Louis Demetrius Alvanis

Who is Louis Demetrius Alvanis?

Louis Demetrius Alvanis is a classical pianist. He is of Greek origins.

Alvanis performs the full range of keyboard repertoire from the Baroque masters to contemporary serious music. He is particularly noted for his performances of the Romantics, especially Chopin, Schumann and Brahms some of which have been recorded on CD with Meridian Records.

Since his highly acclaimed Royal Festival Hall concerto debut before a capacity audience, London-born pianist Louis Demetrius Alvanis has established an international career and a reputation as a musician of outstanding brilliance and sensitivity. He performs throughout Europe, the UK, and in the USA every season, in addition to regular London appearances where he has played solo recitals in the major concert halls such as the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Fairfield Halls, St Johns Smith Square, Wigmore Hall and the Barbican Hall.

Alvanis is a regular guest at many prestigious international festivals and venues, amongst which the Societa del Quartetto Italy, Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Series USA, Toyota Concert Hall Japan, Centre Musical Bosendorfer Paris, Sligo Arts Festival, Windsor Festival, National Concert Hall Celebrity Recital Series Dublin, Saint-Amand Montrond Festival in France, Bern Casino in Switzerland, Santo Stefano Festival Bologna, Musikseminar in Hamburg, Martinu Concert Hall for Trutnov European Musical Summer Festival, Josef Suk Spring Festival and Bystrice pod Hostynem Festival Czech Republic, Pharos Trust Concert Series Cyprus, Alba Music Festival, and Villa Carlotta Concert Series on Lake Como in Italy. On many occasions he has appeared in Poland; the Ostrogski Palace in Warsaw for the International Federation of Chopin Societies, the Powsin International Piano Festival, Chopin’s birthplace in Zelazowa Wola, and open air all-Chopin recitals under the Chopin Monument at the Lazienki Park in Warsaw; in London he is a regular performer for the Chopin Society.