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Katsaris studied piano at the
Paris Conservatoire with Aline van Barentzen and
Monique de la Bruchollerie, and in 1969 he won the piano First Prize. As well as piano, Katsaris also studied chamber music with
René Leroy and
Jean Hubeau, and he won First Prize for this in 1970.
Katsaris gave his first public concert in Paris, at the
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 8 May 1966. He performed the
Hungarian Fantasy by
Liszt, with the Orchestre Symphonique d'Ile-de-France conducted by René-Pierre Chouteau. Since then he has carried on to perform with many orchestras and conductors.
