Giorgos Kyriakakis

Giorgos Kyriakakis was born in 1967 in Crete where he took his first music lessons. He studied Composition and Analysis with Joseph Papadatos and Byzantine music with Lykourgos Angelopoulos at the "Philippos Nakas" Conservatory of Athens. He continued his studies in Composition, Music for the Media, Music of Non-European Civilizations with Dimitri Terzakis and in Electroacoustic Composition with Eckhard Roedger at the Musikhochschule fuer Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” Leipzig. He has composed over 70 works for children's theater, for the cinema as well as music for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, choir and orchestra. His compositions have been performed in Greece and abroad. Two CDs with his works have been recorded. His works have been published by ARKYS (www.arkys.gr). He is a member of the “Greek Composers' Union”. Since 2006 he is teaching at the department of Music Art and Science, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki.

Works

* Tango per “D”, for trumpet & piano
* Ialemos, for low brass
* Minimal I&II, for piano
* Trio, for Alto saxophone, piano & e-bass
* Missing…, for orchestra
* Chrysalis’ transformations, for brass quintet & piano
* Small Suite, for trumpet, trombone & percussion (1)
* En Chordais, for string quartet
* Chalkos Echoon (Clinging Copper), for chamber ensemble
* St’ animera (On the day), for saxophone quartet
* Ainei I, for flute
* Refraction, for clarinet, alto saxophone & bassoon
* Lubato, for mezzo & chamber ensemble
* Proposis ’93, for low voice and chamber ensemble
* “Nevropolis”, for chamber ensemble
* Antaion, for trumpet & 4 trombones
* Kantate über die Hoffnung (Cantata for Hope), for mixed choir & chamber ensemble
* Sigana, for clarinet & alto saxophone
* Prophecies, for soprano, flute accordion & percussion (1)
* Toccata, for solo key instrument
* The deception of the Thrush, for orchestra
* Prologue Note or Summary, for solo voice
* 16th Reading: Voices, for voice quartet
* Enalion pyr "(Sea fire)", for brass quintet
* Epestrefe "(Return)", for oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone & bassoon
* Oulaloum Ι, 5 plus 1 songs, for middle voice and accordion
* Black Midnight, for flute, clarinet & alto saxophone
* Katedioxan "(Chased)", for six double basses
* Round Midnight, for cello solo
* Ulysses at the River, for children choir, violin, cello & piano
* Hydata "(Waters)", for orchestra
* Anagram, for mixed choir
* At the Month of October, for narrator, baritone, cantor, children choir, Byzantine choir and mixed chamber ensemble
* Oulaloum II, six songs, for low voice and e-guitar
* Persephone, five songs for children choir & orchestra
* Seven Summaries, for any two melodic instruments
* Love Vesper, for accordion & piano
* Schema, for solo accordion
* Schema II, for solo saxophone
* Ode b’, for string orchestra
* Still praying, for middle voice and any key instrument
* North – South – North, for wind orchestra
* Oinos tritos "(Wine the 3rd)", concerto for alto saxophone and string orchestra
* Orneon Roc, for violin & guitar
* Schema III, for trombone solo
* …and so she went!, for beginners’ chamber ensemble
* Isabelle in the Garden, for recorder and accordion
* Five Finger Exercises, for any voice & any instrument
* Schema IV, for solo recorder
* Lygisma "(Bending)", for bassoon & piano
* Schema V, for solo violin
* Schema VI, for solo clarinet
* Missa Contemplativa, for middle voice, flute, baritone & harpsichord
* Jose en Avlida, for violin, accordion, piano & doublebass
* Zibib, like three bagatelles for Jim, saxophone quartet
* Schema VII, for solo piccolo
* Laments, for children choir & quintet
* Strophe one, for any instrument
* Apokopos, for tenor & and chamber orchestra
* Lithino "(Stone made)", three pieces for solo guitar
* Helidonisma "(Swallow song)", for 8 violins
* Schema VIII, for solo tuba
* Bienhereuse Emilie, six hymns for st. Emilie de Vialar, for children choir & continuo
* Logismos "(Thought)", for flute & piano
* Clotho, concerto for piano & string orchestra with percussion (1)
* Unwinnable Nazar, a musical fairy tale, for narrator and saxophone quartet
* Antigiaerma, for oboe quartet
* Kai ouden menei "(Nothing remains)", for baritone saxophone and tape (or percussion)
* Pillow stories, for any two instruments
* Trois Satiens, for two pianos
* Logismos II, for flute & guitar

External links

* [http://www.arkys.gr ARKYS]
* [http://www.uom.gr University of Macedonia]
* [http://www.mmb.org.gr Lilian Voudouri Music Library]