new work (10')
for ensemble & electronics
flute (+ picc., alto fl.), Bb clarinet (+ Bass cl.), cor, trumpet, percussionnist, violoncello, contrebass & electronics
Ensemble: Court-Circuit
Conductor : Jean Deroyer
Upcoming premiere
Paris - FR
Music for improvisers: “Joëlle” (10')
for conctrabass player & electronics (premiere)
Contrabass: Joëlle Léandre
Commission : French Radio
Upcoming premiere : France Musique, "Création Mondiale"
Paris - FR
Slidings (3')
for solo piano with optional electronics. 2022
Piano: Lorenda Rammou
Premiere : 21st Qinquennial Congress of the International Musicological Society (IMS2022)
Athens - GR
UNSTABLE CITIES (21'30)
Sound-video installation (or movie). 2020-21
Electronic music & video animation.
3-channel or 1-channel (20m x 6m max.)
Concept, Music Composition, Video Direction, Art Direction: Georgia Spiropoulos
Video Animation Design: bestbefore (Andreas Karaoulanis)
Artwork drawings: Woozy (Vangelis Hoursoglou)
Photos: Georgia Spiropoulos & bestbefore, MIchail Spiropoulos, Evi Karahli
Video Director Assistant: Sylvie Martin-Hyszka
EROR (The Pianist) (60')
Comments on the instability of the City
instrumental opera for one pianist, interactive electronics, lights & large-scale video animated scenography.
2019
Concept, Music Composition, Dramaturgy, Direction, Video Director: Georgia Spiropoulos
Piano, improvisation, performer: Alvise Sinivia
Video Animation: bestbefore (Andreas Karaoulanis)
Computer music design - IRCAM : Benjamin Lévy
Artwork Drawings: Woozy (Vangelis Hoursoglou)
Director Assistant, Set Design, Costumes: Sylvie Martin-Hyszka
Light design : Arnaud Jung
Sound Engineer IRCAM: Sylvain Cadars
Video "Images d’une oeurve": IRCAM – Sabine Massenet
Commission, Production: ONASSIS STEGI
Co-production: IRCAM-CENTRE POMPIDOU
With the support of Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud
World premiere: February 22-23 2019, Onassis Cultural Center - Athens, GR
French premiere: June 6 2019, Festival Manifeste IRCAM - Théâtre de Gennevilliers - Paris FR
Teaser
Video: Live in Athens, Onassis Stegi
Notes •
Cenre Pompidou
INTERJECTIONS (15')
for saxophone quartet & live electronics. 2017-18
Commission : Quasar Saxophone Quartet & SACEM
Ensemble : Quasar Saxophone Quartet
Studios : CIRMMT
World premiere: April 17 2018
Amphithéâtre du Gesù, Montreal - CA
... landscapes & monstrous things ...
(for Eugen Gabritschevsky
(20')
for 2 violins, viola, cello, piano, electronics & video. 2016
Ensemble Sillages, Festival Electr( )cution
Commission : French Ministry of Culture
Video : Georgia Spiropoulos
Video Editor, Sound : Camille Giuglaris
Studios : CIRM, Nice
World premiere : 03.29.2017
Passerelle, Centre d’art contemporain, Brest - FR
Roll...n'Roll...n'Roll (24')
for harp & live electronics. 2015
Harp : Hélène Breschand
Computer Music Design IRCAM : José Miguel Fernandez
Commission : IRCAM & Radio France
World premiere : 10.06.2015 •
G. Spiropoulos • Portrait @ Centre Pompidou
Festival Manifeste IRCAM 2015
Video • Live @ Centre Pompidou (final version)
Audio • France Musique (short version)
notes • info IRCAM
en,
fr
MEMBRANES (11')
for 6 timpani (2 musicians). 2015
Timpani : Ars Nova Ensemble - Isabelle Cornelis, Elisa Humanes
Commission : Ars Nova
World premiere : 10.06.2015 •
G. Spiropoulos • Portrait @ Centre Pompidou
Festival Manifeste IRCAM 2015
Membranes
notes •
info IRCAM
VOCALSCAPES ON WALT WHITMAN (14')
6-channel electroacoustic work & sound installation. 2014
Computer Music Design : José Miguel Fernandez
Studios : La Muse en Circuit
World premiere : 18.09.2014, ICMC-SMC 2014
Onassis Cultural Center - Athens - GR
Vocalscapes on Walt Whitman
notes
abstract •
paper
THE BODY ELECTRIC
Voicings on Walt Whitman I
(23')
for speaking-singing female voice, clarinet contrabass & Bb, trombone, viola, percussion & electronics. 2013-2014
Conductor : Philippe Nahon
Voice : Geraldine Keller
Ensemble : Ars Nova
Computer Music Design : José Miguel Fernandez
Studios : La Muse en Circuit
World premiere : 15.04.2014, TAP Théâtre Auditorium - Poitiers FR
notes - audio soon….
abstract •
paper
GEOGRAFIA SONORA (endless duration)
Sound & video installation. 2012
Commission: Evelyne Artaud for "Marseille-Provence 2013, European Capital of Culture"
Computer music design : José Miguel Frernandez, Georgia Spiropoulos
Studios : La Muse en Circuit
Premiere : Exposition "Cadavre Exquis"
Jan - April 2013 • Granet Museum - Aix en Provence
program notes - video
abstract •
paper
open call
BOUCHES
hommage à Demétrio Stratos
(21')
- version 1 : for female voice, tenor sax, bass cl, string quartet & "mask electronics"
- version 2 : for female voice, computer tape & electronics
2008 & 2012
Bouches I
Commission : La Muse En Circuit - French Ministry of Culture
Ensemble : 2E2M; Conductor : Pierre Roullier; Voice : Valéry Joly
Computer Music Design : Benoît Meudic
Studios : La Muse En Circuit
World premiere : Conservatoire de Paris CNR, 17.04.2008.
Bouches II
Commission : Radio France
Ensemble : 2E2M; Conductor : Pierre Roullier; Voice : Shigeko Hata
Computer Music Design : Benjamin Miller, José MIguel Fernandez
Studios : GRM - Radio Fance
World premiere : 26.01.2013 Festival Présences.
Grand Théâtre de Provence • Aix-en-Provence
1. Fragments d'une Berceuse Étirée
2. Screams & Parasites
program notes
PNOES (3'45)
for any wind instrument. 2011
LES BACCHANTES (The Bacchae)
hommage à I. Xenakis
(24')
Vocal and scenic action for a solo performer, electronics and lights. 2010
After Euripides.
Commission : Ircam-Centre Pompidou
World premiere : 19.06.2010,
IRCAM Agora Festival 2010 - Paris
Voice : Médéric Collignon
Ircam Computer Music Design : Thomas Goepfer
Lighting - Scenography : Arnaud Jung
Director : Georgia Spiropoulos
BRUT (13')
electroacoustic music. 2009-2013
"Brut I" has been composed for the "Danse Macabre II Peepshow" doll installation by Allen S. Weiss.
Dolls were made by the art brut artist Michel Nedjar
Other audio works for the installation : Christof Migone, Claude Wampler, Gregory Whitehead
Commission : In Transit Festival - HKW
Opening : Juin 11 2009, In Transit - International Festival of Performing Arts
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin - DE
Premiere "Brut II & III": Onassis Cultural Center, Athens, GR
Brut I
program notes
EPHEMERALS & DRONES (10'~11'30)
for harp, contrabass & 2 rubbed timpani. 2006-2007
Commission : Ensemble Intercontemporain
World premiere : "The 30th Birthday of the Ensemble Intercontemporain". April 5 2007, IRCAM. Paris
Ephemerals & Droness
program notes
KLAMA (Lament) (14')
for 8-part mixed choir, live electronics & "audio documents". 2005-2006
Commission : IRCAM and the Accentus Chamber Choir
World premiere : Juin 10 2006, Agora Festival IRCAM , Centre Pompidou. Paris
part I
part II
program notes
SMC 2007 paper
Allen S. Weiss :
"Varieties of Audio Mimesis"
electroacoustic music. 2005-2010
PSALMOS 55 (6')
for 6-part mixed choir. 2004-2005
Commission : Sacem for Le Jeune Choeur de Paris Choir
World premiere : April 17 2005, Louvre Auditorium, Paris
Psalmos 55
program notes
Les Cris de Paris Choir - program notes
PRAXIS 4 SAXES (12')
for saxophone quartet. 2003-04
Commission : Radio France - Alla Breve
Radio premiere : Habanera saxophone quartet
US premiere : Prism Quartet
2. breath 'n beat
program notes
ORIA (12')
for fl (bass fl), cl (bass cl), vlc, cb, semi-prepared pno, perc. 2002-2003
(Optional amplification)
Commission : French Ministry of Culture
Production : IRCAM - Centre Georges Pompidou
World premiere : November 6 2003, IRCAM. Paris
Ensemble L'Itinéraire
Conductor : Mark Foster
Oria
program notes
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players - program notes
SAKSTI (6'45)
for tenor saxophone & electronics. 2001
Production : IRCAM - Centre Georges Pompidou
World premiere : Agora Festival 2002, IRCAM. Paris
Saxophone : Vincent David
Saksti
MUSIC FOR 2? (8'40')
for 2 instrumentalists and tape
[flute, bass flute, semi-prepared piano, small percussions, voices, tape]. 2000
Commission : Ministry of Culture of Baden-Wûrttemberg & the GegenWelten Festival for the Ensemble Aventure.
World premiere : "GegenWelten Internationales Festival Neue Musik" - Kulturhaus Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg 2000
Ensemble Aventure
Music for 2?
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players - program notes
Music for 11 Instruments (5'30)
for 2 fl (2 picc), ob (or sopr sax), cl (bass cl), tr, trb, 2vl, vla, vlc, cb. 2000
World premiere : March 25 2000, Forum Culturel de Blanc-Mesnil.
Ensemble of professors of Eric Satie Conservatory.
Conductor : Guillaume Bourgogne
Music for 7 Instruments (20')
for fl (picc), hrp, guit, pno, 2 perc, cb. 1998-1999
World premiere : Oct 10 1999, Forum Culturel de Blanc-Mesnil.
Students Ensemble of Paris Conservatory CNSMDP
Conductor : Guillaume Bourgogne
I
Interlude I
PARALOGISMES (5'45)
electroacoustic music. 1999
Pre-recorded voice : Efi Xirou
World premiere : Festival Futura
Aug 24 2000 - Tour de Crest, France
Sound projection : Jonathan Prager
Paralogismes
program notes
for 4 percussionists. 1998
World premiere : Conservatoire de Paris - CNR
Feb 16 1999 - Paris
Percussion : Q quartet
METAPLASIS (6'30)
for piano. 1997
World premiere : Conservatoire de Paris - CNR
Feb 16 1999 - Paris
Piano : Olga Miller
Metaplasis
(pno : Hortanse De Gournay)
for 2 violoncellos. 1997
for flute and piano. 1996
BIRDS OF THE COLOR OF THE MOON (40')
Film music (feature film). 1993
35th International Film Festival of Salonica-Greece, 1994
ON THE TRACE OF MANEROS (51')
Arrangements, guitar, conducting :
traditional songs of Asia Minor of the beginning of the 20th century for
female voice & traditional ensemble (violin, bouzouki, tzouras, mandolin, oud, guitar, violoncello, contrabass, percussion. 1995
(CD LYRA UCD0009, Athens 1997)
Voice : Katerina Xirou
9. Manes Kalinyhtias