Reveries · Tsitsanis Museum

YRIART, in collaboration with the Tsitsanis Museum, presents the successful piano recital Reveries outside Athens for the first time, with distinguished pianists Nick Venner and Chris Yonas. In the museum’s contemporary concert space in Trikala, the two artists perform works by celebrated composers, offering a journey through the pre-classical, Romantic and post-Romantic musical traditions.

The event is supported by Forlabels, Victory Promise, M2 Intelligence, Yonas Design, Dikaios Dental, Gogreek, and INICIO Coffee, Gastro & Cocktails.

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Programme

Part I · Chris Yonas
Alexander Scriabin: Étude in C-sharp major, Op. 2 No. 1
Alexander Scriabin: Prelude & Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9
Alexander Scriabin: Étude in F-sharp major, Op. 42 No. 4
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Franz Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major
Franz Liszt: Concert Étude No. 3, Un Sospiro, in D-flat major
Claude Debussy: L’Isle joyeuse, L. 106

Interval

Part II · Nick Venner
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Cyclopes
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in E minor, K. 98
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): Piano Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI:37
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44
Franz Liszt (1811–1886): Grandes Études de Paganini No. 6 in A minor, S. 141

Artist biographies

Chris Yonas

Chris Yonas is a distinguished Greek-Australian pianist and composer, known for his accomplished piano performances and distinctive artistic identity. He began his studies at Music Horizons Conservatory and received his Soloist Diploma in Piano with unanimous distinction and First Prize in 2016, studying with pianist and educator Betty Gaitanou-Barzouka. He completed the International Baccalaureate at Athens College and graduated from Deree – The American College of Greece (ACG), where he continued his piano studies with internationally renowned pianist and educator Dimitri Toufexis, receiving a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) and a Bachelor in Music Performance. He graduated summa cum laude and received the Deree Hood Award, the institution’s highest award, alongside the Outstanding Graduate Award (Music), Artistic Achievement Award and International Honors Award for his artistic activity and interdisciplinary academic achievement.

His international education includes studies at the University of Melbourne in Australia, Mozarteum University Salzburg in Austria, and Stanford University in the United States, where he pursued interdisciplinary studies in philosophy and mathematics.

As a soloist, he has received distinctions in national and international music competitions and performed at leading venues in Greece and abroad, including the Athens Concert Hall, the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera, the Parnassos Literary Society, the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, Mozarteum University in Austria, the Victoria College of the Arts in Melbourne, Branner Hall in San Francisco, and Vårdklockan Church on the Swedish island of Gotland.

In 2025, in recognition of his artistic activity, he was honoured with the Academy of Athens’ “Eleni Tim. Mykoniou” Artistic Award for Piano Performance, awarded by its Class of Letters and Arts.

Nick Venner

Nick Venner is a distinguished Greek pianist, known for his accomplished artistic career and distinctions in national and international music competitions. He began his studies at the National Conservatory and received his Piano Diploma with unanimous distinction and First Prize from the I. Syngelakis Conservatory in 2018, studying with internationally renowned pianist and educator Dimitri Toufexis. He graduated from Deree – The American College of Greece and the Open University in the United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Arts in Music, receiving magna cum laude honours and the Outstanding Senior Achievement Award for his artistic activity.

He completed a Master’s in Music Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with a scholarship from the A.G. Leventis Foundation. His competition awards include Second Prize at the V Encontro Internacional de Piano de Sardoal, the ISCART Piano Competition in Switzerland, the International Moscow Competition, and the Panhellenic UNESCO Piano Competition. In 2022, he received the Academy of Athens’ award for Piano Performance from its Class of Letters and Fine Arts.

As a soloist, he has performed at leading venues and cultural institutions in Greece and abroad, including the Athens Concert Hall, the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera, the Parnassos Literary Society, the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow, Mozarteum University in Salzburg, St James’s in London, Teatro Mazzacorati 1763 in Bologna, and the Schola Cantorum in Paris. At the Schola Cantorum, studying with acclaimed piano professor Agathe Leimoni, he recently received the Diplôme Supérieur for his technical accomplishment and musical interpretation.