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Yorgos Sicilianos 1920-2005, the composer in the avant-garde of contemporary music

Γιώργος Σισιλιάνος 1920-2005, ο συνθέτης στην πρωτοπορία της σύγχρονης μουσικής

Event Date: March 12, 2007

Event End Date: April 15, 2007

Location: Benaki Museum

Host Organisation(s):

Benaki Museum

Event Type: Exhibition

Theme:

Commemorative dedicated to Sicilianos's life, legacy, and contributions to music

Attendance Mode: in person

Schedule:

Exhibition Contributors

Organization: Benaki Museum

General Supervision – Coordination: Valentine Tselika

Scientific Supervision – Texts: Valia Christopoulou

Artistic Supervision: Stamatis Zannos

Text Editing: Maria Pouloupoulou

Translations: Deek Von Mook, COM N. Pratsinis – K. Zisimou Co

Exhibit Conservation: Eleftheria Goufa

Secretarial Support: Renata Zafeiriadou-Mavrou

Educational Material: Chara Chatzinikolaou

Photographs – Scans: Leonidas Kourgientakis, Renata Mavrou

Digital Prints: Nikos Paschalidis

Technical Support: Manolis Blaziakis

Wooden Constructions: Manos And Antonis Lignos

Colourings: Dimitris Mousadis

Lighting: Kyriakos Kosmidis

Press Office: Xanthopoulou And Associates

The exhibition was subsequently presented in Thessaloniki (May 2008), Volos (April 2009), and Chania (2010).

Articles & Papers

#	Cover	Title	Author(s)	Affiliation	Publication Year	Language	Remarks	Item Page
1		Memory of Yorgos Sicilianos	Giannis Ioannidis	Musician	2007	Greek		View
2		Reflections on a Friend and a Great Composer, Yorgos Sicilianos	Theodore Antoniou	Composer, Conductor, Professor at Boston University, President of the Greek Composers' Union	2007	Greek		View
3		About Yorgos Sicilianos	Tatsis Apostolidis	Violinist	2007	Greek		View
4		As a Chronicle	Dimitris Agrafiotis	Conductor	2007	Greek		View
5		Music and Professionalism in Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos		2007	Greek		View
6		A Few Words About Yorgos Sicilianos	Byron Fidetzis	Cellist, Conductor, Director of the Athens State Orchestra	2007	Greek		View
7		The Violin in Yorgos Sicilianos' Œuvre	Georgios Demertzis	Violinist	2007	Greek		View
8		Notes on the Pianistic Œuvre of Yorgos Sicilianos	Popi Eustratiadi	Pianist	2007	Greek		View
9		The Lady in the Moonlight by Yorgos Sicilianos - A Look At The Composer’s Workshop	Nikos B. Tsouchlos	Conductor	2007	Greek		View
10		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		View
11		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		View
12		About Yorgos Sicilianos	Michael-Constantine Stathopoulos	Professor Emeritus, University of Athens	2007	Greek		View
13		Yorgos Sicilianos	Giorgos Kouroupos	Composer, Artistic Director of the Orchestra of Colours	2007	Greek		View
14		Beyond the Stave	Apostolos Kostios	Department of Music, University of Athens	2007	Greek		View
15		Yorgos Sicilianos (1920 - 2005)	Valia (Stavroula) Christopoulou		2007	Greek		View

Books

#	Cover	Title	Author(s)	Publisher	Publication Year	Type	Category	Language	Remarks	Book Page
1		Yorgos Sicilianos	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	Benaki Museum	2007	Musicology	Edited Volume	Greek & English	This book is the companion publication to this exhibition.	View

Performers

#	Photo	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Remarks	Profile
1		Byron Fidetzis	Conductor, Cellist, Author	Athens State Orchestra Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra Athens Philharmonia Orchestra	Contributor	View
2		Daniël Kramer	Pianist	Conservatorium van Amsterdam	Performer – March 20, 2007 concert.	View
3		Ermis Theodorakis	Pianist, Composer		Performer	View
4		Giannis Ioannidis	Conductor, Composer			View
5		Popi Eustratiadi	Pianist, Author		Contributor	View
6		Tatsis Apostolidis	Violinist, Conductor, Author	Hellenic Quartet Athens State Orchestra Athens Conservatoire	Contributor	View
7		Theodore Antoniou	Composer, Conductor	Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music Alea III Boston University	Contributor	View

Works

#	Cover Image	Catalogue Number	Work Title	Subtitle	Opus	Instrumentation	Remarks	Work Page
1		YSC73	Etudes Compositionnelles	for Piano	32	Piano		View
2		YSC87	Sonata	for Violin and Piano	45	Violin and Piano		View
3		YSC88	Pantoum	for Violin, Cello and Piano	46	Violin, Cello, and Piano		View
4		YSC90	Contrastes	for Two Pianos, on a Chromatique Theme by Orlande de Lassus.	48	2 Pianos		View

Writers

#	Photo	Name	Affiliation	Remarks	Writer's Page
1		Apostolos Kostios	University of Athens	Contributor	View
2		Byron Fidetzis	Athens State Orchestra		View
3		Dimitris Agrafiotis	Independent	Contributor	View
4		Georgios Kouroupos	Orchestra of Colours	Contributor	View
5		Giannis Ioannidis	Independent	Contributor	View
6		Katy Romanou	University of Athens	Contributor	View
7		Michael-Constantine Stathopoulos	Academy of Athens	Contributor	View
8		Nikos I. Synodinos	Greek National Opera	Contributor	View
9		Popi Eustratiadi	Independent	Contributor	View
10		Tatsis Apostolidis	Independent	Contributor	View
11		Theodore Antoniou	Boston University	Contributor	View
12		Valia (Stavroula) Christopoulou	University of Athens	Scientific Editor, Contributor	View