Mentored by Yonty Solomon at the Royal College of Music in London, Lazaridis also worked with Alfred Brendel, Ruth Nye, Domna Evnouhidou, Paul Badura-Skoda, Noretta Conci Leech and Douglas Finch.
[2] Lazaridis enjoys an international career that has taken him from the United States and Mexico to Europe, Russia, Egypt, and the Middle East.
[2] And his new rhapsodic song-cycle 'Tragic Love', written for the singer Maria Farandouri, received its world premier at the Ancient Epidaurus Theatre in July 2008.
In 2000, he co-founded ADAP, an International Association of Artists giving worldwide performances for Peace (www.adapinternational.com), from which he resigned after 10 years of activity, for ideological reasons.
He has performed under the direction of such distinguished luminaries as Sir Neville Marriner, Ingo Metzmacher, Theodor Guschlbauer among others and has collaborated with renowned ensembles and artists including the Michael Tilson Thomas.
Upcoming performances include an international concert tour with the KYKLOS ensemble starting at the Athens International Festival 2013, sequel concerts at New York's Carnegie Hall and Princeton University, a series of recitals at the Athens Opera House and Oxford University, as well as concerto performances in Rumania and Estonia with the Bacau Philharmonic.
Lazaridis' performances have been characterized as "Special enough to be beyond comparison" ([BBC Music Magazine], [Adrian Jack]), and of "Such drama, power and concentration, that hold their own even if you stop to consider celebrated recordings of Horowitz, Argerich, Brendel and Zimmerman".
In 2006 the artistic committee of ECHO (European Concert Hall Organization) selected Lazaridis as the Megaron Rising Star candidate for the 2006/07 season.