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Yorgos Sicilianos

Γιώργος Σισιλιάνος

Composer, Conductor, Narrator

Sicilianos’s biography can be found here.

The works and recordings listed on this page are limited to those in which he participated as a performer. For a complete list of his compositions, their recordings, and additional information, please use the main navigation menu to access the relevant pages on this website.

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	June 15, 1958	Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus	Epidaurus	Greece	Epidaurus Festival	Epidaurus Festival	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Kostis Mihailidis (stage director, choreography), Kleovoulos Klonis (set designer), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Marmo Georgala (choreography), Anna Synodinou (Iphigenia), Thanos Costopoulos (Orestes), Vassilis Canakis (Pylades), Stelios Vocovits (Herdsman), Ghikas Biniaris (Thoas), Dimitris Papamichail (Messenger),Kakia Panayotou (The Goddess Athena), Pitsa Capitsinea (First Chorus Leader), H. Nenedakis, V. Deliyanni, J. Vassalou, L. Ventouratou, M. Contou, V. Dimopoulou, H. Bifernou, A. Syrracou, A Hadjidimou, FL. Stylianea, D. Volonini, M. Svolopoulou, V. Livada, Fr. Alexandrou, N. Sgouridou, G. Dimopoulou	National Theatre of Greece	Iphigenia in Tauris Op. 18
2	June 22, 1958	Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus	Epidaurus	Greece	Epidaurus Festival	Epidaurus Festival	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Kostis Mihailidis (stage director, choreography), Kleovoulos Klonis (set designer), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Marmo Georgala (choreography), Anna Synodinou (Iphigenia), Thanos Costopoulos (Orestes), Vassilis Canakis (Pylades), Stelios Vocovits (Herdsman), Ghikas Biniaris (Thoas), Dimitris Papamichail (Messenger),Kakia Panayotou (The Goddess Athena), Pitsa Capitsinea (First Chorus Leader), H. Nenedakis, V. Deliyanni, J. Vassalou, L. Ventouratou, M. Contou, V. Dimopoulou, H. Bifernou, A. Syrracou, A Hadjidimou, FL. Stylianea, D. Volonini, M. Svolopoulou, V. Livada, Fr. Alexandrou, N. Sgouridou, G. Dimopoulou	National Theatre of Greece	Iphigenia in Tauris Op. 18
3	August 9, 1958	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	Athens Festival	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Kostis Mihailidis (stage director, choreography), Kleovoulos Klonis (set designer), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Marmo Georgala (choreography), Anna Synodinou (Iphigenia), Thanos Costopoulos (Orestes), Vassilis Canakis (Pylades), Stelios Vocovits (Herdsman), Ghikas Biniaris (Thoas), Dimitris Papamichail (Messenger),Kakia Panayotou (The Goddess Athena), Pitsa Capitsinea (First Chorus Leader), H. Nenedakis, V. Deliyanni, J. Vassalou, L. Ventouratou, M. Contou, V. Dimopoulou, H. Bifernou, A. Syrracou, A Hadjidimou, FL. Stylianea, D. Volonini, M. Svolopoulou, V. Livada, Fr. Alexandrou, N. Sgouridou, G. Dimopoulou	National Theatre of Greece	Iphigenia in Tauris Op. 18
4	August 10, 1958	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	Athens Festival	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Kostis Mihailidis (stage director, choreography), Kleovoulos Klonis (set designer), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Marmo Georgala (choreography), Anna Synodinou (Iphigenia), Thanos Costopoulos (Orestes), Vassilis Canakis (Pylades), Stelios Vocovits (Herdsman), Ghikas Biniaris (Thoas), Dimitris Papamichail (Messenger),Kakia Panayotou (The Goddess Athena), Pitsa Capitsinea (First Chorus Leader), H. Nenedakis, V. Deliyanni, J. Vassalou, L. Ventouratou, M. Contou, V. Dimopoulou, H. Bifernou, A. Syrracou, A Hadjidimou, FL. Stylianea, D. Volonini, M. Svolopoulou, V. Livada, Fr. Alexandrou, N. Sgouridou, G. Dimopoulou	National Theatre of Greece	Iphigenia in Tauris Op. 18
5	June 26, 1960	Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus	Epidaurus	Greece	Epidaurus Festival	National Theatre of Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Takis Mouzenidis (director), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Kleovoulos Klonis (stage designer), Tatiana Varouti Mamaki (choreographer), Stelios Vocovits (Amphitryon), Kakia Panayotou (Megara), Thanos Costopoulos (Hercules), Nicolas Cazis (Messenger), Lycourgos Callerghis (Theseus), Heleni Nenedaki (Iris), Pitsa Capitsinea (Lyssa, goddess of madness), Ghikas Biniaris (Lycus), Vassilis Cakanis (1st Chorus Leader), N. Papaconstantinou, Th. Andriacopoulos, Ang. Yannoulis, V. Papanicas, Y. Mavroyenis, P. Lochaitis, C. Cokkakis, St. Papadakis, G. Gheorghiou, M. Marangakis, Th. Dimitrief, D. Dounakis, N. Vogas, C. Scarlis, Y. Stephanou, Th. Syriotis, A. Triantis, P. Leocratis, E. Cazatzoglou, C. Matsakas	National Theatre of Greece	Herakles Op. 20
6	July 9, 1960	Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus	Epidaurus	Greece	Epidaurus Festival	National Theatre of Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Takis Mouzenidis (director), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Kleovoulos Klonis (stage designer), Tatiana Varouti Mamaki (choreographer), Stelios Vocovits (Amphitryon), Kakia Panayotou (Megara), Thanos Costopoulos (Hercules), Nicolas Cazis (Messenger), Lycourgos Callerghis (Theseus), Heleni Nenedaki (Iris), Pitsa Capitsinea (Lyssa, goddess of madness), Ghikas Biniaris (Lycus), Vassilis Cakanis (1st Chorus Leader), N. Papaconstantinou, Th. Andriacopoulos, Ang. Yannoulis, V. Papanicas, Y. Mavroyenis, P. Lochaitis, C. Cokkakis, St. Papadakis, G. Gheorghiou, M. Marangakis, Th. Dimitrief, D. Dounakis, N. Vogas, C. Scarlis, Y. Stephanou, Th. Syriotis, A. Triantis, P. Leocratis, E. Cazatzoglou, C. Matsakas	National Theatre of Greece	Herakles Op. 20
7	August 5, 1960	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	National Theatre of Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Takis Mouzenidis (director), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Kleovoulos Klonis (stage designer), Tatiana Varouti Mamaki (choreographer), Stelios Vocovits (Amphitryon), Kakia Panayotou (Megara), Thanos Costopoulos (Hercules), Nicolas Cazis (Messenger), Lycourgos Callerghis (Theseus), Heleni Nenedaki (Iris), Pitsa Capitsinea (Lyssa, goddess of madness), Ghikas Biniaris (Lycus), Vassilis Cakanis (1st Chorus Leader), N. Papaconstantinou, Th. Andriacopoulos, Ang. Yannoulis, V. Papanicas, Y. Mavroyenis, P. Lochaitis, C. Cokkakis, St. Papadakis, G. Gheorghiou, M. Marangakis, Th. Dimitrief, D. Dounakis, N. Vogas, C. Scarlis, Y. Stephanou, Th. Syriotis, A. Triantis, P. Leocratis, E. Cazatzoglou, C. Matsakas	National Theatre of Greece	Herakles Op. 20
8	August 7, 1960	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	National Theatre of Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Takis Mouzenidis (director), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Kleovoulos Klonis (stage designer), Tatiana Varouti Mamaki (choreographer), Stelios Vocovits (Amphitryon), Kakia Panayotou (Megara), Thanos Costopoulos (Hercules), Nicolas Cazis (Messenger), Lycourgos Callerghis (Theseus), Heleni Nenedaki (Iris), Pitsa Capitsinea (Lyssa, goddess of madness), Ghikas Biniaris (Lycus), Vassilis Cakanis (1st Chorus Leader), N. Papaconstantinou, Th. Andriacopoulos, Ang. Yannoulis, V. Papanicas, Y. Mavroyenis, P. Lochaitis, C. Cokkakis, St. Papadakis, G. Gheorghiou, M. Marangakis, Th. Dimitrief, D. Dounakis, N. Vogas, C. Scarlis, Y. Stephanou, Th. Syriotis, A. Triantis, P. Leocratis, E. Cazatzoglou, C. Matsakas	National Theatre of Greece	Herakles Op. 20
9	June 30, 1962	Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus	Epidaurus	Greece	Epidaurus Festival	National Theatre of Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Takis Mouzenidis (director), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Kleovoulos Klonis (stage designer), Tatiana Varouti Mamaki (choreographer), Stelios Vocovits (Amphitryon), Kakia Panayotou (Megara), Thanos Costopoulos (Hercules), Nicolas Cazis (Messenger), Lycourgos Callerghis (Theseus), Heleni Nenedaki (Iris), Pitsa Capitsinea (Lyssa, goddess of madness), Ghikas Biniaris (Lycus), Vassilis Cakanis (1st Chorus Leader), Th. Andriacopoulos, V. Papanicas, Y. Mavroyenis, P. Lochaitis, C. Cokkakis, St. Papadakis, G. Gheorghiou, M. Marangakis, Th. Dimitrief, D. Dounakis, N. Vogas, C. Scarlis, Y. Stephanou, Th. Syriotis, A. Matarangas, N. Tsakiroglou, P. Leocratis, E. Cazatzoglou, N. Metallinos, E. Messidis, C Voulalas	National Theatre of Greece	Herakles Op. 20
10	July 18, 1965	Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus	Epidaurus	Greece	Epidaurus Festival	National Theatre of Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Takis Mouzenidis (director), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Kleovoulos Klonis (stage designer), Tatiana Varouti Mamaki (choreographer), Stelios Vocovits (Amphitryon), Kakia Panayotou (Megara), Thanos Costopoulos (Hercules), Theodoros Moridis (Messenger), Lycourgos Callerghis (Theseus), Heleni Nenedaki (Iris), Pitsa Capitsinea (Lyssa, goddess of madness), Ghikas Biniaris (Lycus), Vassilis Cakanis (1st Chorus Leader), Th. Andriacopoulos, V. Papanicas, C. Cokkakis, St. Papadakis, G. Gheorghiou, Th. Dimitrief, D. Dounakis, C. Scarlis, Th. Syriotis, C Voulalas, Chr. Cazandjidis, A. Dadinopoulos, C. Cosmopoulos, M. Caramanis, D. Damalas, D, Tsoutsis, C, Frangopoulos	National Theatre of Greece	Herakles Op. 20
11	August 7, 1965	Ancient Theatre of Dodona	Dodoni	Greece	Dodoni Festival	National Theatre of Greece	Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Takis Mouzenidis (director), Andonios Fokas (costume designer), Kleovoulos Klonis (stage designer), Tatiana Varouti Mamaki (choreographer), Stelios Vocovits (Amphitryon), Kakia Panayotou (Megara), Thanos Costopoulos (Hercules), Theodoros Moridis (Messenger), Lycourgos Callerghis (Theseus), Heleni Nenedaki (Iris), Pitsa Capitsinea (Lyssa, goddess of madness), Ghikas Biniaris (Lycus), Vassilis Cakanis (1st Chorus Leader), Th. Andriacopoulos, V. Papanicas, C. Cokkakis, St. Papadakis, G. Gheorghiou, Th. Dimitrief, D. Dounakis, C. Scarlis, Th. Syriotis, C Voulalas, Chr. Cazandjidis, A. Dadinopoulos, C. Cosmopoulos, M. Caramanis, D. Damalas, D, Tsoutsis, C, Frangopoulos	National Theatre of Greece	Herakles Op. 20
12	July 18, 1970	Ancient Theater of Philippi	Philippi - Krinides	Greece	Philippi - Thasos Festival	State Theatre of Northern Greece (Κ.Θ.Β.Ε.)	Kostis Mihailidis (director), Yorgos Sicilianos (conductor), Giorgos Patsas (set designer), Giannis Kyrou (costume designer)	State Theatre of Northern Greece (Κ.Θ.Β.Ε.)	Antigone

Works

#	Catalogue Number	Work Title	Subtitle	Opus	Instrumentation	Work Page
1	YSC65	Antigone		Without Opus Number	Flute, trumpet, percussion, and tape.	View
2	YSC57	Herakles	Incidental music	20	Cor Anglais, Clarinet, Saxophone – 3211, Percussion (2 Performers: Timpani, Snare Drum, Cymbals, Bass Drum, Tambourine, Suspended Cymbal, Xylophone, Castanets, Tamtam), Piano, Greek Chorus, Coryphaeus	View
3	YSC54	Iphigenia in Tauris	Incidental music	18	Clarinet (or Alto Saxophone in Eb), Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in C, Trombone, Percussion (2 Performers: Timpani, Bass Drum, Piccolo Snare, Snare Drum without snares), Piano, Double Bass	View

Discography

#	Album Cover	Title	Artist(s)	Work(s) by Sicilianos	Format	Label	Release Date	Album Page
1		Greek Composers - From the 3rd Hellenic Week of Contemporary Music	Giannis Mantakas, Giannis Mantakas Choir of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music, Theodore Antoniou, Yorgos Sicilianos	Epiklesis II Op. 29b	LP - Vinyl	EMI - Columbia	1970	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011) , 63, 74, 151
Greek Composers - From the 3rd Hellenic Week of Contemporary Music [Έλληνες Συνθέτες 3 - Από την 3η Ελληνική Εβδομάδα Σύγχρονης Μουσικής]. LP, EMI - Columbia, SCXG 55/59, 1970.
Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009) , 71
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020) , 268, 271
“Play Details: Herakles.” National Theatre of Greece Archive, accessed November 13, 2024. http://www.nt-archive.gr/playDetails.aspx?playID=188.
“Play Details: Ιφιγένεια εν Ταύροις,” National Theatre of Greece. Accessed September 6, 2024. http://www.nt-archive.gr/playDetails.aspx?playID=723.
“1970-1971 State Theatre of Northern Greece [Κρατικό Θέατρο Βορείου Ελλάδος], Antigone - Sophocles [Αντιγόνη - Σοφοκλής], First Performance: Kavala, Ancient Theatre of Philippi [Καβάλα, Αρχαίο Θέατρο Φιλίππων], 18/07/1970,” National Theatre of Northern Greece, accessed 30 August 2024, https://www.ntng.gr/default.aspx?lang=el-GR&page=2&production=2877.
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011) , 159, 199, 320, 325, 418, 429
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, and Nikos B. Tsouchlos. Yorgos Sicilianos: In the Avant-Garde of Contemporary Music [Γιώργος Σισιλιανός - Ο συνθέτης στην πρωτοπορία της σύγχρονης μουσικής]. Edited by Valentini Tselika. (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2007) , 18, 20, 50, 90, 185, 199, 203, 242
Kostas Chardas, Giorgos Demertzis, Charis Dimaras, Nikos Maliaras, Giorgos Sakallieros, Nikos B. Tsouchlos, Markos Tsetsos, and Panos Vlagopoulos. Yorgos Sicilianos 1920-2005 - Anniversary Tribute [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος 1920-2005 Επετειακο αφιερωμα]. Edited by Stephania Merakos and Valia Vraka. (Athens: Friends of Music Association, 2016) , 47, 116, 119

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