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Dimitrios Chandrakis

Δημήτριος Χανδράκης

Violinist

New Hellenic Quartet

Dimitrios Chandrakis was born in Thessaloniki in 1965. A founding member of the New Hellenic Quartet, he studied violin at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki with Kosmas Galileas and at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien with Günter Pichler. He graduated with a Diploma in Solo Performance in 1988. As a soloist, he has appeared with prominent Greek orchestras. From 1992 to 1996 he was the concertmaster of the Symphony Orchestra of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, and from 1996 to 2003 the concertmaster of the Thessaloniki State Orchestra. His discography includes, among others, all the string quartets of George Sicilianos, Nikos Skalkotas, Mikis Theodorakis, Filippos Tsalahouris, as well as early string quartets by Carl Nielsen and Ottorino Respighi’s major chamber music works. From 1993 and for 20 years he taught violin at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki, and since 2002 he is a Professor of Violin at the Department of Music Science and Art of the University Of Macedonia. He also teaches at the Lefkada Music Week and at the Internationale Musiktage, in Brache, Germany. He has been the president of TMET of the University of Macedonia for two terms
as well as vice president of ETOS of the TSSO. Since 2007 he has been a member of the board of DOATAP. In 2018 he was elected Vice-Rector of the University of Macedonia
His activity with the New Hellenic Quartet, was honored with the “Grand Prize” of the Association of Music and Theater Critics.

Source: University of Macedonia

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	April 24, 2010	Grand Arsenal	Chania	Greece	N/A	Benaki Museum	Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Angeliki Yannaki (viola), Angelos Liakakis (cello)	New Hellenic Quartet	String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8, String Quartet No. 2 Op. 13, String Quartet No. 5 Op. 53
9	April 26, 2010	Piraeus 138	Athens	Greece	N/A	Benaki Museum	Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Angeliki Yannaki (viola), Angelos Liakakis (cello)	New Hellenic Quartet	String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8, String Quartet No. 2 Op. 13, String Quartet No. 5 Op. 53

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	YSC68	String Quartet No. 4		28	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
5	YSC49	String Quartet No. 3		15	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
6	YSC47	String Quartet No. 2		13	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
7	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

Sound Archives

#	Image	Title	Description	Recording Date	Format	Running Time	Remarks	Audio Files
1		Timbres Op. 63	Yorgos Sicilianos – Timbres for Piano, 2 Violin, Viola, Cello and Contrabass, Op. 63 New Hellenic Quartet: Georgios Demertzis (violin I) Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II) Chara Sira (viola) Apostolos Chandrakis (cello) Maria Asteriadou (piano) Vassilis Papavassiliou (double bass) Hellenic Music Festivals Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall (Athens Concert Hall) Athens, Greece May 7, 2005 (Live Recording)	May 7, 2005	Digital (MP3)	00.13.55		View

References

“Νέο Ελληνικό Κουαρτέτο: Αφιέρωμα στον Γιώργο Σισιλιάνο (1920-2005) - Benaki Museum Event.” Benaki Museum Official Website. Accessed June 16, 2024. https://www.benaki.org/index.php?option=com_events&view=event&id=2407&lang=el.
“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, 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.
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011) , 205
“Dimitris Chandrakis,” University of Macedonia, accessed August 19, 2024, https://www.uom.gr/en/dchand.

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