Tedi Papavrami
Albanian-born, Geneva-based violinist Tedi Papavrami has not only fashioned a major international career on the concert stage, but has had success as an actor, notably in France. That said, his focus remains on music, both as a performer and teacher. Papavrami has concertized across Europe, Israel, Turkey, and Japan, and appeared as soloist with such orchestras as the Orchestre de Paris, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Bamberger Symphony. Papavrami's repertory is fairly broad, taking in works by J.S. Bach, Paganini, Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Prokofiev, and Milhaud. One rather offbeat corner of his repertory is the keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti, a number of which he has transcribed for violin and performed. Papavrami regularly appears in chamber music concerts, not least because he is a member of the Schumann Quartet. Papavrami has made numerous recordings, most of them available from Naxos and Aeon.
Tedi Papavrami was born in Tirana, Albania, on May 13, 1971. From age five, he studied with his father, a talented violinist and teacher. At seven he began studies at the Tirana-based Jordan Misja School of Art. He debuted the following year with the Tirana Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Sarasate's Airs Bohémiens.
From 1982, Papavrami studied with Pierre Amoyal, among others, at the Paris Conservatory, graduating at age 15 as first-prize winner in violin performance. In 1986 Papavrami officially relocated to France. He had later studies with Zino Francescatti and Viktoria Mullova.
In 1993 Papavrami won the prestigious Pamplona, Spain-based Sarasate Competition. He quickly drew notice internationally and his first major recording was released in 1997 on the Naxos label, the Prokofiev violin concertos, with Antoni Wit leading the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.
From 2002, Papavrami served as a French translator of the works of Albanian writer Ismael Kadaré. As a guest on a television show with French actress Jeanne Moreau in 2003, Papavrami was engaged through her efforts to play the role of Danceny in the French TV mini-series Les Liaisons Dangereuses, in which he also played the violin.
Papavrami relocated to Geneva, Switzerland, where he accepted the post of professor of violin at the Geneva Conservatory in 2008. Around this time Papavrami began making recordings for the Aeon label, the first issue of which, a CD of Scarlatti sonata transcriptions, appeared in 2009. A 2011 11-disc set on the same label featured works by J.S. Bach and the Solo Sonata of Bela Bartók.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Piano & Violin
François-Frédéric Guy, Tedi Papavrami
Classical - Released by Evidence (LTR) on Sep 29, 2017
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Saint-Saëns - Chausson - Ysaÿe
Tedi Papavrami, François-Xavier Roth, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
Classical - Released by AEON on Apr 22, 2010
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Eugene Ysaÿe : The Complete Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 & Sonata for Two Violins
Chamber Music - Released by Zig-Zag Territoires on Apr 22, 2014
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Bartók & Bach: Sonata for Solo Violin, Fantaisie & Fugue, Suite
Classical - Released by AEON on Feb 14, 2011
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Bartók : Violin Concerto No. 2 - Concerto for Orchestra
Tedi Papavrami, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg , Emmanuel Krivine
Symphonic Music - Released by Alpha Classics on Jun 15, 2015
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Franck & Fauré: Sonates pour violon et piano
Tedi Papavrami, Nelson Goerner
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on May 19, 2017
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Bach: Sonatas & Partitas
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on Sep 10, 2021
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Bach, Paganini, Bartók, Scarlatti & Ysaÿe: Violon seul
Classical - Released by Zig-Zag Territoires on Mar 15, 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Transcriptions pour violon
Classical - Released by AEON on Oct 10, 2006
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PROKOFIEV (THE BEST OF)
Symphonic Music - Released by Naxos on Jun 10, 1997
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Johann Sebastian Bach : Sonatas & Partitas
Violin Solos - Released by Aeon on Mar 31, 2008
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Paganini: 24 Caprices (Live in Tokyo & Studio Version)
Classical - Released by AEON on Oct 5, 2009
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Concertos pour violon n° 1 & n° 2 - Sonate pour violon, op. 115
Classical - Released by Naxos on Dec 17, 1996
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Sonates pour violon & piano
Classical - Released by AEON on Oct 22, 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Raymond Gallois Montbrun
Tedi Papavrami, Gérard Poulet, Boris Garlitsky
Classical - Released by Polymnie on Mar 23, 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo