Rafailia Kapsokavadi
Rafailia kapsokavadi
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BIOGRAPHY
Award-winning Greek violinist, Rafailia Kapsokavadi is the recipient of several international awards such as the Alion Baltic International Festival, 1st Prize at the Prague Summer Nights International Young Artists Music Festival and Performance Excellence Award and 1st prize at the Pärnu International Music Festival in the summer of 2021, among others.
Rafailia has been performing with orchestras in both Europe and USA, including the MOUSA Greek orchestra, Western Piedmont Symphony, Johnson City Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Tallinn Philharmonic in Estonia, Mannes Orchestra, New England Symphonic Ensemble, Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra, Chelsea Symphony and New Jersey Symphony, among others.
Very attached to chamber music, Rafailia has performed with Albert Markov, Sergei Stadler, Stanislav Pronin, Omiros Yavroumis, David Russell, Ivry Gitlis, Alissa Margulis, Leila Josefowicz, Stefan Jackiw and others. She has performed at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, David Geffen Hall, DiMenna Center, Megaron Mousikis Thessalonikis, and the Sibelius Academy.
Rafailia received her Bachelor of Music from the Hayes School of Music in North Carolina, being a prize-winning scholar of the 'Adam P. Kephart Endowed Scholarship' throughout her studies and her Master’s Degree from Mannes School of Music as the recipient of the Presidential Scholarship at the New School, studying with Daniel and Todd Phillips. She also received the Dean’s Award for outstanding achievements in classical music. Prior to that, she studied with Omiros Yavroumis at the Thessaloniki Conservatory of Music. Past summers have taken her to the Eastern Music Festival, Ravinia Steans Institute, Taos School of Music, the Meadowmount School of Music and Classical Bridge Music Festival.
Rafailia is currently performing on an Italian violin by Pietro Antonio Dalla Costa, generously on loan from a Charitable Trust.
2025/2026
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