Loris Margaritis and his wife faced persecution from the Gestapo after the Nazi invasion of Thessaloniki in 1941, forcing them to escape to Athens.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Loris Margaritis cultivated a 'music-universalism' that balanced German Romanticism, Impressionism, and Modernism in his multi-layered sound.
Composer Biography
Felix Petyrek, a composer featured on this album, collected folksongs from various East European traditions during his military service (1915-1918) as a guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
Composer Biography
The German writer Thomas Mann was present at one of Loris Margaritis's childhood concerts and was inspired to write his romance 'Das Wunderkind' (The Child Prodigy).
Performer Biography
Apostolos Palios, the pianist on this recording, is currently working on a dissertation examining the piano compositions of Loris Margaritis.
Composer Biography
Loris Margaritis, a Greek composer, performer, and music-educator, gained fame as an infant prodigy, playing his own piano compositions at age nine in Munich.
Composer Biography
Loris Margaritis and his Austrian-Jewish wife, Ida Rosenkranz, formed a piano duo that performed across Europe, and their home in Thessaloniki became a center for contemporary musical activities.
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