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Yorgos Sicilianos

In the avant-garde of contemporary music

Γιώργος Σισιλιάνος - Ο συνθέτης στην πρωτοπορία της σύγχρονης μουσικής

Author(s): Dimitris Agrafiotis, Theodore Antoniou, Tatsis Apostolidis, Valia Christopoulou, Giorgos Demertzis, Popi Eustratiadi, Byron Fidetzis, Gianni Ioannides, Apostolos Kostios, Giorgos Kouroupos, Katy Romanou, Yorgos Sicilianos, Michalis Stathopoulos, Nikos Synodinos, Nikos B. Tsouchlos

Editor(s): Valentini Tselika

Foreword: Angelos Delivorias

Publisher: Benaki Museum

Location: Athens

Date: 2007

Language: Greek & English

Pages: 284

ISBN: 978-960-8347-59-5

Sponsor(s): Cultural Organization of the City of Athens

Description:

This publication accompanied the exhibition “Yorgos Sicilianos: In the avant-garde of contemporary music”, organised at the Benaki Museum (12/03/07-15/04/07). The book includes texts by musicians, musicologists and friends of the composer, referring to his life and work. It also includes an extensive timeline of the composer correlating his life with artistic and political events as well as international events.

Articles & Papers

#	Title	Author(s)	Affiliation	Publication Year	Language	Pages	Item Page
1	About Yorgos Sicilianos	Michael-Constantine Stathopoulos	Professor Emeritus, University of Athens	2007	Greek	69-75	View
2	Yorgos Sicilianos: A distinguished personality of our modern culture, worthy to be remembered and commemorated	Nikos I. Synodinos	Former General Director of the Greek National Opera	2007	Greek	77-81	View
3	Searching for the Lost Musical Tradition of Ancient Greek Tragedy - Comments on the Setting to Music of a Fragment of Ancient Tragedy by Yorgos Sicilianos	Yorgos Sicilianos		2007	Greek	83-89	View

Broadcasts

#	Image	Title	Format	Channel/Station	Date	Remarks	Broadcast Page
1		Musical Figures: A Tribute to Yorgos Sicilianos	Television	Hellenic Parliament TV	August 17, 2007	Documentary filmed for the opening of the Sicilianos exhibition at the Benaki Museum in 2007.	View

Conferences & Events

#	Image	Name	Type	Location	Year	Remarks	Event Page
1		Yorgos Sicilianos 1920-2005, the composer in the avant-garde of contemporary music	Exhibition	Benaki Museum	2007	This book is the companion publication to this exhibition.	View

Discography

#	Album Cover	Title	Artist(s)	Work(s) by Sicilianos	Format	Label	Release Date	Remarks	Album Page
1		Yorgos Sicilianos: The Lady in the Moonlight & Eight Children's Miniatures for Piano	Athena Fytika, Giannis Sambrovalakis, Iris Louka, Korina Vougiouka, Nikos Tsouchlos, Roza Poulimenou (Cappon)	Eight Children's Miniatures Op. 23, The Lady in the Moonlight Op. 41	Compact Disc	Edition Orpheus	2024		View

Editions

#	Cover	Title	Publisher	Publication Year	Remarks	Edition Page
1		Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 45	Sicilianos.Org	2020	Test Remark	View

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		At the Edge of the Port	Yannis Ritsos	Poem	Test	View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed	Remarks
1	March 13, 2007	Benaki Museum	Athens	Greece	Exhibition - Yorgos Sicilianos 1920-2005, the composer in the avant-garde of contemporary music	Benaki Museum	Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Chara Sira (violist), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello)	New Hellenic Quartet	String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8, String Quartet No. 3 Op. 15, String Quartet No. 5 Op. 53	This performance was arranged in the auspices of the exhibition and the companion book.

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Remarks	Profile
1	Byron Fidetzis	Conductor, Cellist, Author	Athens State Orchestra Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra Athens Philharmonia Orchestra	“A few words about Yorgos Sicilianos”, pp. 141-145	View
2	Dimitris Agrafiotis	Conductor, Violinist, Composer	Schwäbisches Sinfonie-Orchester (Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen - WPR)		View
3	Georgios Demertzis	Violinist	New Hellenic Quartet	Test	View
4	Georgios Kouroupos	Pianist, Composer		Writer	View
5	Giannis Ioannidis	Conductor, Composer		Author of “Memory of Yorgos Sicilianos” [Μνήμη Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου], 179-180	View
6	Nikos Tsouchlos	Conductor, Pianist	Athens Conservatoire Ionian University Athens Concert Hall		View
7	Popi Eustratiadi	Pianist, Author			View
8	Tatsis Apostolidis	Violinist, Conductor, Author	Hellenic Quartet Athens State Orchestra Athens Conservatoire	“About Yorgos Sicilianos”, p. 167	View
9	Theodore Antoniou	Composer, Conductor	Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music Alea III Boston University	“Reflections on a Friend and a Great Composer, Yorgos Sicilianos”, p. 173	View

Texts

#	Cover	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Remarks	Text Page
1		Searching for the Lost Musical Tradition of Ancient Greek Tragedy	Paper	1999	Greek	83-89, 267-268	View

Works

#	Cover Image	Catalogue Number	Work Title	Subtitle	Opus	Instrumentation	Remarks	Work Page
1		YSC84	The Fire	Musical Drama in One Act, with Prologue and Seven Scenes. Text by Maro Papadimitriou, theatrical adaptation by Yorgo Sicilianos.	42	2222 – 4231, Celesta, Timpani, Percussion (3 Performers: Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Triangle, Clapper, Suspended Cymbal, Cymbals, Large Gong, 5 Temple Blocks, Woodblock, Snare Drum, Snare Drum without Snares, Bass Drum, Maracas, Flexatone), Strings, Characters: Man (baritone), Woman (mezzo-soprano), Old Beggar (tenor), Jester (tenor), Wiseman (baritone), Oracle (bass), High Priest (bass), Crowd (mixed choir), Men (tenors and basses or baritones and basses), Dancers, Offstage voices (four male and one female voice).	Test	View

Writers

#	Name	Affiliation	Remarks	Writer's Page
1	Apostolos Kostios	University of Athens	“Beyond the Stave”, pp. 35-51	View
2	Byron Fidetzis	Athens State Orchestra	“A few words about Yorgos Sicilianos”, pp. 141-145	View
3	Dimitris Agrafiotis	Independent	“As a Chronicle”, pp. 161-164	View
4	Georgios Demertzis	Independent	“The Violin in Yorgos Sicilianos’ Œuvre”, pp. 129-135	View
5	Georgios Kouroupos	Orchestra of Colours	“Yorgos Sicilianos”, pp. 61-66	View
6	Giannis Ioannidis	Independent	“Memory of Yorgos Sicilianos”, pp. 179-180	View
7	Katy Romanou	University of Athens	“Waste of Values”, pp. 53-59	View
8	Michael-Constantine Stathopoulos	Academy of Athens	“About Yorgos Sicilianos”, pp. 69-75	View
9	Nikos B. Tsouchlos	Ionian University	“The Lady in the Moonlight by Yorgos Sicilianos – A Look At The Composer’s Workshop”, pp. 97-111	View
10	Nikos I. Synodinos	Greek National Opera	“Yorgos Sicilianos: A distinguished personality of our modern culture, worthy to be remembered and commemorated”, pp. 77-81	View
11	Popi Eustratiadi	Independent	“Notes on the Pianistic Œuvre of Yorgos Sicilianos”, pp. 115-127	View
12	Tatsis Apostolidis	Independent	“About Yorgos Sicilianos”, p. 167	View
13	Theodore Antoniou	Boston University	“Reflections on a Friend and a Great Composer, Yorgos Sicilianos”, p. 173	View
14	Valia (Stavroula) Christopoulou	University of Athens	Yorgos Sicilianos (1920 – 2005), pp. 13-33	View

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