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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.
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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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Xenakis Competition Results 2017

On behalf of the jury I am very pleased to announce the results of the first Iannis Xenakis International Electronic Music Competition. The competition raised worldwide interest, attracting 270 submissions, of which 106 were in multi-channel formats. Selecting from as many as 270 pieces proved a challenging but rewarding task, and inevitably many good pieces could not make it into the final five. The selection process was anonymised: our judgements were based solely on our responses to the music. We did not know who the composers are, nor did we have access to titles or programme notes. Please find the selected pieces below.

1st Prize: Nikos Stavropoulos (Greece) for his work Topophilia
2nd Prize: Oliver Carman (United Kingdom) for his work Electric Strings
3rd Prize: Marie-Hélène Breault and Martin Bédard (Canada) for their work Replica

Honorable mentions to

Daniel Blinkhorn (Australia) for his work Cradle Caldera
François Buffet (France) for his work Anabasis

Denis Smalley (Chair)
Jury members: Ambrose Field, Panayiotis Kokoras, Elainie Lillios, Germán Toro-Pérez
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