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Tasso Adamopoulos (June 1944 – 3 January 2021)Violist Tasso Adamopoulos has died aged 76
''The Strad''. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
was a French
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of
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origin.


Life and career

Adamopoulos was born in Paris, France. After musical studies in Israel, he became a violist soloist at the
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (RPhO; nl, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest) is a Dutch symphony orchestra based in Rotterdam. Its primary venue is the concert hall De Doelen. The RPhO is considered one of the Netherlands' two principal or ...
at the age of 19. Subsequently, he was successively soloist at the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Ensemble orchestral de Paris and the
Orchestre national de France The Orchestre national de France (ONF; literal translation, ''National Orchestra of France'') is a French symphony orchestra based in Paris, founded in 1934. Placed under the administration of the French national radio (named Radio France since ...
from 1980 to 1990. From 1990, he was a soloist at the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine and a member of the Sartory Trio, with Roland DaugareilRoland Daugareil
on the site of the Conservatoire de Paris and
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. In addition to his concert activity, Adamopoulos taught at the
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger ins ...
and the Conservatoire de Bordeaux where he was responsible for the viola class of the development cycle. He played a
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viola dated 1755. Adamopoulos, who had cancer, died in Paris on 3 January 2021, after contracting
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during the
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.


References


External links


Biography of Tasso Adamopoulos
on Hexagone.net
Tasso Adamopoulos
on data.bnf.fr
Tasso Adamopoulos
on Khloros International Production
Chaconne BACH 4 Violas
with Tasso Adamopoulos, Elçim Ozdemir,
Stéphane Rougier Stéphane Rougier is a French classical violinist . Biography Rougier performs on the biggest international stages in New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Munich, Saint Petersburg... He was admitted at the age of 14 t ...
& Nicolas Mouret
Hommage to Tasso Adamopoulos on French public radio broadcast France Musique

Newspaper article on Portuguese daily newspaper PĂşblico

SIC NotĂ­cias Portuguese private television channel website on Tasso Adamopoulos' death

Obituary on The Violin Channel

Opéra National de Bordeaux on Tasso Adamopoulos death
1944 births 2021 deaths French classical violists Musicians from Paris French music educators 20th-century French musicians 20th-century French male musicians 20th-century classical musicians 21st-century French musicians 21st-century French male musicians 21st-century classical musicians French people of Greek descent Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in France 20th-century violists 21st-century violists {{France-classical-musician-stub