Investigating the impact of Electroacoustic Music in Greek Culture, through a portfolio of Electroacoustic Music works based on original recordings of Traditional Greek Instruments. [Snapshot - 2020-07-08 21:24] [Snapshot3

ABSTRACT My research investigated the practicability of diverse electroacoustic music compositional approaches which were applied in a series of works that explored specific relationships between real-world and abstracted sound materials, through the strategic use of pitched, melodic and non-pitched materials (and specific characters and behaviours of those materials) as integral elements in the compositional process. My main aim was to explore all of these different levels in a musical way via electroacoustic music and to present transformed aspects of Greece. In addition, I attempted to explore new electroacoustic music territories by undertaking a journey from real-world instrumental and concrete soundworlds based on Traditional Greek Instruments towards abstract soundworlds. BIOGRAPHY Epameinondas P. Fasianos (Epa Fassianos) is a Greek Composer of Electroacoustic Music. He was born in Athens in 1982. He holds a PhD Degree in Electroacoustic Music Composition. He obtained his PhD from the University of Manchester (NOVARS Research Centre), under the supervision of Professors David Berezan and Ricardo Climent. His area of interest was: Creating works of Acousmatic Music based on aspects of Greek Culture (Religion, Traditional Greek Instruments, Mythology). His works have been selected and performed in many Electroacoustic Music Festivals around the world. His work “Chromatocosmos” has been awarded the First Prize in Category A in MUSICA NOVA 2018 Competition of Electroacoustic Music in Prague, as well as the Third Prize in MUSICWORKS 2018 Competition in Toronto. In 2019, his work “ElectroSantouri” received an Honorary Mention in FORUM WALLIS 2019. Website: https://www.epafassianos.com

PERFORMANCES

Chromatocosmos

• MANTIS Festival, Martin Harris Centre, Manchester, March 5th 2016

• MANTIS Festival, Martin Harris Centre, Manchester, March 5th 2017

• MA/IN Festival, Duni Conservatory, Matera, December 5th 2017

• EASTN-DC: European Art-Science-Technology Network for Digital Creativity, Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Manchester, June 28th 2018

• MISE-EN_PLACE Bushwick: Bushwick Open Studio Festival of New Electro-Acoustic Works, Brooklyn NY, September 30th 2018

• Ecos Urbanos Electroacoustic Music Festival, Escuela Superior de Música, Mexico City, November 22nd 2018

• WOCMAT 2018 Conference: Electroacoustic Music Concert, National Chiao Tung University - Guangfu Campus, Hsinchu city of Taiwan, December 7th 2018

• MUSICA NOVA 2018: Electroacoustic Music Competition (First Prize in Category A) - The Concert of Laureats, Divadlo Inspirace, Prague, December 14th 2018

• DIALOGUES FESTIVAL, Saint Cecilia’s Hall – The University of Edinburgh

(Sound Diffusion by: Professor Pete Stollery), Edinburgh, February 19th 2019

• DIFFRAZIONI Multimedia Festival, Le Murate PAC | Progetti arte contemporanea, Firenze, March 26th 2019

• IFEM 2019 BRATISLAVA: INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC – Experimental Studio Bratislava – «Winner Takes All...» Festival – Bratislava, June 22nd 2019

• Musiques & Recherches: An Acousmatic Spatialized Concert - Espace Senghor – Centre Culturel d'Etterbeek (Sound Diffusion by: Professor Annette Vande Gorne), Brussels, March 18th 2020

• Frontwave New Music Festival 2020, Palm Beach Atlantic University: Music, Dance & Fine Arts (PBA) – West Palm Beach – Florida, March 26th 2020 - March 28th 2020

• NYCEMF 2020 – New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival – New York University and the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture – New York City, June 14th 2020 - June 21st 2020

• ICMC 2021 – International Computer Music Conference – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile – Santiago – Chile – 2021

Land of the Sirens

• MANTIS Sonification Festival and Symposium 2018, Martin Harris Centre, Manchester, March 4th 2018

• MANTIS Festival, Beer Nouveau, October 28th 2018

• DIFFRAZIONI Multimedia Festival, Le Murate PAC | Progetti arte contemporanea, Firenze, March 27th 2019

• ICMC 2019 / NYCEMF 2019, New York University – New York City, June 17th 2019

• Leeds Festival “Echochroma XVIII” – Leeds Beckett University (Leeds School Of Arts), Leeds, October 9th 2019

• Days of Electroacoustic Music, Athens Conservatory, Athens, November 29th 2019

• TAMA Music Festival, Meisei University, Tokyo, January 12th 2020

• MUSLAB 2020 – La Muestra Internacional de Música Electroacústica, Lisboa Incomum, Lisbon, April 9th 2020

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