Co-Director in Europe
RAMZI YASSA
Ramzi Yassa is the winner of several international prizes.
He has appeared both live and on television throughout the world
in such venues as
the Barbican, the Berliner Philharmonie, the Kennedy Center,
the Mann Auditorium, the Musikverein
the Palau, the Tivoli, the Théâtre des Champs Elysées,
the Palais des Beaux Arts…
His concerto performances have associated him
with such conductors as Vladimir Ashkenazy
Charles Groves, Yehudi Menuhin, Zubin Mehta, Leonard Slatkin, Horst Stein.
Ramzi Yassa was born in Cairo where he started his piano lessons with his mother. He graduated from the Cairo Conservatoire and then joined the
Tchaikovsky Conservatoire in Moscow.In 1977 he won the First Grand Prix in the Santander International Competition, as well as the Special Prize E.Casanueva. His CD recordings include among others, works by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Chopin, and the Beethoven piano concertos. He received the Franz Liszt Centenary Commemorative Medal.
Ramzi Yassa was invited to take part in the jury of international competitions in the United States and Europe. He has also participated both as a performer and a speaker to events organized by Unesco. Besides his performing activities, he is Pianoforte Professor at the Ecole Normale de Musique "Alfred Cortot" in Paris where he has been living since 1977. Ramzi Yassa is the artistic director of the International Music Center in Manasterly Palace, Cairo, a post he held for the past seven years In 2007 he was the first Egyptian performer musician to be awarded the Merit State Prize.
Lauréat de nombreux prix internationaux, Ramzi Yassa s'est produit ŕ travers le monde dans des salles aussi prestigieuses que le Barbican, le Kennedy Center, le Mann Auditorium, le Musikverein, le Palau, la Philharmonie de Berlin, Salle Gaveau le Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Sala Verdi, le Tivoli... Ses concerts avec orchestre l'ont déjŕ associé ŕ des chefs tels Vladimir Ashkenazy, Charles Groves, Yehudi Menuhin, Zubin Mehta, Leonard Slatkin, Horst Stein...
Aprčs ses études au Conservatoire du Caire, Ramzi Yassa entre au Conservatoire Tchaďkovsky de Moscou dans la classe de Serguei Dorensky Lauréat du Concours Marguerite Long il remporte le Premier Grand Prix du Concours International de Santander.
A ses activités de concertiste, Ramzi Yassa ajoute celles du pédagogue; il est professeur ŕ l'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris " Alfred Cortot ". Il s’est produit comme soliste avec l’Orchestre Symphonique de Berlin, Le Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, L’Orchestre du Mozarteum de Salzbourg, l’Orchestre Philharmonique Tchčque. Il a enregistré plusieurs CD consacrés ŕ Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev est l’intégrale des concertos de Beethoven avec l’Orchestre Symphonique du Caire dirigé par A. Elsaedi.
Il participe aux jurys de concours internationaux aux Etats Unis, en Europe et au Moyen-Orient. Il a été invité au jury du Concours International de Piano de Santander, du concours Vladimir Horowitz ŕ Kiev, de Porto, Rhodes ainsi qu’au concours de Leeds. Depuis 2002, Ramzi Yassa est le directeur artistique du International Music Center, Manasterly Palace au Caire.
Ramzi Yassa
Pianist
Professor at Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot"
Artistic Director of the International Music Center. Manasterly Palace
1 rue Laurent Pichat
75116 Paris. France
+33664177826
ryassa@gmail.com