Leonidas Kavakos (Greek: Λεωνίδας Καβάκος; born 30 October 1967) is a Greek violinist and conductor. As a violinist, he has won prizes at several international violin competitions, including the Sibelius, Paganini, Naumburg, and Indianapolis competitions. He is an Onassis Foundation scholar. He has also recorded for record labels such as Sony/BMG and BIS. As a conductor, he was an artistic director of the Camerata Salzburg and has been a guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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Camerata Salzburg
Austrian chamber orchestra
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Shlomo Mintz
Israeli violin virtuoso, violist and conductor
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Gil Shaham
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Pekka Kuusisto
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Alexandre Da Costa
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Hilary Hahn
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Paavo Berglund
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Frank Peter Zimmermann
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Sarah Chang
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Truls Mørk
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Viviane Hagner
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Philippe Quint
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Vilde Frang
classical violinist
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Guila Bustabo
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Robert Davidovici
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Giuliano Carmignola
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Dénes Zsigmondy
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Nicolas Dautricourt
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Andrew Manze
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Ida Haendel
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Carl von Garaguly
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Midori Gotō
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Robert Mann
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Lera Auerbach
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Yuja Wang
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Esa-Pekka Salonen
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