Lito Thomou performs 8 Piano Preludes by the composer Grigoris Grigoriou released by Donemus Records

Grigoris Grigoriou works in the field of contemporary orchestral music. Born into an artistic family and his involvement with the music is definitely his natural evolution. His works attract the listener’s interest from the beginning, even if someone is not familiar or has studied serious music.

Preludes 1–5 are written in 2005. The last 4 Preludes are composed in 2020. These preludes are virtuoze works that offer a wide variety of colors and pianistic performing technics.

Pianist Lito Thomou

Lito Thomou at the age of seventeen graduated from the National Conservatory with First Prize and Medal for Outstanding Performance. She continued her studies with Constantin Ganev and Julia Ganeva in Sofia and with Germaine Mounier at Ecole Normale de Musique, in Paris, where she graduated with a Diplome Superieur d’ Execution de Piano with the highest distinction. She was decorated in international piano competitions Concorso Pianistico Giovani Pianisti (in Marsala, Italy), Albert Roussel (Sofia) and Guilde (in Paris). She has appeared as soloist with orchestras, in chamber music concertsand solo recitals in many European countries (Greece, Italy, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Ukraine). She has recorded for the Greek, Bulgarian, Ukrainian television and Radio.She has presented in world premiere works by Greek and foreign composers. In this context she has worked with the ensemble ‘Skalkottas’, with the Greek Composers Union, with the Orchestra of Colours and Camerata Orchestra.