Athanasios Sourgounis performs “…anD…” for viola in Thessaloniki

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From the western art music of the 19th century to postmodernism today | Sunday Feb 12th, 2017  19:00 | Melina Mercuri Hall, State Conservatory of Thessaloniki  

During the festival CONSONANCES 2017 (ΣΥΝΗΧΗΣΕΙΣ 2017), violist Athanasios Sourgounis will be performing my work “…anD…” (2012) for viola in a honorary concert, which is organized by the Onassis Scholars’ Association with the support of the Onassis Foundation.

The concert is conceived as “a journey through time and the music history of Thessaloniki, starting with the composers who brought Western art music in the city and continuing with representatives of current compositional trends … 

      Athanasios Sourgounis, violist

composers who founded the course of Greek art, together in a concert that aims to highlight the Greek music from the 19th century until today.”

The first part entails works by composers born before 1960: Dimitrios Lalas, Emilios Riadis, Dimitris Themelis, Costas Nikitas, Christos Samaras.

In the second part to be heard are works by composers who represent the diversity of today’s musical trends: Michalis Lapidakis, Dimitri Papageorgiou, Costas Siempis, Costas Tsougras, and Leontios Hatzileontiadis.

Program Booklet: programme

PROGRAM
• Dimitrios Lalas (1848-1911). Die Karthause – recording
• Emilios Riadis (1880-1935). Jasmins et minarets
• Dimitrios Themelis (1931). Marsya’s song
• Costas Nikitas (1940-1989). Sonatina for flute
• Christos Samaras (1956). Four songs for mezzo soprano and piano
• Michalis Lapidakis (1960). Ιntermedio (Double flame) for violin and viola
• Costas Siempis (1961). 12 Variations for piano
• Dimitri Papageorgiou (1965). ” …anD…” for viola
• Costas Tsougras (1966). Diatheses for violin and piano
• Leontios Hatzileontiadis (1966). Labirintus for Mezzo Soprano and CD, Op. 78

PARTICIPANTS

ContraTempo Chamber Orchestra, conductor:Vladimiros Symeonidis
mezzo soprano:Angelica Cathariou

The evening will be introduced by the Chairman of the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki Harry Lefakis and musicologists Chardas Costas and George Athanasopoulos.

State Conservatory of Thessaloniki, Fragkon 15, Thessaloniki, GΡ-54625 (google map).

https://www.facebook.com/events/216571998815103/

Entrance is FREE.

“…anD…” (2012) for viola is available by BabelScores

Jan 23, 2017 – Dimitrios Polisoidis performs “…anD…” for viola in Basel

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«Dialog» – Dimitrios Polisoidis, Viola | Gare du Nord – Bahnhof für Neue Musik | 20:00 (23:00 PM UTC+01)

“…anD…” (2012) for viola opens the program in Dimitri Polisoidis’s recital in the concert series “Dialog” at Gare du Nord, Basel, Switzerland. “Dialog” is a concert series of the Academy of Music at Basel in  co-operation with Gare du Nord.

The full program of the evening entails works by Dimitri Papageorgiou, Klaus Lang, Slobodan Kajkut und Georges Aperghis.

Dimitri Polisoidis, viola; guest appearance Geneviève Strosser, viola. Moderation: Marcus Weiss.

• https://www.garedunord.ch/programm/details/2017/01/dialog-dimitrios-polisoidis-viola
• https://www.facebook.com/events/1887240174830362/?active_tab=about

Gare du Nord – Performance Art Theater | Schwarzwaldallee 200, 4058, Basel, Switzerland | tel.: +41 61 683 13 13 | @facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Gare-du-Nord-Bahnhof-für-Neue-Musik-271785752838138/ | Email: info@garedunord.ch

“…anD…” is available by BabelScores http://www.babelscores.com/catalog/instrumental/and

Program booklet: 2017-01-23-dialog-polisoidis

“…anD…” for solo viola at the Inaugural Ceremony of the ICMC | SMC 2014

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Opening Ceremony ICMC/SMC 2014 | Ceremonial Hall, Athens University | September 14th, 2014 | 19:00-21:00.

It is a great honor that the Greek premiere of my work “…anD…“ (2012) for solo viola will be performed by Ilias Sdoukos at the Opening Ceremony of the joint ICMC | SMC 2014 Conference, which will take place at the Ceremonial Room, University of Athens (see map).

The concert, which includes also works by Chin Ting Chan and Ben Houge, will be followed by a Welcome Reception.

The joint ICMC|SMC|2014 Conference will take place in Athens, Greece, from 14 to 20 September 2014 and, for the first time, it will bring on the cross-road two well established events: the 40th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) joint with the 11th Sound & Music Computing conference (SMC). The main theme of the Conference is “Music Technology meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos“.

The ICMC|SMC|2014 Conference will include lectures, special sessions, indoors & outdoors concerts, installations, demonstrations, studio reports, workshops, exhibition as well as asummer school, given in various places ranging from concert halls and university auditoria to museum lobbies and archaeological sites.

 

ICMC | SMC 40th International Computer Music Conference: Music Program Announcement

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As the official website of the Joint ICMC/SMC International Computer Music Conference has announced, my works “…anD…” (2013) for solo viola and Effluénces (2011) for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, and piano, are scheduled for performance on September 16th and 19th, respectively.

The complete schedule for the music program of the conference can be found at http://www.icmc14-smc14.net/program/music_program.html

I will post more information as they come.

The joint ICMC|SMC|2014 Conference will take place in Athens, Greece, from 14 to 20 September 2014 and, for the first time, it will bring on the cross-road two well established events: the 40th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) joint with the 11th Sound & Music Computing conference (SMC).

For more information, please visit the conference official page at http://www.icmc14-smc14.net

BabelScores started distributing my scores

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Today, BabelScores has started distributing my scores. Please, visit http://www.babelscores.com/dimitripapageorgiou

The list of scores available include:

• “…anD…“ for viola solo
• Effluences, for five instruments
• Enlacees, for ten instruments
• For Hermann Markus for mezzo soprano and chamber ensemble
• In the Vestige of the Present for flute, cello, and piano
• In Pulses, in Strokes …, for six instruments
• Nuit, for clarinet, viola, and cello
• Tasten, for piano solo
• Unending are the Mazes it Engenders, for counter tenor and tenor recorder
• …d’ogne luce muto, for piano solo

More coming soon!

“…anD…” for solo viola premiers in Graz

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Dimitrios Polisoidis

Wednesday, January 30th 2013 | Minoritensaal Graz, Austria | 20:00

Dimitrios Polisoidis, principal violist of the Klangforum Ensemble Vienna, premiers “…anD…”for solo viola at an Andere Saite concert. January 30th, 2013 Minoritensaal, Graz, Austria.

Program Notes:

“… 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.