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Sincronie | Concert with Herta Hansena, Ēriks Kiršfelds & Konstantinos Kampantais

Contemporary Music Lab presents a concert of modern music for piano, violoncello and violin. The concert is organised in collaboration with the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki. You will have the opportunity to listen to works of contemporary music covering a time period of around 100 years. The concert takes place on the occasion of the visit to the Department of Music Studies of the renowned musicians Herta Hansena (piano) and Ēriks Kiršfelds (Cello). The musicians come from Rīga’s Jāzeps Vītols Music Academy (JVLMA) through the Erasmus+ mobility program. The concert features the Greek musician Konstantinos Kampantais (violin). The program includes works from various regions of Europe with an emphasis on Latvian contemporary music while exploring various aspects of contemporary trends in modern music aesthetics.

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Tribute to Iannis Xenakis | INFLUX Acousmonium

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Contemporary Music Lab organizes 4 concerts in collaboration with INFLUX-Acousmonium on Saturday, September 18, 2021, at 12.00 and 20.30, and on Sunday, September 19, 2021, at 18.00 and 20.30, at the Aristotle Museum of Natural History (port of Thessaloniki). The concerts take place as part of our the third International Iannis Xenakis composition competition and a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth which is starting in a few weeksThe Belgian ensemble INFLUX-Acousmonium specializes in electroacoustic music of the 20th and 21st century, with particular emphasis on modern 3D sound diffusion techniques. In their concerts at Thessaloniki, they will present works by composers who have worked with Acousmonium, an electro-acoustic opera by ANNETTE VANDE GORNE, director of the ensemble and head of the competition committee, as well as the works that got an award in this year’s competition and of course works of Iannis Xenakis.

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Iannis Xenakis – Electronic Music Concerts

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On 5th of October 2019 two electronics music concerts will take place at TSSO Concert Hall “Solon Michailides” at Nikis Avenue 73, Paralia Thessaloniki.
Please find below more information

CONCERT #1- 18:00
The first concert features compositions by Iannis Xenakis and the Jury of the 2nd international electronic music competition Iannis Xenakis.

PROGRAMME
iannis xenakis – S.709
trevor wishart – Dithyramb – Kepler 63c
oliver carman – Piano Fragments
ludger brümmer – Spin
joao pedro oliveira – La Mer Émeraude
panayiotis kokoras – Qualia


CONCERT #2 – 20:30
In the evening, the winning compositions of the competition will be presented.

PROGRAMME
Damian Gorandi (Argentina) – So…is coming…
Madore Xavier (Canada) – Les loges de la suite
Dimitrios Savva (Cyprus) – Moments Of Liberty II Falling Within
James O’Callaghan (Canada) – If (and only if) I am among
Apostolos Loufopoulos (Greece) – Demons And Fairies
Robert Seaback (United States) – in surge

The chair of the jury Trevor Wishart, a legendary figure in the field of electronic music will be with us and diffuse his own piece!
See you all there. It’s going to be an exciting day!


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Electronic Music Concerts – Xenakis Festival

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We are glad to announce our 2017 Xenakis Festival!

On 1st of April 2017 a series of events will take place at TSSO Concert Hall “Solon Michailides” at Nikis Avenue 73, Paralia Thessaloniki.

Please find below the flow of events

The day starts with a lunchtime concert at 12:00PM. Electronic works by Iannis Xenakis and the Jury of the first international electronic music competition Iannis Xenakis will be diffused.

Iannis XenakisDiamorphoses
Panayiotis KokorasMagic
Ambrose FieldFrozen Voyage
Denis SmalleySomeil de Rameau
German Toro PerezInventario I
Elaine Lillios –  Listening Beyond
Iannis XenakisOrient-Occident

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Lecture on Xenakis Solo Piano Works

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Tuesday October 25th 16:00 Room 7 – A.U.Th – Music Department (Thermi)

Contemporary Music Lab is presenting an open lecture by the world-wide renowned pianist Stephanos Thomopoulos on the works for solo piano by Iannis Xenakis. The lecture is preceeding a concert , scheduled for Saturday October 29th at AVGO in which Stephanos Thomopoulos is going to present a Triptych, focused around the piano works of Iannis Xenakis

Stéphanos is the first pianist in France to have completed a Doctorate in performance at the Paris Conservatoire. The title of his thesis was Performance Issues regarding the xenakian piano : from concept to instrumental language. His doctoral work has brought him to participate in concerts and conferences about Xenakis in New York, Montreal, Paris, London, Belgrade, Leipzig, Athens, Monaco, as well as to publish an article in the volume Performing Xenakis, next to personalities such as Milan Kundera, Michel Tabachnik and Irvine Arditti (Pendragon Press 2010). https://www.stephanos-thomopoulos.com/
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Συναυλία Ακουσματικής Μουσικής

12238241_949214065133243_1602716008467977695_oΤο Εργαστήρι Σύγχρονης Μουσικής του Α.Π.Θ. διοργανώνει συναυλία Ηλεκτρονικής μουσικής, το Σάββατο 14 Νοεμβρίου 2015 και ώρα 21.00, στην αίθουσα δοκιμών της Κ.Ο.Θ., «Σόλων Μιχαηλίδης» (πρώην Παλλάς, Λεωφόρος Νίκης 73).

Στη συναυλία θα παρουσιαστούν τα έργα:
Iannis Xenakis Concrete Ph
Denis Smalley Vortex
John Chowing Stria
Paul Lansky Idle Chatter
Panagiotis Kokoras Sense

Επιμέλεια προγράμματος | Διάχυση: Δημήτρης Μαρωνίδης

Snapshots of Change

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Tο Εργαστήριο Σύγχρονης Μουσικής σας προσκαλεί σε μία συναυλία σύγχρονης μουσικής με το dissonart ensemble. Μέσα από τέσσερα χαρακτηριστικά στιγμιότυπα, το πρόγραμμα της συναυλίας διατρέχει τέσσερεις δεκαετίες μουσικής δημιουργίας και αποτυπώνει τις μεταλλαγές που υπέστη το πνεύμα της μουσικής πρωτοπορίας από τα μέσα ως τα τέλη του 20ου αιώνα.

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Xenakis – Theraps (1975-6) για σόλο κοντραμπάσο
Ligeti – 10 pieces for woodwind quintet (1968) για κουιντέτο ξύλινων πνευστών
Sciarrino – Omaggio a Burri (1995), για άλτο φλάουτο, μπ. κλαρινέτο και βιολί
Grisey – Talea (1986), για φλάουτο, κλαρινέτο, βιολί, τσέλο και πιάνο

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