georgia spiropoulos
 
 
 
 
 
Mais ce ne sont pas les formes les plus violentes qui sont les plus dangereuses.
R. Barthes





C. Berberian

Composer-in-research at IRCAM - Centre Pompidou, 2008.
Project : "MASK - Voice transformations and computer tools for live performance".

VILLA MEDICIS HORS LES MURS Award
by AFAA & the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Composer-in-residence in New York (2003-04)

M.A. at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS). Theme : "Vocal techniques in oral tradition and in contemporary composition. The « Bacchae » paradigm".


Performances

April 3 2012 - 20:00
A portrait of composer Georgia Spiropoulos at Athens French Institut.
And a selection of works by french composers : Messiaen, Murail, Xenakis, Schaffer, Ferrari, Parmegiani.
Ensemble : dissonArt & Theophilos Sotiriades
Institut Français d'Athènes
Athens - GR

January 6 2012
SAKSTI    
for tenor saxophone & live electronics
Saxophone : Piet Rebel / Bl!NDMAN
Brugge - Concertgebouw - Brugge - BE

| Live Radio + podcast |
December 12, 0h-0h40 am
France Musique "A l'improviste" by Anne Montaron
LES BACCHANTES (The Bacchae)    
Vocal and scenic action for solo performer, electronics & lights
Live recording from Festival Musiques Libres of Besançon
Voice : Médéric Collignon
Computer music design : Thomas Goepfer
Live electronics at Besançon : Jose Miguel Fernandez
video

November 2 2011
PRAXIS 4 SAXES    
for saxophone quartet
Commission : Radio France
Saxophone Quartet : Quasar
Montreal - CA

October 29 2011
LES BACCHANTES (The Bacchae) - hommage à Xenakis
Vocal and scenic action for solo performer, electronics & lights
Voice : Médéric Collignon
Computer music design : Thomas Goepfer
Director : Georgia Spiropoulos
Lighting designer : Arnaud Jung
Costume : Nathalie Saulnier
Commission : IRCAM - Centre Pompidou
Festival Musiques Libres - Besançon - FR
video | program notes FR - EN | flyer 2010 |

October 2011
LES BACCHANTES (The Bacchae) - hommage à Xenakis
video presentation
World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) 2011 - Corfu - GR

September 30 2011 - 4 pm
| Live performance + Lecture |
LES BACCHANTES (The Bacchae) - hommage à Xenakis
Ou.Un.Po workshop: "Oral culture" 29.09.11 - 02.10.11
Six D.O.G.S. - Athens - GR
Keywords : voice, musical composition, oral culture, live electronics

August 21 2011
SAKSTI    
for tenor saxophone & live electronics
Saxophone : Theophilos Sotiriades
Music Village - Pelion - GR

May 15 2011
| Video Presentation + lecture |
LES BACCHANTES (The Bacchae) - hommage à Xenakis
Unheimliche Workshop - Creta University, Social studies department
Old Mosque, Rethymno, Creta - GR

| Live Radio + podcast |
May 9, 9.45 pm - France Musique "Lundis de la Contemporaine"
May 2-6, 10.55 am & 1.05 am (next day) - France Musique "Alla Breve"
By Anne Montaron
PRAXIS 4 SAXES    
for saxophone quartet
Saxophone Quartet : Habanera

March 2011
PRAXIS 4 SAXES    
for saxophone quartet
Saxophone Quartet : Prism Quartet
March 19, First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia - USA
March 20, Tenri Cultural Institute, NYC - USA

February 2011
SAKSTI    
for tenor saxophone & live electronics
Saxophone : Theophilos Sotiriades
February 12, Bowling Green State University - USA
February 13, Louisiana State University - USA
February 13, Georgia State University - USA


... in progress ...

archeologie sonore I
Sound & video installation
World premiere : january 2013
Marseille 2013, Cultural Capital of Europe

ROLL... N' ROLL... N' ROLL
for harp, tape & live electronics
With danse performance & video
Harp & live electronics : Hélène Breschand
World premiere : Athens, march 2013

THE BACCHAE Electric
electroacousic version of THE BACCHAE for voice & live electronics 2010.
With solo dance performance
World premiere : Athens, march 2013

BOUCHES II - hommage à Demétrio Stratos
for female voice, tenor sax, bass cl, string quartet & "mask electronics"
With dance performance
World premiere : France, january 2013