Born in Paris in 1946, Thanos Adamopoulos started his musical studies with his father in Israel. He first came to the attention of the musical world in 1957, when he and members of his family appeared on US television with Leonard Bernstein and Isaac Stern.

At the age of 19 he was appointed solo violinist of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Following successful engagements as concertmaster of the Belgian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Antwerp Philharmonic, Mr. Adamopoulos was named concertmaster of the Monnaie Symphony Orchestra in Brussels, a post he held for 25 years, while also teaching at the Brussels Royal Conservatory.

Thanos Adamopoulos is also visiting professor at the Queen Elisabeth Music College of Belgium.

Active as a conductor in Europe, the United States and Asia, Mr. Adamopoulos is music director of the Chapelle de Larraine, a chamber orchestra based in Brussels. A member of the Monnaie Piano Trio, Mr. Adamopoulos has completed successful tours of Russia, Spain and Iceland as leader of the Lille Sextet.

The BPO is honoured to collaborate with Thanos Adamopoulos as its Strings Coach since 2006.

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15-04-2009