Molecular organ: Rehearsals on Sep 25th with Studio Dan Vienna
Photos courtesy of Klaus Dorfegger
Molecular organ rehearsals (photo gallery)
27 Tuesday Sep 2016
In two weeks in MusikProtokoll Graz
24 Saturday Sep 2016
https://studiodan.at/projekte/molekularorgelmusik/
October 7th, 2016 | 17:00
TU Graz, Neue Chemie, Graz, Austria
Phasma-Music announcement of the winners of Call for Recording “One-Minute”
04 Sunday Sep 2016
Posted in Competition
Glad to be among the Winners and Selected Composers of the Phasma Music first Call for Recording “One – Minute” (2016 edition).
Selected work: Etude in Quarter Tones for piccolo flute
Submitted works were for solo flute (piccolo, flute, alto, bass) with a duration of one minute or less. The intention for selected submissions is to present them in live performance in programs and then to record them for a CD made up exclusively of submissions from this call to be released on Sarton Label Full physical and digital distribution via Warner Music, Naxos Music Library, Linn, Hdtracks, Qobuz, HighResAudio, eClassical, theClassicalShop.net, iTrax, ProStudioMasters, Onkyo, iTunes and more.
Composing for the molecular organ by Constantin Luser
21 Tuesday Jun 2016
Posted in New works
I am very happy to be part of a group of composers who will have the opportunity to compose a new work for Constantin Luser’s Molecular Organ. Premiere of all new works will be on October 7th at the Musikprotokoll Graz, the Austrian festival for contemporary and experimental music !
The instrument, which is located at the courtyard of the New Chemistry building of the University of Technology at Graz, Austria, is a unique, playful and yet serious interactive tubular sculpture and, at the same time, a set of instruments for an entire brass band: Fourteen trumpets, fourteen trombones, seven tubas, out of which we are utilizing a subset of 3 trumpets, 2 or 3 trombones, and 1 tuba.
Photos courtesy of Elisabeth Harnik.
“d’ogne luce muto…” (2003) for piano [video/score]
02 Monday May 2016
Posted in commission, Recording
“d’ ogne luce muto…” (2003), for piano. Commissioned by SCI and ASCAP. Ioanna Polisoidis – piano.
Published by BabelScores (http://www.babelscores.com/catalog/instrumental/d-ogne-luce-muto)
Program notes:
The work consists of a limited number of brief chord progressions that are woven, rewoven, and occasionally juxtaposed to form longer static moments into the structure. The reduction of the sound elements, on the other hand, is intended to shift the listeners’ attention to the inner life of the piano – it’s resonance, so that the music exists rather in the space between the piano and the audience.
1st Place, Concert Etudes for piccolo Composition Competition
04 Monday Apr 2016
Posted in Awards, Competition
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Early this morning (Greek Time), dr. Patricia Surman, flutist, announced the results of the Concert Etudes for Piccolo Composition Competition.
Happy to share with you that my piece Etude in Quarter Tones received the 1st place.
What a great way to start the day!
“…anD…” (2012) for viola [video/score]
06 Sunday Mar 2016
Posted in video w/score
“…anD…” (2012) for viola [7:30]. Commissioned by Dimitrios Polisoidis, violist of the Ensemble Klangforum
“… anD … “ is a challenging, unquenchablly intricate recital piece that allows the performer to display his/her technical prowess. This sense of bravura is unequivocally inspired by Dimitrios Polisoidis’s dazzling virtuosic skill, to whom the work is heartly dedicated.
The surface of the work, with its prevalent rhythm driven, capriciously pulsating, microtonally detuned, spiccato articulated riffs and runs interwoven with layers of percussive sounds (col legno battuto, finger tappings, pizzicati) or natural harmonics in staccato, is destortedly reminiscent of the 19th century salon music. Sudden offbeat accents and metrical shifts keep an intense energy plane until the end.
Virtuosic pyrotechnics aside, however, the inner workings of the piece below the surface take on a cerebral as well as organic, self-referential approach. The composition belongs to a series of works written over the past few years that explore a special interlacing technique: short and trite musical objects (two brief series of notes, in this case) are braided in labyrithoid fashion, constantly revealing different perspectives of the material within the development of the musical discourse.
The pitch structures of the work have been obtained by using algorithmic routines in Super Collider. The routines have been implemented in the frame of the research project Algorithmic Composition in the Context of New Music (2009-10), which took place at the Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics of the University of Music and Drama at Graz, Austria.
duo Goliardi standing ovation
17 Wednesday Feb 2016
Great concert last night and an excellent performance of Even the sky screams sometimes too. A very receptive audience gave Dimitris Kountouras and Costas Raptis of the duo Goliardi a very warm reception at Porta Theater in Athens, Greece.
Additional concerts for Even the sky screams sometimes too coming up soon!
Posted by Dimitri Papageorgiou | Filed under Concerts, Premiers
Premiere Feb 16th, Athens, Greece: “Even the sky screams sometimes too”
09 Tuesday Feb 2016
Posted in commission, Concerts, Premiers
Parallel Thirds: Polifonia in due | Duo Goliardi, Porta Theater, Athens, Greece. Time: 21:15
The premiere of my work Even the sky screams sometimes too (2015) for alto recorder and bajan, a commission by the Duo Goliardi (Dimitrios Kountouras — recorders and Constantinos Raptis – bajan), is coming up next week on stage of the PORTA theater in Athens, Greece (https://www.facebook.com/events/1539010826427835/).
The concert takes places within the frame of the concert series “Parallel Thirds” of the Porta Theater (http://www.porta-theatre.gr/index.php/el/trites-paralliles/153-polifoniaindue) and the rest of the program entails works by J.S.Bach, S. Gubaidulina, B. Bartók, J. Walther, J.C. Veihlan, and Periklis Liakakis.
PORTA Theater
Mesogeion 59 11526, Athens, Greece
http://porta-theatre.gr, E-mail: info@porta-theatre.gr
Info – Reservation: Phone: 210 771 1333 | boxoffice@porta-theatre.gr
04 Thursday Feb 2016
Call4Scores: etudes for piccolo
19 Tuesday Jan 2016
Posted in Competition
To all composers out there: a great opportunity to compose short etudes for piccolo for the American flutist Patricia Surman.
ACUTETHICS: 2016 new music predictions, compiled by Timo Tuhkanen
03 Sunday Jan 2016
Posted in misc
Hours before 2015 has expired, Timo Tuhkanen came up with this interesting idea to ask professionals in the new music domain for their predictions for 2016.
He collected the predictions of composers, musicians, sound artists, radio artists , field recorder artists, and people generally working in the field of new music and compiled them in a fun to read web site which is accessible at http://acutethics.blogspot.it/2016/01/2016-new-music-predictions.html
Many thanks to Timo for having asked me to contribute to his compilation!
Quasi (ébauche) shortlisted in the Matan Givol International Composers Competition 2016
01 Friday Jan 2016
Posted in Competition, distinctions
I have just found out that, my work Quasi (ébauche) for string quartet was shortlisted for the prize of the Matan Givol International Composers Competition 2016.
Although I wish that I have received the prize, I am still glad that my work has received such an honorable mention among almost 100 works from all over the world.
My congratulations to the recipient of the prize, Francesco Ciurlo!
For more info please visit http://www.meitar.net/matan-givol-international-composers-competition/
New work: “Even the sky screams sometimes too”
22 Tuesday Dec 2015
Posted in commission, New works
New work: Even the sky, screams sometimes too, for alto recorder and concert accordion (bajan).
The work was commissioned by the Duo Goliardi — Dimitrios-Menelaos Kountouras, recorders & Kostas Raptis, bajan.
Rehearsals have already begun. The premiere is coming up on February 16th 2016 at Porta Theater, Athens.
More info in future posts.
Manolis Ekmektsoglou @ Composers’ Circle
18 Friday Dec 2015
Posted in student distinctions
One day. One composer. One discovery.
On December 18th, the Composers’ Circle discovers my student Manolis Ekmektsoglou. See, http://composerscircle.com/manolis-ekmektsoglou/
Kudos Manolis!
Motel 9,58 radio interview posted online
08 Tuesday Dec 2015
Posted in Interview, radio broadcast
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On September 1st 2015 I was invited to do my own show on the Greek National Radio. The show (in Greek) is now accessible online.
For an hour, I tell stories of my life and play excerpts of my music as well as music by Georges Aperghis, Beat Furrer, Nicolas Tzortzis and my composition students Antonis Rouvelas, Manolis Ekmektzoglou, Jiannis Paul, and Zesses Seglias.
Click on the picture above to go to the web site of 9,58 FM or use, alternatively, the following link: http://webtv.ert.gr/ert3/01sep2015-xenodochio-958/
Effluénces coming up at the Center for New Music of the Univ. of Iowa
03 Thursday Dec 2015
Posted in Concerts
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Sunday December 6, 2015. University of Iowa, Center for New Music – David Gompper, director. Riverside Recital Hall, Iowa City, IA, USA, 7:30pm
This coming Sunday, December 6th 2015, the CNM ensemble is programmed to perform my work Effluénces (2011) as well as works by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho and guest composer Caroline Shaw. Also performing is special guest cellist Kevin McFarland in a new work by Josh Levine, professor at the UIowa School of Music.
Program
- Caroline SHAW, in manus tuas (2009). Ghyas Zeidieh. violoncello
- Dimitri PAPAGEORGIOU, Effluénces (2011). Jeiran Hasan, flute; Christine Burke, bass clarinet; Korak Lertpibulchai, piano; Leonardo Perez, violin; Matthew Laughlin, violoncello; Zachary Stanton, conductor
- Caroline SHAW, Taxidermy (2012) for percussion quartet. Wannapha Yannavut, percussion I; Andrew Veit, percussion II; Christine Augspurger, percussion III; Ben Yancey, percussion I
— Intermission —
- Joshua LEVINE, Sixty Cycles (2015), for violoncello. Kevin McFarland, violoncello.
- Kaija SAARIAHO, Lichtbogen (1986), for nine musicians and live electronics. Emily Duncan, flute; Christine Augspurger, percussion; Bethany Wheeler, harp; Korak Lertpibulchai, piano; Andrew Gentzsch, violin I; Leonardo Perez, violin II; Elizabeth Upson, viola; Matthew Laughlin, violoncello; Nicholas Bowes, double bass, electronics; Zachary Stanton, conductor
distinctions for my composition students Zesses Seglias and Manolis Ekmektzoglou
26 Saturday Sep 2015
Posted in student distinctions
Music 2016 Soloist Series Call-for-Scores winners
The Fonema Consort and Access Contemporary Music have recently announced the names of the composers selected from their 2016 Soloist Series Call-for-Scores. I am very please that my doctoral student, Zesses Seglias, is one of the winners. For more information, see http://www.fonemaconsort.com/call-for-scores/
Performance of Sustaining Love by AMGA
Manolis Ekmetzoglou’s Sustaining Love has recently received a performance by the AMGA Ensemble at Hong Kong. Manolis is a former student of mine who is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at York University. Please, listen to the recording at
01.09.2015 “Motel 958” Radio Interview on the Greek National Radio
01 Tuesday Sep 2015
Posted in Interview, radio broadcast
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01-09-2015, 21:00-22:00 at 95.8 National Greek Radio
Tonight, I will spend an hour at the Motel 958, a show on the Greek National Radio station 958 that invites people of the city of Thessaloniki to create their own broadcast.
I will be talking about my life and musical experiences in Greece, Austria and U.S.A. and I will be playing music by George Aperghis, Beat Furrer, Nicolas Tzortzis and my composition students Antonis Rouvelas, Manolis Ekmektzoglou, Jiannis Paul, and Zesses Seglias.
Host: Thanasis Gogadis
Internet broadcast: http://webradio.ert.gr/ert3-makedonias/
21.1.2015 @ Athens: “Unending are the Mazes …” Performance by UMS & JIP
17 Saturday Jan 2015
Posted in Concerts
Concert @ Institute for Research on Music and Acoustics (IEMA) | Athens, WED 21.1.2015 | 8:00pm |
The excellent Swiss contemporary duo, UMS & JIP (Ulrike Mayer Spohn – recorders and Javier Hagen – counter tenor), are in Athens this coming week and are going to perform my work “Unending are the Mazes it Engenders” in a concert that is organized by the IEMA.
The rest of the program entails works by
Georges Aperghis, Panayiotis Kokoras, Luis Codera Puzo, Chikashi Miyama, Antonis Rouvélas, and JIP.
Institute for Research on Music and Acoustics IEMA
105 Adrianou st., 105 58 Athens – Greece
Tel: +30 210-3310129
This is a presentation concert: UMS & JIP would like to meet/get to know more Greek composers who might want to work with them, i.e. they could get to know us, hear us live and discuss with us directly whether they would like to join the Greece Project (http://greece.umsnjip.ch).
Translucent Currents in her Darkness (2014) by Dimitri Papageorgiou
13 Thursday Nov 2014
Posted in Recording
Performed by the Ensemble Zeitfluss. Edo Micic, conductor. 27/10/2014 – Minoritensaal, Graz, Austria.
31/10/2014, Austrian Radio broadcast: “Translucent Currents in her Darkness”
30 Thursday Oct 2014
Posted in radio broadcast
OE1 | 31/10/2014, 23:03 Central European Time | Lange Nacht der Neuen Österreichischen Musik | “10 Years Ensemble Zeitfluss” concert broadcast
“Translucent Currents in her Darkness” for chamber ensemble, which was recently premiered by the Ensemble Zeitfluss at their anniversary concert “10 Years Ensemble Zeitfluss” will be aired on October 31 by the OE1 Radio Program of the Austrian Radio Television (ÖRF).
The whole program of the concert will be available online via streaming featuring works by Denovaire, Klaus Dorfegger, Elisabeth Harnik, Mirela Ivičević, Joachim Jung, Gerhard Krammer, Gerd Kühr, Klaus Lang, Daniel Oliver Moser, Gerd Noack, Dimitri Papageorgiou, Anselm Schaufler, Krešimir Seletković, Gerhard Stäbler, Orestis Toufektsis, Joanna Wozny, as well as Country Band March and 3 Lieder (1922) by Charles Ives, in an excellent arrangement by Anselm Schaufler.
Accessible online at http://oe1.orf.at/programm/385864
27/10/2014: 10 Years Ensemble Zeitfluss
24 Friday Oct 2014
Posted in commission, Premiers
10 Years Ensemble Zeitfluss – Anniversary concert | October 27, 2014 | Minoritensaal, Graz, Austria | 20:00 |
Ensemble Zeitfluss. Edo Micic – conductor
This coming Monday, the Ensemble Zeitfluss (www.ensemble-zeitfluss.com) is celebrating their 10th anniversary with a concert that combines the old with the new. The program features two works by Charles Ives as well as commissioned miniatures—happy birthday pieces—by composers who have strong ties with the ensemble.
I am very happy to be part of this celebration with a new piece, Translucent Currents, for large ensemble.
Full Program
Charles Ives: Country Band March, 3 Lieder (1922), arrangiert von Anselm Schaufler
Miniatures by: Denovaire, Klaus Dorfegger, Elisabeth Harnik, Mirela Ivičević, Joachim Jung, Gerhard Krammer, Gerd Kühr, Klaus Lang, Daniel Oliver Moser, Gerd Noack, Dimitri Papageorgiou, Anselm Schaufler, Krešimir Seletković, Gerhard Stäbler, Orestis Toufektsis, Joanna Wozny
Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten – Minoritensaal
Mariahilferplatz 3, 8020 Graz
Tel: +43 (0) 316 71 11 33
Fax: +43 (0) 316 804 118 750
email: office@kultum.at
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