Vasso Devetzi

Vasso Devetzi (; 9 September 1927 – 1 November 1987) was a Greek pianist. She was renowned for her work, but best known for her relationship with Greek opera singer Maria Callas.

Biography Vasso Devetzi was a Greek pianist. and trained in Paris and Vienna under conductors such as David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Rudolf Barshai. She first performed in the United States in 1970. When discussing her work with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, performing six Piano Concertos by Bach, Marc Pincherle and Maurice Roy for Revue des deux Mondes praised her understanding of his work and the clarity of her technique. Albert Goldberg for Los Angeles Times praised her performance at Royce Hall, calling his review 'rave'.

Devetzi died of a heart attack

Relationship with Maria Callas Devetzi was close friends with opera singer Maria Callas. In 1975, Callas's former lover Aristotle Onassis was hospitalised in the American Hospital of Paris. Callas, greatly devastated, was comforted by Devetzi and updated on his condition by her, as her mother was being treated for cancer in the same hospital. Callas died of a heart attack on 16 September 1977. and arranged the funeral at St. Stephen's Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Paris. She was the executor of Callas's will and testament.

Devetzi allegedly pressured Callas's mother Evangelina and sister Jackie to give her $1 million to establish the Maria Callas Foundation. However, Jackie allegedly claimed that the foundation did not exist, and that none of the funds were donated.