Leonidas Kavakos

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The next Leonidas Kavakos concert is scheduled for Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at Tonhalle Zürich - Grosser Saal in Zürich, Switzerland. See all 2 upcoming concerts

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Listen to Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: III. Menuetto. Quasi allegro by Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos, see lyrics, music video & more!

Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: III. Menuetto. Quasi allegroYo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos

Listen to Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace — Poco più presto by Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert Blomstedt & Leonidas Kavakos, see lyrics, music video & more!

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace — Poco più prestoVienna Philharmonic, Herbert Blomstedt & Leonidas Kavakos

Listen to Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052R: I. Allegro by Leonidas Kavakos & The Apollon Ensemble, see lyrics, music video & more!

Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052R: I. AllegroLeonidas Kavakos & The Apollon Ensemble

Listen to Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio by Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert Blomstedt & Leonidas Kavakos, see lyrics, music video & more!

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. AdagioVienna Philharmonic, Herbert Blomstedt & Leonidas Kavakos

Listen to Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101: III. Andante grazioso by Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos & Yo-Yo Ma, see lyrics, music video & more!

Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101: III. Andante graziosoEmanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos & Yo-Yo Ma

Listen to Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air by Leonidas Kavakos & The Apollon Ensemble, see lyrics, music video & more!

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. AirLeonidas Kavakos & The Apollon Ensemble

Listen to Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: I. Allegro con brio by Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos & Yo-Yo Ma, see lyrics, music video & more!

Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8: I. Allegro con brioEmanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos & Yo-Yo Ma

Listen to Violin Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056: I. Allegro by Leonidas Kavakos & The Apollon Ensemble, see lyrics, music video & more!

Violin Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056: I. AllegroLeonidas Kavakos & The Apollon Ensemble

Listen to Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau by Leonidas Kavakos, see lyrics, music video & more!

Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en RondeauLeonidas Kavakos

Listen to Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio by Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax, see lyrics, music video & more!

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brioYo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax

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Listen to Brahms, Nielsen, Bach by Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert Blomstedt & Leonidas Kavakos

ALBUMBrahms, Nielsen, BachVienna Philharmonic, Herbert Blomstedt & Leonidas Kavakos

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Listen to Bach: Violin Concertos by Leonidas Kavakos & The Apollon Ensemble

ALBUMBach: Violin ConcertosLeonidas Kavakos & The Apollon Ensemble

Listen to Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 "Archduke" by Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax

ALBUMBeethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 "Archduke"Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax

Listen to Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale" and Op. 1 No. 3 by Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos

ALBUMBeethoven for Three: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale" and Op. 1 No. 3Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos

Listen to Beethoven for Three: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5 by Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax

ALBUMBeethoven for Three: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax

Listen to Bach: Sei Solo by Leonidas Kavakos

ALBUMBach: Sei SoloLeonidas Kavakos

Listen to Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Op. 61, Septet, Op. 20 & Variations on Folk Songs, Op. 105 & 107 by Leonidas Kavakos & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMBeethoven: Violin Concerto, Op. 61, Septet, Op. 20 & Variations on Folk Songs, Op. 105 & 107Leonidas Kavakos & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Brahms: The Piano Trios by Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos

ALBUMBrahms: The Piano TriosYo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos

Listen to Brahms: The Violin Sonatas by Leonidas Kavakos & Yuja Wang

ALBUMBrahms: The Violin SonatasLeonidas Kavakos & Yuja Wang

Listen to Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano by Leonidas Kavakos & Enrico Pace

ALBUMBeethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and PianoLeonidas Kavakos & Enrico Pace

Listen to Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Violin Conderto & Piano Trios by Leonidas Kavakos

ALBUMMendelssohn-Bartholdy: Violin Conderto & Piano TriosLeonidas Kavakos

Listen to Bach & Stravinsky - Works for Violin by Leonidas Kavakos & Peter Nagy

ALBUMBach & Stravinsky - Works for ViolinLeonidas Kavakos & Peter Nagy

Listen to Maurice Ravel: Sonate Posthume, Tzigane - George Enescu: Impressions d'enfance, Sonata No. 3 by Leonidas Kavakos & Peter Nagy

ALBUMMaurice Ravel: Sonate Posthume, Tzigane - George Enescu: Impressions d'enfance, Sonata No. 3Leonidas Kavakos & Peter Nagy

Listen to Paganini: 24 Caprices by Leonidas Kavakos

ALBUMPaganini: 24 CapricesLeonidas Kavakos

Listen to Leonidas Kavakos - Violin Recital by Leonidas Kavakos & Peter Nagy

ALBUMLeonidas Kavakos - Violin RecitalLeonidas Kavakos & Peter Nagy

Listen to Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 (Original Version and Final Version) by Leonidas Kavakos, Sinfonia Lahti & Osmo Vänskä

ALBUMSibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 (Original Version and Final Version)Leonidas Kavakos, Sinfonia Lahti & Osmo Vänskä

Listen to Debut Recording (International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Silver Medalist) by Leonidas Kavakos & Anne Epperson

ALBUMDebut Recording (International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Silver Medalist)Leonidas Kavakos & Anne Epperson

Leonidas Kavakos's Popular Music Videos

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Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma on "Beethoven for Three"

Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio (Arr. for Piano Trio by Colin Matthews)

Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax

Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor - Movement I (excerpt)

Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos

Happy Birthday variations (Theme, Variation II (Haydn), Variation IV (Beethoven), Variation VI (Brahms), Variation X (Viennese style), Variation XIII (tango), Variation XIV (Hungarian style)

Kristóf Baráti, Lisa Batiashvili, Renaud Capuçon, Gerard Caussé, Nobuko Imai, Andrei Ioniță, Brendan Kane, Alexandra Conunova, Vilde Frang, Ilya Gringolts, Leonidas Kavakos, Daniel Lozakovich, Vadim Repin, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Kirill Troussov, Maxim Vengerov, Pinchas Zukerman, Blythe Teh Engstroem, Tabea Zimmermann, Mischa Maisky & Edgar Moreau

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048

Leonidas Kavakos, Maxim Vengerov, Vadim Repin, Gerard Caussé, Nobuko Imai, Andrei Ioniță, Julien Quentin, Pinchas Zukerman, Kristóf Baráti, Vilde Frang, Ilya Gringolts, Lisa Batiashvili, Renaud Capuçon, Blythe Teh Engstroem, Tabea Zimmermann, Mischa Maisky, Edgar Moreau & Brendan Kane

Navarra Fantasy

Kristóf Baráti, Lisa Batiashvili, Renaud Capuçon, Gerard Caussé, Nobuko Imai, Andrei Ioniță, Caroline Dowdle, Leonidas Kavakos, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Kirill Troussov, Maxim Vengerov, Alexandra Conunova, Vilde Frang, Ilya Gringolts, Daniel Lozakovich, Vadim Repin, Pinchas Zukerman, Blythe Teh Engstroem, Tabea Zimmermann, Mischa Maisky, Edgar Moreau & Julien Quentin

Die Fledermaus: Overture

Kristóf Baráti, Renaud Capuçon, Vilde Frang, Gerard Caussé, Andrei Ioniță, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Alexandra Conunova, Leonidas Kavakos, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Kirill Troussov, Blythe Teh Engstroem, Nobuko Imai, Tabea Zimmermann, Mischa Maisky & Edgar Moreau

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The Greek-born violinist found fame at 20 and reemerged in his mid-40s as a major artist.

About Leonidas Kavakos

Hometown

Athens, Greece

Born

1967

Genre

Classical

Greek violinist and conductor Leonidas Kavakos first came to international attention with a 1990 recording of the technically daunting original version of Sibelius’ Violin Concerto Op. 47 (1904). Born in Athens in 1967, Kavakos has a distinctive “open” sound that taps into the violin’s natural resonances, microcosmic tonal shadings, sleight-of hand articulation, and quicksilver technique, evidencing an individualist prepared not to merely follow established norms. Yet it was a 1999 disc featuring Ysaÿe’s six Sonatas for Solo Violin Op. 27 (1923) that fully established Kavakos’ interpretive credentials: the inquisitive exploration of lower dynamic levels, exquisitely subtle use of vibrato (often reduced to a whispered stillness), and fearlessness in shining a light on the darker recesses of Ysaÿe’s creative imagination.