KOUMENDAKIS G.

Koumentakis_Giorgos

 

KOUMENDAKIS GIORGOS, Composer

Born in 1969 in Rethymno (Crete)

Chamber music :

  • String Quartet (1976-1977) (ms, unknown)
  • Window(1977) (ms, unknown)
  • Two pieces for flute and piano (1981) (ms, unknown)
  • She chanted loud some alien hymn of wizardry, String quartet (1981), str[2.1.1.0], dur : 8΄00
  • The Grimm Brothers’ Suite (1996), str[2.1.1.0], dur. : 10΄00
  • Socrates in Athens, 13.07.01 (2001) for 5 percussionists, (3 vib, 2 xyl), dur. : 28΄00
  • Modo, in three parts, 2 pf, 3 pianists• pf, 3 pianists• 2 pf, 2 pianists (2007), dur.: 3΄00
  • Five more steps until you fall asleep (2008), picc, fl, 2 cl.[Bb], str[2.0.2.1], 2 vib, pf 4 hands, dur.: 10΄
  • Hovering in Between (2009), 2 sax (sopr. and baritone), dur.: 5΄00
  • The silent step of the bear (2012), sax (soprano and alto), perc, bajan, dur.: 11΄00 (The man bear, Dance 1, sax sop, perc, bajan, Dance 2, sax alto, perc, bajan, Dance 3, sax alto, perc, bajan)

(See also cycles)

Solo music :

  • Approche (1980), pf, dur.: 7΄30
  • Horomimos (1988), pf, dur.: 3΄00
  • Melody for mandolin (1994), dur.: 6΄00
  • Firefly (2000), hpd, dur.: 2΄00
  • Bumble-bee (2000), hpd, dur.: 0΄ 30
  • Melody for guitar (2001), dur.: 8΄30
  • Forget me not (2007), sax/cl, dur.: 10΄30
  • Daring Combinations (2002), pf, dur.: 15΄00
  • Forget me, (2009), fl

(See also cycles)

Operas :

  • Suicide I, Suicide II (1978-9), libr. G.K., graphic score, actor, 11 str bowed ad. lib.
  • Daily Suicides (1980 – 81), libr. G.K., graphic score, sop, alt, ten, bass, 2 actors, orch : (2 picc,2fl, 3ob,1cl[G], 1 cl[Mib], 3 c[Bb], 1 bcl[Bb], 3 bn, 2 bbn,4 hn, 1 tpt[D], 3 tpt[C], 2 tbn, 1 btbn, 1 tba, 1 perc, str[10 vl I, 10 vl II. 10.8.6], dur. : 90′
  • The Day will come… (first version 1986), sop, bryt, wq[1.1.1.1], sq[2.1.1.], bc[hn, tpt, tbn, cb, perc, pf], based on verses from Iliad and Odyssey of Homer in their original language, dur. : 24΄00
  • The Day will come… (1995 rev.), sop, bryt, mch, wq[1.1.1.1], sq and bc[hn, tpt, tbn, cb, perc, pf], text based on verses from Iliad and Odyssey of Homer in their original language, dur. : 50΄00
  • Omiros-Orimos (Homer-Mature) (2013), sop (Pinelopi), mez (Evriklia), ten (Tilemahos), bass (Odysseas), cch, 1fl, 1ob, 1sax (cl), hn, tbn, bajan, perc, 2vl, 1va, 1vc, 1cb, libr. from Homer’s Odyssey in the original language dur.: 30΄00
  • The murderess (2014), libr. of Yannis Svolos based on Alexandros Papadiamantis’ novel ‘The Murderess’, sop (Fragoyiannou), mez (Marousso), bass (Ioassaf), sop (Delharo), bryt (Yannis gardener), sop (Yiannou), sop (Mother of Xenoula), ten (Police officer 1), bryt (Judge), ten (Police officer 2), sop (Crinio), sop (Toula), sop (Myrsouda), bryt or bass (Doctor), actrice (Amersa), actor (Constantis), mch, fch, cch, vv[2sop, 1 mez, 1 alt],1 picc, 1fl, 2ob, 1cl[Bb], 1bcl[Bb], bn, cbn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 2 trb, 1 percussionist, sax., bajan, percussionist (on stage), string orch

Choral musique :

  • In Dolore (1988), text of Marcus Minucius Felix (in latin), ch a capella, dur. : 3΄00
  • Dracula, 5/6 voices, in six parts, on liturgical texts and invented texts (G.K.) for (3 sop, 1 alt, 1 ten, 1 bass), chamber orchfl, ob, cl, tpt, tbn, tba, 4 vl, 2va, 2vc, 1cb), dur.: 70΄00 see dance
  • Socrates in Athens (2001), see chamber music
  • The Pedal Tone of a Child (2010), see orchestral music
  • The Pedal Tone of A Middle – Aged Man, concerto for pf (No. 4)(2009), sax quartet and string orch, dur.: 17΄30 see cycles

Vocal music :

  • Remoteness 3 or about Love (1976, rev. 1977-8), text from Plato’s Symposium, for bryt-narrator, fl, 2 pf, dur.: 10΄00
  • Attempt to Sleep (1979), on poems of Giannis Kontos for sop and orchestra (1picc, 2fl, 2ob, 1 eh, 1cl[Bb], 1 cl[A], 1 bcl[Bb], 2 bn, 1bbn, 4 hn, 2tpt, 2 tbn, 1 tba, 6 perc, vl I, vl II, vas, vcs, cbs
  • 3 Poems (1979–80), graphic score, text of G.K., for mez and orch (1picc, 2fl, 2ob, 1 eh, 2cl, 1 bcl, 2bn, 2 sax, 6 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, 1

tba, 9 perc, vl I, vl II, va, vc, cb

  • Stratis Thalassinos in the Underworld (see dance)
  • Elpomai (I Hope) (1984), oratorio for bryt, 28v ch, 10 brass (3 Hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, 1 tba) str[10vl I,10vl II, 10.8.6], dur. : 30΄00 on texts of Thucydides, St Paul, ancient Greek texts
  • Fatherland(Patria and Kingdom Of the Birds) (1987) on poems of Tasos Galatis for sop, mez, cl, vl, vc, cb, hpd, dur.: 6΄30
  • Ypsipolisapolis(1988), on texts from Sophocles’ Antigone, for mez, mch, (fl, ob, tpt, 2 pf, 3 vc, 2cb), dur. : 23΄30
  • Eros Demon (Love Demon) (1991), on poems of Sappho, for contra-ten, 2 pf, dur. : 22΄30
  • The song of Hedda Gabler (1994), on text of G.K. and Giannis Houvardas (in Swedish), v and pf, dur. : 1΄37
  • A King that Hears (1994), v and pf, text G.K. (in Italian)
  • Iphigenia on the Bridge of Arta (1994–95), see dance
  • Requiem(for the End of Love) (1995), on the poem ‘Lazarus’ of Dimitris Kapetanakis for sop, mch, 3cl[Bb], 2tbn., str orch(4 vl I, 3 vl II, 3 altos, 4 vc, 2 cb), dur. : 37΄00
  • The Snowman (1996) on text of Elena Pega in English for contra-ten and six instruments (2vl, va, 2vc, and pf), dur. : 16΄11
  • Theonoe’s Concerto (1996), see concertos
  • Dracula (1997), see dance
  • Missa Harmoniae Verbi (1998) on liturgical texts in hebrew, latin and greek) for sop, mez, ten, bass, ch, sq and orch (2ob, 2 bcl, 2bn, 2 hn, 2tpt, 2 tbn, vl I, vl II, va, vc, cb), dur. : 30΄00
  • Bacchae– Overture (1993), text of G.K. and Giannis Houvardas for contra-ten and str orch (12vl, 6va, 4vc, 4cb), dur. : 10΄00-11΄28,
  • Odyssee: Heimkehr (2013), for cch, 1vl, 1va, 1vc, 1cb, 1sax, pf

(See also cycles)

Concertos :

  • Concertino for piano and 7 instruments (1989), for pf and fl, cl, vl, va, vc, mar, vib (1 percussionist), dur.: 7΄30
  • Concerto for piano and 10 instruments (1991, rev. 1992) for pf, fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt, tbn, va, vc, cb
  • Theonoe’s concerto (1996), for v and str orch (12vl, 4 va, 3 vc, 2 cb), dur.: 15΄00-17΄08
  • Diary of Confinement, concerto for pf and str No.3 (1999), for 3vl I, 3vl II, 2va, 2Vc, 1 Cb, dur.: 25΄30

Orchestral music :

  • Priceless Leaf(1990), for orch(2 picc, 1 fl, 3 ob, 2 cl, 1bcl, 2bn, 1 cbn, 3 hn, 4 tpt, 3 tbn, 1 tba, pf, 4 perc, 27 vl, 11 va, 10 vc, 8cb), dur.: 21΄00
  • Out of Time (1997), 2cl[Bb], str sq, str orch
  • Journey Into the Night(Voyage dans la Nuit,) (1998), for orch[2.2.2.2 – 4.2.3.1 – 3 perc (timp) – vl I, vl II, vl III, vl IV, va I,

va II, vc I, vc II, cb], dur.: 17΄00

  • Storm(1997), for 2cl, 3perc, str orch(3vl I, 3vl II, 3vl III, 3vl IV, 2 va I, 2 va II, 2vc I, 2vc II, 2cb) see dance (2nd part)
  • Amor Fati (2007), for 1picc, 2fl, 2ob, 1 picc cl[D]/[Eb], 2cl[Bb ], 1sax sop, 1sax alto, 4hn, 3vibr, 14vl I, 12vl II, 10va, 8vc, 6cb, dur.: 12΄00

(See also cycles)

Dance :

  • Remoteness 3 (or about Love (1976, rev. 1977-8) text from Plato’s Symposium for bryt-narrator, fl and 2 pf, dur.: 10΄00 see vocal
  • The Leaden Soldier (1982), suite in five scenes for fl, vl, pf and perc, after H.C.Andersen’s tale, dur.: 50΄00
  • Stratis Thalassinos in the Underworld (1982-3), on the poem of Georges Seferis, for bryt, 2 quintets (hn, vl, va, vc, cb, and cl[Bb], vl, va, vc, cb) and bc (2 perc, 3vc, 3cb, pf), dur.: 30΄30
  • Sacrifice/Ipsipolisapolis (1988), From Sophocles’ Antigone, see vocals
  • Sappho(part 1 of the Moons) (1993), see Eros Demon
  • Iphigenia on the Bridge of Arta (1994–95), text of G.K. and Dimitris Papaïoannou for sop, tpt and 2 sampled pf, dur.: 30΄00
  • Requiem (for the end of love)(1995), see vocal music
  • Dracula(1997), on liturgical and invented texts (G.K.), for 6 v (3 sop, 1 alt, 1ten, 1 bass) and chamber orch(fl, ob, cl, tpt, tbn,

tuba, 4 vl, 2va, 2vc, 1cb), dur. :70΄00

  • Storm(1997), in 3 parts, for 2cl, 3perc and str orch

Theater music :

  • The dream of the scarecrow E. Trivizas, Theater of Agrinio, (1986)
  • Hedda Gabler, H. Ibsen, Theater of the South (Theatro tou Notou), Athens (1994)
  • Ostrich’s Feathers, A. Staïkos, Theater of Kefallinias’ street (theater odou Kefallinias), (1994)
  • A King that hears, Italo Calvino, 7th Biennale, Lisbon, Portugal, (1994)
  • The Misanthrope, Moliere, Chamber’s Theater, (1994)
  • The three sisters, Anton Chekhov, Theater of the South, (1994)
  • The beginning of life, D. Dimitriadis, Theater of the South, (1995)
  • Maybug, Chr. Christofis, Theatrical Corporation Diplos Eros, (1995)
  • Collection of Courteline Georges’ plays under the title ‘The shaken pear-tree’, Theater of the South, (1995)
  • I don’t believe in your eyes, Theatrical Performance, Theatre of New World, Athens, directed by Emmanouil Koutsourelis, coll. with A. Psichoulis, G. Gyparakis (2000)

Cinema :

  • I m tired (Είμαι κουρασμένος), short film of Vassilis Alexakis
  • Special day, (Σήμερα γάμος γίνεται), a short metrage film by Nicolas Kolovos(2012), prod. ERT A.E.
  • Marjoram, a film by Olga Malea, 2013
  • i’m not him (ben o degilim), a film by Tayfun Pirselimoglu, Istanbul Film Festival 2014: Best Film, Best Script, Best

Music for the Olympic games :

  • Olympia-Dialogue (2004), for perc orch, dur.: 1΄19
  • Audience claps (2004), for perc orch, dur.: 0΄13
  • Bells (2004), for orchestral bells, dur.: 0΄23
  • Heartbeat (2004), electr, dur.: 0΄33
  • Intro to the welcome (2004), for perc orch, dur.: 0΄41
  • Olympia–Intro (2004), perc orch, dur.: 0΄15
  • Sculptures and cubes(2004), for large orchestra (transcr.), dur.: 1΄00 (see transcriptions/arrangements)
  • Couple(2004), for pf, dur.: 0΄55

Music for video-art :

  • Mediterranean Desert (1998-2000) (see cycles)
  • Socrates in Athens,(2001) (see vocals)
  • Pic-nic, of Socratis Socratous

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