Ioannis Angelakis Composer
Ioannis Angelakis is a composer of acoustic music. His works embrace sounds that remain not fully controllable by the composer or the performer, are inherently unstable and constantly moving, come with their own logic of unfolding, presuppose a particular body-instrument relationship, and call for a new kind of listening attention. He is interested in the formal implications of these sounds, and in integrating these implications into the concept of the work. His compositional approach points to a shift from an interval-based and gestural activation of sound to an encapsulation of timbre that pulls us toward the interior space of sound. His writing is the result of extended research on idiosyncratic aspects of the mechanism of acoustic instruments, and aims to develop a new form of lived space. His works often call for long durations and extreme musical specialisation, pushing against traditional concert formats of new music.
ioannisangelakis.com

Orestis Papaioannou Composer
Orestis Papaioannou was born in 1993 in Sitia, Greece. He began his early studies at the Edessa Municipality Music School, New Music School of Edessa, and State Conservatory of Thessaloniki with degrees in harmony, counterpoint, clarinet, and chamber music. He continued with academic studies in composition at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Music Studies (class of Christos Samaras), Masters and Concert Exams at the Lübeck University of Music (class of Dieter Mack). From 2019 he is a doctoral candidate at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre as a scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). He has won several first prizes in international composition competitions, such as “Krzysztof Penderecki” in Kraków, “Weimar Spring Festival with Contemporary Music” in Weimar, “Antonín Dvořák” in Prague, “Yorgo Sicilianos” in Athens, “Brahms Festival” in Lübeck and was a finalist at “Toolbox Percussion” in Hong Kong, “TONALi” in Hamburg, “Città di Udine”, etc. His pieces have been performed in many European countries by ensembles such as the Athens State Orchestra, Hamburger Symphoniker, Quasars Ensemble, Praga Sinfonietta, MHLübeck Orchester, MotoContrario, pre-art soloists, and have been broadcasted by the German and the Greek National Radio. His new opera The Fall of the House of Commons on a libretto by Alexandros Lountzis and Orfeas Apergis is set to be premiered in Hamburg in 2022.

Aspasia Nasopoulou Composer
Aspasia Nasopoulou (Athens, 1972) is a composer, pianist and curator based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her work has a poetic, evocative and dynamic transparency. It is inspired by literature, mythology and philosophy from various cultures. In her more than 90 compositions, she is frequently exploring the synergy between music and theatre by integrating new instruments, visuals and dance. Her pieces have been commissioned and are regularly performed by acclaimed soloists and ensembles internationally. Since 2016, she is organizing the residency for composers, Composer’s Treat, under the Cultureland foundation. Since 2019, she has been curating the new concert series for contemporary chamber music Nieuwe Noten Amsterdam along with the bass clarinettist Fie Schouten. Starting 2021, Nasopoulou will be the new artistic director of the orchestra for contemporary music “orkest de ereprijs”. Her works are published by Donemus. Aspasia Nasopoulou studied piano and composition –diploma and MA degree– at the Nikos Skalkottas Conservatory in Athens with Michael Travlos and at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Wim Henderickx and Fabio Nieder. She has a BSc in Geology from the National University of Athens.
www.nasopoulou.eu

Vladimiros Symeonidis Conductor
He is the artistic director of the Contra Tempo Chamber Orchestra. He was the director of the National Symphony Orchestra of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (2006-11). He has collaborated with numerous music ensembles in Greece and abroad such us Austrian Radio Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Athens and Thessaloniki State Orchestras, contemporary music ensembles Klangforum Wien, die reihe, dissonArt, Εrgon Ensemble, Utrechts Conservatorium Orchestra, Sinfonietta Beograd, Wiener Sängerknaben, Armonia Atenea, Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, etc. He conducted opera and ballet productions at the GNO and he recorded for the Greek and Austrian Radio, as well as for the Naxos record company. Since 2019, he has been assistant professor of Conducting at the School of Music Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Also, he teaches orchestral conducting at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki. He is a graduate of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (conducting, under Uroš Lajovic, and composition diploma, under Erich Urbanner, both with Magister Artium degree), the School of Music Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and the class of advanced music theory of Christos Samaras.

Christos Kechris Tenor
Greek tenor, born in Athens. His repertoire includes a wide range of roles and works from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods, music of the 20th century as well as contemporary experimental musical creation. He collaborates regularly as a soloist with Stavros Niarchos Hall and the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera, Athens State Orchestra, Armonia Atenea, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation Symphony Orchestra, Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, Ergon Ensemble, Latinitas Nostra, Athens Municipality Symphony Orchestra, National Theatre of Greece, Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun, Athens Festival, Athens and Thessaloniki Concert Halls, Onassis Stegi. He has collaborated with orchestras and theatres in Switzerland (Opéra de Lausanne, Opéra de Fribourg), Germany (Passau State Opera, Schlosstheater Celle, Amberg Symphony Orchestra, Stadttheater Landshut), Austria (Orchester Purpur Wien), Italy (Teatro Verdi Gorizia), Malta (Teatru Manoel), Lithuania (Banchetto Musicale Vilnius), Slovenia (Seviqc Brežice Festival), Turkey (Borusan İstanbul Philharmonic Orchestra), France (Opéra national de Lorraine), Croatia (Festival Kvarner) and the recording company Deutsche Grammophon.

Vangelis Maniatis Baritone
Greek baritone, he was born in Piraeus. He performs with special ability a wide repertoire that ranges from the Renaissance to contemporary music. He had his first contact with European classical music as a member of the Saint Efthymios Chorus, Athens. While studying at the Physics Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, he began studying voice under leading baritone Wassili Janulako. He continued under soprano Despina Kalafatis, while in recent years he improves his technique with baritone Aris Argyris. He often works with the Greek National Opera, Athens State Orchestra, as well as with the Ensembles of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation and the Athens Municipality. He has performed roles in such productions as Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, Un ballo in maschera, La traviata, Manon Lescaut, Tosca, Die lustige Witwe, Don Giovanni, Fidelio, The Murderess, La belle Hélène, Z, Věc Makropulos, Jenůfa, Manon, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Wozzeck and Andrea Chénier.

Sotiris Triantis Baritone
Greek baritone, born in Corfu. He studied clarinet at the Mantzaros Philharmonic Society, music theory at the Conservatory of Corfu and singing, with scholarship, at the Νikolaos Mantzaros Conservatory, from where he graduated with honours and first prize, as well as with Greek National Opera bass Tassos Apostolou. He attended seminars with Dimitri Kavrakos, Christophoros Stamboglis and Pietro Ballo (opera), Andreas Reibenspies (Lied) and Stephen Varcoe (oratorio). He performed as a soloist or chorister with Armonia Atenea at Salzburg and Αthens Festivals (The Penal Colony by Ph. Glass, Giulietta e Romeo by Ν. Zingarelli, Alcina by G. F. Handel, Kiss Me Kate by C. Porter, Sweeney Todd by S. Sondheim, Iokasti by G. Kouroupos), City of Athens Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of Corfu, Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music, Rafi Music Theatre Company (Alcina by G. F. Handel and Frossini by P. Carrer). He performed as a soloist in productions of the GNO, the International Festival of the Aegean and the Mediterranean Festival of the Municipality of Kallithea. He has been teaching singing at the Corfu Conservatory since 2019.

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