Antonis Anissegos

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Antonis Anissegos ( Greek Αντώνης Ανισέγκος ; * 1970 in Thessaloniki ) is a Greek composer and pianist.

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Anissegos attended the piano class of Eleni Xenariou at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki until 1991 and was then a student of György Orban at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest until 1992 . This was followed by studies at the Vienna University of Music with Kurt Schwertsik and at the Cologne University of Music with Krzysztof Meyer . Here he also studied jazz piano with John Taylor . After all, from 1998 to 2001 he was Walter Zimmermann's master class student at the Berlin University of the Arts .

In the early 1990s, Anissegos was supported by Manos Hadjidakis , who performed his works and ordered compositions. He received several composition grants, such as B. 1998 the Franz Liszt Scholarship from the Liszt School of Music Weimar . In 2000 he won first prize in the composition competition of the Neukölln Opera with the chamber opera Hundeherz . For Stirrings Still (based on Samuel Beckett ) he received the Berlin Senate Composition Prize in 2002 .

Performances of his compositions a. a. by Ensemble Modern , Ensemble Piandaemonium, Ensemble Mosaik, Ensemble Cornucopia, Ensemble DissonArt, State Orchestra Thessaloniki, Color Orchestra Athens and Young Philharmonic Thuringia.

Anissegos works in several projects, including the trio IAMA (with Jannis Anissegos and Maria Anissegou ), Grix (with Floros Floridis and Yorgos Dimitriadis ), Lynx (with Kalle Kalima , Danny Schröteler and Samuel Rohrer ), ΣΩΜΑ (with Thymios Atzakas ), ddaA (with Oliver Steidle ), KAYA (with the Butoh dancer Yuko Kaseki), Card Castle (with Mike Majkowski and Christian Marien ) and oneone (with Rainer Jancis ).

In 2009 Anissegos performed at the Creative Arts and Music Project (CAMP) initiated by Friedemann Dähn and Thomas Maos .

He is a member of the European Music Project and Ensemble Junge Musik .

Composition works

  • Αζώθ / Azoth for 6 pianists (3 grand pianos) & orchestra (2014)
  • o for 6 instruments (2013)
  • Par for string quartet (2006/2013)
  • zero universe for 15 wind instruments & electronics (2013)
  • oblating spheres for 3 string quintets & electronics (2013)
  • Enkidu for 2 pianists (2012)
  • systemic risk for 2 pianists & 3 percussionists (2011)
  • Naŭ (for Marko Rodin) for saxophone, guitar, piano, contrabaa, drums & string orchestra (2010)
  • Orbis Tertius for ensemble & electronics (2010)
  • Thelema for live electronics & ensemble (2009)
  • melcox (electronics) (2009)
  • decalcophonia (electronics) (2009)
  • Balon for sampler and ensemble (2008)
  • Nebula for soprano, violin, double bass and piano (four hands) (2007)
  • one.moOº ° ˚˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙RE ... for 11 musicians (2007)
  • Par for string quartet (2006)
  • ....... photocaseCODDDDDDDD ::::::::: for 8 musicians and 5 dancers (2006)
  • Bardo for ensemble (2005)
  • deflection DVD with Erika Matsunami (2005)
  • Naifa for saz , piano and string quartet (2005)
  • Typaio for ensemble (2004)
  • modus operandi for percussion (2004–2005)
  • helix for flute, cello and piano (2003-2004)
  • Oh all to end for vocals and eight instruments (based on Stirring Still by Beckett) (2003)
  • Cock's Tail for piano, cello, double bass and percussion (2003)
  • Avarta for electric violin and CD (2003)
  • Ellotia for orchestra (2003)
  • Decision Path for baritone saxophone (2002)
  • styx for six pianos four hands (2002)
  • Copia for 20 musicians (2001)
  • Sabbatical for 16 musicians (2001)
  • Dog Heart Chamber Opera (2000)
  • Apon string quartet (1998)
  • The second face musical theater for singers, actors, choir and eight musicians (1999)
  • Chjul for trumpet (1998)
  • Double concerto for flute, double bass and orchestra (1997–1998)
  • 3 piano studies (1996–1997)
  • Te for soprano and two guitars based on texts from Homer: Odyssey (1996–1997)
  • Van Kachel for guitar (1996)
  • Diss for violin and piano (1996)
  • Idola for piano and string quartet (1995–1996)
  • Myriam for orchestra (1994)
  • Triktinon 1 for piano six hands (1994)
  • Punti della croce for cello and piano (1994–1995)
  • 2 songs for choir and wind quintet (1994)
  • Meion for treble recorder (1992)

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personal data
SURNAME Anissegos, Antonis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ανισέγκος, Αντώνης (elS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Thessaloniki