathis, Elisabeth Mosher, Katia Ricciarelli, Sarah Walker, vocal seminars. Formerly, faculty, University of Miami summer program in Salzburg; teaching fellow, Royal College of Music, Ethnikon National Conservatory in Athens; private piano and vocal coaching, London and New York. Performances at Salzburg Mozarteum International summer concerts, Brighton and Newcastle International Chamber Music Festivals, University Sacaellum, Amsterdam Concertgebouw Hall, Holland Music Sessions, Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Juilliard Theater, Merkin Concert Hall, Alice Tully Hall. Solo performances with Greek National Symphony Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, MAV Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Royal College of Music concerto competition. Collaborations with violinist Janice Graham, cellist Roman Mekinulov, violist Karl Tomlin, mezzo-soprano Leah Summers. First prize, Conferenza Musicale Mediterranea; top prize, Palma d’Oro International Chamber Music Competition; national finalist, BBC Young Musician of the Year 1990 Competition. Recipient, International Richard Wagner Foundation Scholarship Award, Artists International Distinguished Artists Award.