Spiros rantos biography

RIP

Spiros Rantos died in Brisbane on Friday.
Obituary by Breandáin O’Shea.

Born in Corfu in 1945, Rantos studied in Athens and, at 18, was offered a position at Linz Opera by its visiting chief conductor.

Rantos continued his education at the Vienna Musikhochschule under Eduard Melkus and Ricardo Odnoposoff.

Greek-Australian Violinist Spiros Rantos has Died, Aged 78

He was concertmaster of the Capella Academica in Vienna in 1968 and taught at the Graz Conservatorium. He later studied with Franco Gulli at Indiana University in the US. His exceptional talent was recognised with chamber music prizes from competitions in Italy and France. Throughout his career, Rantos recorded for prestigious labels including Deutsche Grammophon, Harmonia Mundi, and Grevillea Records, and was regularly featured in national broadcasts across Europe, Asia and Australia.

In 1976, he came with the Vienna-based chamber group Ensemble I to Australia for a residency in Melbour Anne Harvey-Nagl - Australian World Orchestra SEGIZ