Vassilis Priovolos

Vassilis Priovolos is a musicologist and performer, with a DMA in “Baroque Music” with specification in the “Concertos of Vivaldi for Bassoon”. He also holds a Master and a BA Degree in Music Performance from City University of London and Royal Northern College of Music respectively. Currently he completed his research (MPhil) in the “Redaction & Edition of Vivaldi’s manuscripts” in University of York (UK) with a scholarship from the Alexandros Onassis Foundation. His last article was published by Mediterranean Chronicle Magazine in the field of Rhetoric and Music in the Baroque period.

Vassilis Priovolos holds the position as principal bassoonist with the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Athens since 2007. He has also various participations in several orchestras in Greece and abroad. He was a Lecturer in the Faculty of Music Studies (Ionian University) as well as in the Faculty of Italian Language and Literature (University of Athens ). He is also an active tutor in the Conservatory of Athens. He has also taught at the Bracche International Music Festival. Since 1995, is leading the Medieval Consort “Lyrae Cantus”, which has collaborated with the composer Vaggelis Papathanassiou for the movie “El Greco’.