Argyris Kounadis

Argyris Kounadis ( Greek Αργύρης Κουνάδης , first name also Arghyris transcribed; * February 14, 1924 in Istanbul ; † November 22, 2011 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a Greek composer .

Kounadis studied piano and composition in Athens with Yannis Papaioannou and from 1958 to 1962 in Freiburg im Breisgau with Wolfgang Fortner . Since 1963 he has been a lecturer at the Freiburg University of Music and head of the ensemble for new music in Freiburg. He composed several operas, a sinfonietta, a piano concerto, a rhapsody for female voice and orchestra, works for chamber music and film scores.

Operas

• Ho Gyrismos ( The Return to Kay Cicellis : The Way to Colonos ), Opera, 1961, 1974, 1987-88
• The rubber coffin (libretto by Vasilios Ziogas ), opera, 1962
• The Bewitched Music Stand (after Karl Valentin ), Musiktheater, 1969, 1991
• The outbreak (libretto by Walter Jens ), opera, 1974
• Teiresias (Argyris Kounadis and Siegfried Schoenbohm ), Revue 10 Scenes for large orchestra and multimedia, 1971–72
• The bass violin (libretto by Siegfried Schoenbohm, Wolfgang Rauter , Ludger Lütkehaus and Argyris Kounadis based on Anton Chekhov ), Opera semiseria, 1978
• Lysistrata (libretto by Ludger Lütkehaus and Argyris Kounadis based on Aristophanes ), opera, 1980–81
• The Sandman (after ETA Hoffmann ), Opera, 1983
• Epilogos A (libretto by Argyris Kounadis after Miltos Sachtouris ), opera, 1989
• Epilogos B (Libretto by Argyris Kounadis after Miltos Sachtouris), Opera, 1989
• Die Bakchen (libretto by Argyris Kounadis and Siegfried Schoenbohm based on Euripides ), lyrical drama, 1993–96

Film music (selection)

• 1956: The Girl in Black (To koritsi me ta mavra)
• 1960: The Last Spring (Eroica)
• 1961: Antigone (Andigoni)

Web links

• Works by and about Argyrēs Kunadēs in the catalog of the German National Library
• Arghyris Kounadis in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Greek composer Argyris Kounadis Passes Away , accessed December 12, 2011