Background
Papavrami was born in Tirana in 1971 and started to play the violin at the age of four. He studied violin with his father, well known Professor Robert Papavrami, which impacted heavily on the artistic future of his son.
Papavrami was born in Tirana in 1971 and started to play the violin at the age of four. He studied violin with his father, well known Professor Robert Papavrami, which impacted heavily on the artistic future of his son.
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse.
At age 8 he interpreted Sarasate"s "Arie Bohemienne" with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Tirana, and three years later Paganini"s first violin concerto. In September 1982, thanks to flautist Alain Marion, the French government offered him a scholarship to study at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris under the direction of Pierre Amoyal. In 1987 he received a degree at the Lausanne Conservatory.
Papavrami then continued his musical studies under the direction of Zino Francescatti and Viktoria Mullova.
In addition to his international career as a violinist, Papavrami has appeared in Les Liaisons dangereuses, the 2003 French film made for television, playing Raphael Danceny, the music tutor to Cécile de Volanges (Leelee Sobieski). He has also become the French translator of Ismail Kadaré"s literary works since the death in 2002 of Jusuf Vrioni.
Tedi Papavrami has played in Europe, South Africa, Turkey, Japan, Israel, with the Orchestra of Bologna, Bamberger Symphoniker, Orchestre de Paris, et cetera He has been guided by known orchestra directors such as K.Sanderling, C.Hogwood, A.Pappano, L.Langree, G.Varga, Z.Macal and J.C.Casadesus.
In the 2000-2001 season he has performed with the Orchestre de Nice, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liege, et cetera, and has conducted several tours in Japan with "24 capricci" of Paganini.
Tedi Papavrami regularly plays chamber music with P.Bianconi, H.Sermet, M.Rubackyte, P.Meyer, East.Lesage, R.Oleg and G.Hoffman. He has interpreted the film Provincial Chronicle (2009).