Origin Zakynthos, Greece Website boukouvalas.weebly.com Role Composer | Occupation(s) Composer Name Dionysis Boukouvalas | |
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Born 7 May 1979 (age 44)
Athens, Greece ( 1979-05-07 ) | ||
Dionysis Boukouvalas & Steve Reich - piano triet - Fantasy on a theme by Steve Reich world premiere
Dionysis Boukouvalas (born 7 May 1979) is a Greek composer. He is active mainly in concert music, but recently in popular music too, having set to music poetry by C.P. Cavafy and others.
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- Dionysis Boukouvalas Steve Reich piano triet Fantasy on a theme by Steve Reich world premiere
- Selected works
- References
He holds the diplomas of Harmony, Counterpoint and Fugue (all with mention "A") and a diploma from the Department of Musical Studies of the University of Athens (with mention "A"). On 2007 he completed his Master’s course at the university "Paris 8". He is a member of the Greek Composers Union.
His works include music for eight plays, including William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Michael Ende's Momo, for film (pianno, dir. Giorgos Efthimiou, The cat and the canary, dir. Paul Leni), for literary tributes (Tribute to the French existential philosophers, Aeolian earth) and for modern dance (All the way, for the Iliessa dance company).
He has composed music for ensemble and numerous songs on poetry of Ugo Foscolo, Edgar Allan Poe, and various Greek poets (Ritsos, Embiricos, Vrettakos et al).
His work Chemins fermes for string sextet, dedicated in the memory of Iannis Xenakis, won a prize at the Workshops cycle of the Athens Megaron in 2004.
His transcription for two pianos of Philippos Tsalahouris' orchestral work, 24 Greek Dances for the Benaki Museum, was published in 2009 by the museum.
His piano work "Meditation" was included in the 2012 audio DVD PostCage, issued by the American label OgreOgress.
Recent premieres of his works include [2012] Fantasy on a theme by Steve Reich, for piano 6 hands, in collaboration with Steve Reich (Bristol, UK), Winter concords, for ensemble, in collaboration with Rob Haskins (New Hampshire, USA), Sunbeams, for clarinet, viola and piano (Druskininkai, Lithuania) [2013] Music for a non-existent film, for 2 pianos, 8 hands (Vilnius, Lithuania) and Etude, for the dissonArt ensemble (Thessaloniki, Greece).
His first personal CD, English Gardens, came out in 2011 and garnered praise by highly acclaimed musicians such as Ketil Bjornstad.