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Christos Fountos

Year of birth: 1997
Place of birth: Nicosia
Educated in: London
Place of residence: London

Finalist of the 65th Ferruccio Busoni
International Piano Competition

Solo Semifinals

29/08/2025 16:00 CET

Program

F. Busoni: Preludi op. 37, BV 181: n. 17, 21, 22 D. Scarlatti: Sonata in sol minore, K. 35 S. Rachmaninov: Variations sur un thème de Corelli, op. 42  



Biography

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.