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Georgios Demertzis

Γιώργος Δεμερτζής

Violinist

New Hellenic Quartet

Greek violinist Georgios Demertzis was born in 1958 and studied the violin with Stelios Kafantaris at the Hellenic Conservatory from which he graduated with the first prize. He then studied with Max Rostal in Bern. He was a prizewinner in the 1981 Alberto Curci competition and, in 1986, was awarded the Montsenigos Prize of the Academy of Athens. Georgios Demertzis has performed with all the major Greek orchestras as well as with symphony orchestras in many parts of Europe and has appeared at festivals in Europe, the USA, and Australia. He is the founder of the New Hellenic Quartet with whom he has recorded music by more than 20 Greek composers. He has premièred many Greek works (solo works, chamber music, and concertos), several of which are dedicated to him. In 1997 he was appointed associate professor at Lawrence University in the USA. Source: Eclassical.com

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	April 17, 1989	Pallas Theatre	Athens	Greece	1st Music Festival of Balkan Countries	Greek Composers' Union	Karolos Trikolidis (conductor), Georgios Demertzis (violin)	Athens State Orchestra	Violin Concerto, Op. 51
2	August 10, 1995	Aalborghallen (Aalborg Kongres & Kultur Center)	Aalborg	Denmark	Græsk Festival Aalborg	Græsk Festival Aalborg	Nikos Christodoulou (conductor), Georgios Demertzis (violin)	Aalborg Symphony Orchestra	Violin Concerto, Op. 51
3	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
4	April 21, 2000	Friends of Music Hall (Christos Lambrakis Hall)	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens State Orchestra	Byron Fidetzis (conductor), Georgios Demertzis (violin)	Athens State Orchestra	Violin Concerto, Op. 51
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	March 21, 2006	Goethe-Institut Athen	Athens	Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos Memorial	Hellenic Society for Aesthetics	Ermis Theodorakis (piano)[Op. 23, 32, 45], Georgios Demertzis (violin) [Op. 45]	N/A	Etudes Compositionnelles Op. 32, Eight Children's Miniatures Op. 23, Violin Sonata Op. 45
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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	YSC94	Concerto	for Violin and Orchestra	51	3232-4220, Harp, 4 Timpani, Percussion (Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Cymbals, Tam-Tam, Triangle, Snare Drum, Bass Drum), Strings	View
5	YSC88	Pantoum	for Violin, Cello and Piano	46	Violin, Cello, and Piano	View
6	YSC87	Sonata	for Violin and Piano	45	Violin and Piano	View
7	YSC68	String Quartet No. 4		28	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
8	YSC49	String Quartet No. 3		15	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
9	YSC47	String Quartet No. 2		13	String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)	View
10	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

Writers

#	Cover	Title	Type	Remarks	Writer's Page
1		Georgios Demertzis	Independent		View

Books

#	Cover	Title	Author(s)	Publisher	Publication Year	Type	Category	Language	Item 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	View
2		Yorgos Sicilianos 1920 - 2005 - Anniversary Tribute	Nikos Maliaras, Markos Tsetsos, Kostas Chardas, Giorgos Sakallieros, Nikos B. Tsouchlos, Panos Vlagopoulos, Giorgos Demertzis, Charis Dimaras	Friends of Music Association	2016	Musicology	Edited Volume	Greek	View

Articles & Papers

#	Cover	Title	Author(s)	Affiliation	Publication Year	Language	Item Page
1		The Violin in Yorgos Sicilianos' Œuvre	Georgios Demertzis	Violinist	2007	Greek	View
2		Yorgos Sicilianos: The Chamber Music Works for Strings	Georgios Demertzis		2016	Greek	View

Conferences & Events

#	Name	Type	Location	Year	Event Page
1	Event in memory of Yorgos Sicilianos at the Goethe Institut in Athens	Commemorative	Goethe-Institut Athen	2006	View
2	Book Launch - Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music	Book Launch	Benaki Museum	2012	View
3	The composer Yorgos Sicilianos: Commemorative tribute for the 10th anniversary of his death	Commemorative	Music Library of Greece “Lilian Voudouri”	2015	View
4	Book Launch - Yorgos Sicilianos 1920 - 2005 - Anniversary Tribute	Book Launch	Music Library of Greece “Lilian Voudouri”	2016	View
5	Book Launch - Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist	Book Launch	Music Library of Greece “Lilian Voudouri”	2020	View
6	Tribute to Yorgos Sicilianos	Commemorative	Athens Conservatoire	2022	View

Broadcasts

#	Image	Title	Format	Channel/Station	Date	Broadcast Page
1		Book Launch - Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist	Stream	YouTube	September 4, 2020	View

References

“Ο συνθέτης Γιώργος Σισιλιανός - Επετειακό αφιέρωμα για τα 10 χρόνια από το θάνατό του,” Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall, accessed August 19, 2024, https://www.megaron.gr/event/o-sunthetis-giorgos-sisilianos-epeteiako-afieroma-gia-ta-10-chronia-apo-to-thanato-tou/.
"Αφιέρωμα στον Γιώργο Σισιλιάνο,” Athens Conservatoire, accessed August 16, 2024, https://www.athensconservatoire.gr/αφιέρωμα-στον-γιώργο-σισιλιάνο/
“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, 119, 122, 130,134, 146, 148
Georgios Demertzis, “Yorgos Sicilianos: The Chamber Music Works for Strings” [Γιώργος Σισιλιανός. Το έργο μουσικής δωματίου με έγχορδα], in Yorgos Sicilianos 1920 - 2005 - Anniversary Tribute [Γιώργος Σισιλιανός 1920-2005 Επετειακό Αφιέρωμα], ed. Stephania Merakos (Athens: Friends of Music Association, 2016), 99-106.
Georgios Demertzis, “The Violin in Yorgos Sicilianos’ Œuvre” [Το Βιολί στο Έργο του Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου], in Yorgos Sicilianos: In the Avant-Garde of Contemporary Music [Γιώργος Σισιλιάνου - Ο Συνθέτης στην Πρωτοπορία της Σύγχρονης Μουσικής], ed. Valentini Tselika (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2007), 129-135.
“Εκδηλώσεις 2006, Event in memory of Yorgos Sicilianos at the Goethe Institut in Athens: concert by Ermis Theodorakis (piano) and Georgios Demertzis (violin), speakers: D. A. Zivas, A. Kostios, Y. Ioannidis.” Hellenic Society for Aesthetics, accessed August 19, 2024, https://hellenicaesthetics.gr/εκδηλώσεις
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) , 11, 158, 197, 198, 203, 276, 277, 280, 281-287
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011) , 166, 205

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