Year of birth: 1997
Place of birth: Nicosia
Educated in: London
Place of residence: London
Finalist of the 65th Ferruccio Busoni
International Piano Competition
04/09/2025 21:00 CET
Solo program: Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit: 1. Ondine; 2. Le gibet; 3. Scarbo Olivier Messiaen: from Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jésus: 13. Noël With Simply Quartet: César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor Molto moderato quasi lento Lento, con molto sentimento Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco
Fountos began taking piano lessons at the age of 5, and at age 17, he debuted as soloist with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. A year later, he moved to London for further piano studies, where he eventually graduated with a Bachelor of Music, a Master of Music and an Artist Diploma with full marks and numerous prizes. He had studied with full scholarship. Since then, he has been active as a soloist, with recent performances of piano concerts by Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Ravel and others. He has a busy concert schedule as the pianist of the Waldstein Trio, that has performed at the Brahms Saal of the Wiener Musikverein, Beethovenhaus Bonn, and other venues in Europe. He is a junior fellow at Trinity Laban Conservatoire and a Silver Medal winner and Young Artist of The Musicians’ Company of the City of London.