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Apostolos Chandrakis

Απόστολος Χανδράκης

Cellist

New Hellenic Quartet

Apostolos Chandrakis was born in Thessaloniki and studied cello at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki with M. Kazambaka. He graduated in 1982 with Distinction and continued his studies, as a Greek State Scholar at the Academy of Vienna with S. Benesch and A. May, from where he received a soloist’s diploma in 1989. He attended classes with F. J. Sellheim, H. Schiff, P. Tortelier, M. Maisky. He was a member of the World Youth Orchestra in 1981 and 1984, of the Municipal Orchestra of Thessaloniki from 1990-1996. Since then, he has been a member of the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra. Professor of Chamber Music at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki, member of the New Hellenic Quartet, he has collaborated as a soloist with the Municipal Orchestra of Thessaloniki, the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, the ERT Orchestra and has given many recitals in Greece, Austria, Italy, Serbia, Germany, Bulgaria, and the UK.

Source: Thessaloniki Concert Hall

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	March 18, 1996	Goethe Institute of Athens	Athens	Greece	N/A	Greek Composers' Union, Goethe Institute of Athens	Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Paris Anastasiadis (viola), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello)	New Hellenic Quartet	String Quartet No. 5, Op. 53
2	November 25, 2000	Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall	Athens	Greece	A Tribute to Composer Yorgo Sicilianos	Athens Concert Hall	Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Paris Anastasiadis (viola), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello)	New Hellenic Quartet	String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8 - String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13 - String Quartet No. 3, Op. 15
3	December 14, 2000	Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall	Athens	Greece	A Tribute to Composer Yorgo Sicilianos	Athens Concert Hall	Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Paris Anastasiadis (viola), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello) [Op. 28 & Op. 53] - Georgios Demertzis (violin), Maria Asteriadou (piano) [Op. 45] - Maria Asteriadou (piano), Georgios Demertzis (violin), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello) [Op. 46]	New Hellenic Quartet	String Quartet No. 4, Op. 28 - Violin Sonata, Op. 45 - Pantoum, Op. 46 - String Quartet No. 5, Op. 53
4	October 7, 2001	Thessaloniki Concert Hall	Thessaloniki	Greece	N/A	Thessaloniki Concert Hall	Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Chara Seira (viola), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello)	New Hellenic Quartet	String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13
5	October 15, 2002	Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens Concert Hall	Maria Asteriadou (piano), Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Chara Sira (viola), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello)	New Hellenic Quartet	Piano Quintet, Op. 61
6	May 7, 2005	Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall	Athens	Greece	Hellenic Music Festivals [Ελληνικές Μουσικές Γιορτές]	Athens State Orchestra	Maria Asteriadou (piano), Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Chara Sira (viola), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello), Vassilis Papavassiliou (double bass)	New Hellenic Quartet	Timbres, Op. 63
7	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
8	March 20, 2007	Benaki Museum	Athens	Greece	Exhibition - Yorgos Sicilianos 1920-2005, the composer in the avant-garde of contemporary music	Benaki Museum	Georgios Demertzis (violin) (Op. 45, 46), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello) (Op. 46), Ermis Theodorakis (piano) (Op. 32, 45, 46, 48), Daniël Kramer (piano) (Op. 48)	N/A	Etudes Compositionnelles Op. 32, Violin Sonata Op. 45, Pantoum Op. 46, Contrastes Op. 48

Works

#	Catalogue Number	Work Title	Subtitle	Opus	Instrumentation	Work Page
1	YSC106	Timbres	for Piano, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Contrabass	63	Piano, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass	View
2	YSC104	Quintet	for Piano and Strings	61	Piano and String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
3	YSC96	String Quartet No. 5		53	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
4	YSC88	Pantoum	for Violin, Cello and Piano	46	Violin, Cello, and Piano	View
5	YSC68	String Quartet No. 4		28	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
6	YSC49	String Quartet No. 3		15	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
7	YSC47	String Quartet No. 2		13	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
8	YSC41	String Quartet No. 1		8	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View

Discography

#	Album Cover	Title	Artist(s)	Work(s) by Sicilianos	Format	Label	Release Date	Album Page
1		Yorgos Sicilianos: Chamber Music I	Apostolos Chandrakis, Chara Sira, Dimitrios Chandrakis, Georgios Demertzis, Maria Asteriadou, New Hellenic Quartet	Pantoum Op. 46, String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8, String Quartet No. 2 Op. 13, String Quartet No. 3 Op. 15	Compact Disc	Leskhi tou diskou - Poikile Stoa	2001	View
2		Yorgos Sicilianos: Chamber Music II	Apostolos Chandrakis, Chara Sira, Dimitrios Chandrakis, Georgios Demertzis, Maria Asteriadou, New Hellenic Quartet	Quintet for Piano and Strings Op. 61, Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 45, String Quartet No. 4 Op. 28, String Quartet No. 5 Op. 53	Compact Disc	Leskhi tou diskou - Poikile Stoa	2006	View

References

“Αφιέρωμα στον Γιώργο Σισιλιάνο,” Music Library of Greece “Lilian Voudouri” Digital Collection, March 13, 2007, accessed August 16, 2024, https://digital.mmb.org.gr/digma/handle/123456789/11737.
Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011) , 36, 43, 48, 80, 122, 134, 146, 148
Yorgos Sicilianos: Chamber Music II (Γιώργος Σισιλιάνος: Μουσική Δωματίου ΙΙ), performed by the New Hellenic Quartet and Maria Asteriadou. Leskhi tou Diskou - Poikile Stoa, 2006, Compact Disc, 76:13. Catalogue No.: EA 7.77702.
Yorgos Sicilianos: Chamber Music I (Γιώργος Σισιλιάνος: Μουσική Δωματίου Ι), performed by the New Hellenic Quartet and Maria Asteriadou. Leskhi tou Diskou - Poikile Stoa, 2001, Compact Disc, 75:34. Catalogue No.: EA 7.77701.
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020) , 280
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011) , 205
“Απόστολος Χανδράκης,” Thessaloniki Concert Hall, accessed August 19, 2024, http://www.tch.gr/default.aspx?lang=el-GR&page=44&id=2014.

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