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Georges Aperghis ( el, Γιώργος Απέργης; born 23 December 1945) is a Greek composer working primarily in the field of experimental music theater but has also composed a large amount of non- programmatic
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Georges Aperghis ( el, Γιώργος Απέργης; born 23 December 1945) is a Greek composer working primarily in the field of experimental music theater but has also composed a large amount of non- programmatic chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...
. He lives in France and was married to actress Édith Scob
Édith Scob (21 October 1937 – 26 June 2019) was a French film and theatre actress, best known for her role as the daughter with a disfigured face in '' Eyes Without a Face'' (1960).
Early life and family
Scob was born Édith Helena Vladimirov ...
until 2019 when she died.
Aperghis studied with Iannis Xenakis
Giannis Klearchou Xenakis (also spelled for professional purposes as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; el, Γιάννης "Ιωάννης" Κλέαρχου Ξενάκης, ; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born Greek-French avant-garde ...
and founded the music and theater company ATEM ''(Atelier Théâtre et Musique)''. He was a "composer in residence" in Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
, France.
In 2011 he was the first recipient of the Mauricio Kagel Music Prize The Mauricio Kagel Music Prize provided by the German arts foundation Kunststiftung NRW was established in 2011. The prize money is €50,000. Of the prize money, €30,000 goes to the prizewinner and €20,000 has to be used for an art project in N ...
. Aperghis is honored with the 2015 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards () are an international award programme recognizing significant contributions in the areas of scientific research and cultural creation. The categories that make up the Frontiers of Knowledge Awards ...
in Contemporary Music for his reinvention of music theater, using sound, gesture, space and technology and involving performers in the compositional process.
Selected works
* ''Il gigante Golia'' (1975/1990) for voice and orchestra * ''Histoire de loups'' (1976), opera * ''Récitations'' (1977–78) for solo voice * ''Le Corps à Corps'' (1978) for solo percussion (voice with Zarb) * ''En un tournemain'' (1987) for viola solo * ''Cinq Couplets'' (1988) for voice and bass clarinet * ''Triangle carré'' (1989) for string quartet and three percussionists * ''Simulacre'' (1991–95), series of four pieces for voice and small chamber groupings * ''Sextuor: L'Origine des espèces'' (1992), opera for five female voices and 'cello * ''Crosswind'' (1997) for viola and saxophone quartet * ''Volte-face'' (1997) for viola solo * ''Machinations'' (2000) musical spectacle for four female voices and computer * ''Die Hamletmaschine-oratorio'' (2000) for choir and orchestra with soloists * ''Le petit chaperon rouge'' (2001) for chamber ensemble * ''Rasch'' (2001) for violin and viola * ''Avis de tempête'' (2005), opera with chamber ensemble and electronics * ''Trio Funambules'' (2014), for saxophone, piano and percussion (written forTrio Accanto
Trio Accanto is a contemporary piano trio formed of Marcus Weiss (saxophone), Nicolas Hodges (piano) and Christian Dierstein (percussion). It is based in Freiburg, Germany.
History
Trio Accanto was formed as the result of a discussion between Ma ...
)
External links
*The Banff Center: Who the H... is Georges Aperghis? Biography
* * The online music revie
La Folia
has review articles about Aperghis
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