Leonidas Kavakos

Greek violinist and conductor · Greece · On the map · Musicians · Born 1967 · age 59

Leonidas Kavakos is a Greek violinist and conductor. He has won several international violin competition prizes, including the Sibelius, Paganini, Naumburg, and Indianapolis competitions. He is an Onassis Foundation scholar. He has also recorded for record labels such as Sony/BMG and BIS.

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2022Named Member of the Athens AcademyOfficefrom 17 March 2022Gold Medal of Hellenic ParliamentAward2017Léonie Sonning Music PrizeAward2013Echo Klassik - Instrumentalist of the YearAward1991Leonardo da Vinci International Art AwardAward1967Born30 October 1967

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Awards

Gold Medal of Hellenic Parliament2022

Léonie Sonning Music Prize2017

Echo Klassik - Instrumentalist of the Year2013

Leonardo da Vinci International Art Award1991

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As a conductor, he was an artistic director of the Camerata Salzburg and has been a guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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Greece