Giorgos Kyriakakis

Giorgos Kyriakakis ( Greek Γιώργος Κυριακάκης , * 1967 in Rethymnon , Crete ) is a Greek composer .

education

Kyriakakis received his first music lessons on the island of Crete. He then studied composition and music analysis with Joseph Papadatos and Byzantine music with Lykourgos Angelopoulos at the Philippos Nakas Conservatory in Athens. He continued his studies in composition, media music, music from non-European cultures with Dimitri Terzakis , as well as in electro-acoustic composition with Prof. Eckhard Rödger at the University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig .

Teaching

Kyriakakis already had various teaching assignments for composition, composition, Byzantine and Greek music etc. a. at the Philippos Nakas Conservatory in Athens , at the Berklee College of Music and at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki until he was appointed private lecturer at the Institute of Musicology there in 2006.

Compositions

Kyriakakis has composed numerous works for theater and cinema, as well as for solo instruments, chamber music , choir and orchestra . His music has been performed in several countries and recorded on FM-records and ARKYS. His works are published by Edition Gravis.

1. Tango in D for trumpet and piano
2. Ialemos for deep winds (3 alto horns, trombone, euphonium, tuba)
3. Minimal I and II for piano
4. Trio for alto saxophone, piano and electric bass
5. Missing ... for orchestra
6. Chrysalis' Metamorphoses for brass quintet and piano
7. Small suite for trumpet, pausane and percussion 1
8. En Chordäs ( On Strings ) for string quartet
9. Chalkos Echoon ( sounding brass ) for chamber orchestra (oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion 1, piano, cello, double bass)
10. St 'animera ( Am Tage ) for saxophone quartet
11. Änei Ι for flute
12. Trisdiathlasis ( refraction ) for clarinet, alto saxophone and bassoon
13. Lubato variations for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (basset horn, trumpet, viola, double bass and percussion 1)
14. Proposis '93 for baritone, violin, cello and percussion 1
15. Invisible Cities for chamber orchestra (oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion 1, harpsichord and two double basses)
16. Antaeon for trumpet and four trombones
17. Cantata about hope (text from the New Testament) for mixed choir and chamber orchestra (flute oboe, horn, trombone, violin, cello, double bass)
18. Sigana ( Leise ) for clarinet and alto saxophone
19. Prophecies for Soprano, Flute, Accordion and Percussion 1
20. Toccata for solo keyboard instrument
21. The trick of the throttle for orchestra
22. Introductory note or summary (text: G.Skarimbas) for solo part
23. 16th reading: Parts (Text: KPKavafis) for voices quartet
24. Enalion pyr ( sea fire ) for wind quintet
25. Epestrefe ( return ), for oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone and bassoon
26. Oulaloum Ι (text: G.Skarimbas) five plus one song for medium voice and accordion
27. Black Midnight for flute, clarinet and alto saxophone
28. Katedioxan ( persecuted ) for 6 deep string instruments
29. Round Midnight for solo cello
30. Ulysses am Fluss (Text: T.Sinopoulos) for children's choir, violin, cello and piano
31. Hydata ( waters ) for orchestra
32. Anagram (text: TSEliot) for mixed choir
33. Mini to Oktovrio ( in October ) for narrator, psaltis, baritone, children's choir, Byzantine choir, and chamber orchestra (flute, clarinet, saz, trumpet, tuba, percussion 2, violin, cello, double bass)
34. Oulaloum II (text: G.Skarimbas) six songs for deep voice and electric guitar
35. Persephone (text: K. Chatzinakis) five songs for children's choir and orchestra
36. Seven summaries for any two melodic instruments
37. Love vespers for accordion and piano
38. Scheme for accordion
39. Scheme II for saxophone
40. Ode β ' for string orchestra
41. Eti deomai sou ( I also ask you - Text: G. Skarimbas) for medium voice and keyboard instrument
42. Nord-Süd-Nord for symphonic wind orchestra
43. Oinos Tritos ( Wine of the Third ) Concert for alto saxophone and string orchestra
44. Orneon Rok for violin and guitar
45. Scheme III for trombone
46. ... and so she went! for student chamber orchestra (flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, small percussion 1, piano)
47. Isabelle in the garden for recorder and accordion
48. Five Finger Exercises (Text: TSEliot) for every voice and every instrument
49. Scheme IV for recorder
50. Lygisma ( inflection ) for bassoon and piano
51. Scheme V for violin
52. Scheme VI for clarinet
53. Missa Contemplativa for medium voice, flute, baritone saxophone and harpsichord
54. Jose en Avlida for violin, accordion, piano and double bass
55. Zibib for saxophone quartet
56. Scheme VII for piccolo
57. Engomia ( eulogies ) for children's choir and brass quintet
58. Verse one for each instrument
59. Apokopos (text: Bergadis) for tenor and chamber orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, tuba, string quintet)
60. Lithino ( Steinern ), three pieces for guitar
61. Helidonisma ( swallow song ) for 8 violins
62. Scheme VIII for tuba
63. Bienhereuse Emilie six hymns to St. Emilie de Vialar, for children's choir and continuo
64. Logismos ( thought ) for flute and piano
65. Klotho , concerto for piano and string orchestra with percussion / 1
66. Unwinable Nazar , a musical fairy tale for storytellers and saxophone quartet
67. Antigiaerma for oboe quartet
68. Ouden menei ( nothing remains ) for baritone saxophone and tape or percussion
69. Trois Satiens for two pianos
70. Ode θ΄ for string orchestra
71. Beast West for bass flute and accordion
72. Pillow stories for any two instruments
73. Chronos Toutos ( This Time ) for saxophone quartet
74. Enois for mezzo, bassoon, piano and percussion
75. Verse for string quartet
76. En los barcos solo concert for violin, piano and orchestra
77. Nollendorfstrasse Variations for any two string instruments
78. Sixth hour for wind quintet
79. Mauricios' nightingale for string orchestra
80. Mitos for clarinet, cello and piano
81. Six Aegean games for two melodic instruments
82. Gloria for seven voices a cappella
83. Salve Regina for four voices a cappella
84. Semicolon for accordion and saxophone quartet
85. Os éch ' ( as it is ) for Cretan lyre (violin or viola if necessary) and accordion
86. Hydata II ( Gewässer II ) for orchestra
87. Don't forget the bells for drums
88. Menta for piano
89. Consolation for flute

Incidental music

• O.Paz: Rapatsinis΄ Garden (Zakynthos, 1999)
• Euripides: Helene (Athens, 2000)
• W. Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew (Athens, 2001)
• G.Kyriakakis: Ballet Mechanique (Athens, 2003)
• Katia Engel: From Distance Times and Places (Berlin, 2008)
• Faozan Rizal, Katia Engel: Batu Melingkar Api (Berlin, 2009)
• Miriam Sachs: "Hades" (Berlin, 2010)
• Miriam Sachs: "The Violence of Music" (Mondepulciano / Berlin, 2011)
• Miriam Sachs: "Odysseus. War. Withdrawal." (Berlin, 2012)

Film music

• Katia Engel, Faozan Rizal, Ballet Mechanique (1997)
• Katia Engel, A Moment In and Out of Time (2009)

Others

Giorgos Kyriakakis worked as a producer on the Greek public broadcaster ERA2 ( Greek ΕΡΑ 2) between 2004 and 2009 . He is a member of the Association of Greek Composers (EEM) and the German Composers Association (DKV). He lives and works in Berlin .

literature

• Takis Kalogeropoulos: Giorgos Kyriakakis, in: Lexiko tis Ellinikis mousikis, Athens 1998–99 ( online at www.musipedia.gr)

Web links

• www.kyriakakis.de Homepage of Giorgos Kyriakakis
• [1] Edition Gravis
• German Composers Association (DKV)
• Association of Greek Composers
• ARKYS record label including works by G. Kyriakakis
• University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki
• Greek Cultural Foundation Berlin
• ERA2 website of the 2nd Greek public radio station
• Ballet Mecanique a new setting of the silent film Ballet Mécanique by the French filmmaker Fernard Léger from 1924 by G. Kyriakakis
• A Moment In and Out of Time A video excerpt from the work of Katia Engel with music by G.Kyriakakis

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website of Giorgos Kyriakakis . March 7, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
2. ^ Greek Composers Union - Members Details . Greek Composers Union. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 11, 2011. 
3. ↑ Παπαδάτος Ιωσήφ - Musipedia . Musipedia.gr. January 24, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
4. ↑ MUSICALE - Homage - St. John Chrysostom: The Divine Liturgy . artopos online cultural center. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
5. ^ Website of Giorgos Kyriakakis . March 7, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
6. ↑ CV Kyriakakis (PDF; 27 kB) Greek Cultural Foundation Berlin. S. 1. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
7. ↑ Compositions  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ^ Edition Gravis
9. ↑ CV Kyriakakis (PDF; 27 kB) Greek Cultural Foundation Berlin. S. 1. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
10. ^ Website of Giorgos Kyriakakis . March 7, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.