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Dimitris Maronidis

Dimitris Maronidis is a Greek composer of acoustic, electroacoustic, mixed media and interactive music. In his most recent works, he aims to synthesize these fields, and extensively explores algorithmic precesses for organizing his musical material. Dimitris is the artistic director of Iannis Xenakis International Electronic Music Competition and a leading member of Contemporary Music Lab A.U.Th. He is a tenure teaching fellow at the Music Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki where he teaches the courses of Music Theory and Computer Music. Dimitris has completed studies in composition ad musicology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and Computer Music at the Institute of Psychoacoustics(IPSA); there he was introduced to the techniques of computer assisted composition, sound synthesis and electronic music theory. He completed his Ph.D in composition at the University of York with Thomas Simaku. Dimitris was a Fulbright scholar at Harvard University, and has been a visiting artist at the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology(ICST)at the University of Zurich(ZHdK). His works, installations and performances have been performed| presented around the world by many ensembles and orchestras (Lorraine Symphony Orchestra (FR), State Orchestra of Thessaloniki (GR), State Orchestra of Athens (GR), Nieuw Ensemble (NL), dissonArt ensemble (GR), Piandemonium (Gr), ContraTempo Chamber Orchestra (GR), Diotima String Quartet (FR), Chimera Ensemble (UK), devotioModerna (RO), Construction Ensemble (SRB), Trio Orbit (GR), Ums ’n Jip (CH), ART-i-Shock (LV), Altera Veritas (LV), Arena Festival (LV) etc.). His electronic works are also regularly performed in many venues across the world (MusLab (Mex), MusicaViva SoundWalk (POR), Open Festiva Venice Biennale (IT), Ars Electronica Forum Wallis (CH), Monaco Electroacoustic Days (MON), Espacio Sonoro (MEX), Forum Neue Musik (DE), MOMus (GR) e.t.c.

Hexagonum DeciBels Festival | Rīga

Quatre Hommages at Hexagonum for two pianos will be played at DeciBels Festival Rīga | 22.03.2024, 18:00, JVLMA in the Great Hall

The piano duo Sanita Glazenburga and Juris Žvikovs present a program of contemporary music for piano duo with compositions by Marina Anna Timofejeva, Dimitris Maronidis, Henry Poikans, Morton Feldmans, Annija Anna Zariņa, Gyorgy Ligeti

This program consists of three works by JVLMA composition students and three composition masters. The dramaturgy of the concert is created in such a way that the “new” and “masters” are paired in pairs: Marina Anna Timofejeva – Dimitris Maronidis, Henrijs Poikans – Morton Feldmans, Annija Anna Zariņa – Gērģs Ligeti. These pairs form three lines, with the up-and-coming at one end and the “classic” at the other. Visually contemplating and playing with these lines can create a beautiful hexagon

Orbits for piano and tape by Valeria Lapsin | Freiburg

Orbits, for piano and fixed media is getting a performance by Valeria Lapsin
Werke von: Luigi Nono, Dimitris Maronidis, Lisa Streich, Johannes Schollhorn, Maximilians A. Soto

22th of February 8pm | Wolfgang Hoffmann Hall | Freiburg | Germany

Valeria Lapsin, Piano | Valeria Vinogradova & Yiannis Giannopoulos elec difussion
Cover photo by Elza Zhrerebchuk

Chaconne for Piano Trio and Electronics at the State Conservatoire of Thessaloniki | Greece

Chaconne for piano trio and electronics is getting a performance at the State Conservatoire of Thessaloniki on 29th of November 2023. Herta Hansena (piano) and Eriks Kirsfelds (Violoncello) who are visiting AUTh with Erasmus are collaborating with Kostas Kampantais (Violin) to present a concert of contemporary music.

The piece was composed during the first half of March 2020 in Thessaloniki after a poem by Gundega Smite and Dimitris Maronidis. The form of the work is a Chaconne in the sense that an imaginary sound of a glass breaking, is repeatedly reflected in all musical gestures, creating a sonic environment where small sonic fragments are generated, cracked, and splintered constantly.

Iannis Xenakis Paille in the Wind 
Maja Einfelde Four Elegies 
Jonathan Harvey Dialogue and Song  
Anton Webern Three Little Pieces 
Eriks Esenvalds Last Letters 
Salvatore Sciarrino Melencolia I 
Gundega Šmite Cancon de Cuna 
Dimitris Maronidis Chaconne 

29th November 2023, 21:00 | State Conservatoire of Thessaloniki | Entrance Free

Impulse Response for Contrabass Clarinet & Electronics premiere by Nina Janßen-Deinzer | Thessaloniki

Impulse Response for Contrabass Clarinet, electronics and the response of the mosque Yeni Cami in Thessaloniki is getting its world premiere by Nina Janßen-Deinzer on 14th of October 2023, 20:30. An impulse response is the reaction of any dynamic system in response to some external change. In this piece the performer is acting as the impulse, providing to the musical ecosystem the input signal, triggering its response. The venue acts as a third instrument by shaping the overall sound. The piece was designed and partially composed in the venue. Yeni Mosque (Greek: Γενί Τζαμί, from Turkish: Yeni Cami, “New Mosque”) is a historical mosque in Thessaloniki, Greece. It was built by Italian architect Vitaliano Poselli in 1902 for the city’s Dönmeh community, crypto-Jewish converts to Islam. However, when the Donmeh left the city during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, it was used to house the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in 1925. Today it serves as an exhibition center.

14 October, 20:00 | Yeni Cami | Archeologikou Mousiou 30, Thessaloniki 546 41 | Free entrance
More info about the performer here

Transient Beauty at Ernst von Hopffgarten Lab | Germany

Transient Beauty (for tape) is getting a performance in Germany at a concert under the title “Music from electricity and in the Dark”. An acousmatic music concert (Akusmatisches Konzert #7) in the artistic workshops in Trebel
Works by Ralf Hoyer, Jonty Harrison, Hanna Hartmann, Dimitris Maronidis, Clemens von Reusner and Daniel Teruggi

7th October 2023 | Transient Beauty at Ernst von Hopffgarten | Trebel, Germany

An introduction to the evening is given by the composer Clemens von Reusner. Admission: 7:40 pm
Binding seat reservation by email or at: 05848-1326

Chaconne for piano trio & electronics world premiere | Latvia

After a long and sad waiting period, Chaconne for Piano, Violin, Violoncello & Electronics is getting its premiere by Paula Šūmane (Violin), Herta Hansena (Piano), and Ēriks Kiršfelds (Violoncello). The concert will occur at Sigulda in Latvia on July 16th, 2023.

The piece was composed during the first half of March 2020 in Thessaloniki after a poem by Gundega Smite and Dimitris Maronidis. The form of the work is a Chaconne in the sense that an imaginary sound of a glass breaking, is repeatedly reflected in all musical gestures, creating a sonic environment where small sonic fragments are generated, cracked, and splintered constantly.

July 16th 2023, Concert Hall Baltais Fligelis, Sigulda, Latvia

4 hommages au carré premiere by Žvikovs-Glazenburga piano duet | Sigulda

Quatre hommages au carré (four squared hommages) for two pianos was composed in the spring of 2023. The piece is a revised and extended version of 4 (hommage) études for solo piano. In its initial version (etudes), the work had a pedagogical character. The current version for two pianos has been a journey of exploration for some of the work’s own hidden sonic territories. Not being a set of etudes anymore, the piece is departing from its inherent educational aspect and leans towards a broader sonic and expression spectrum.

July 15th 2023, Concert Hall Baltais Fligelis, Sigulda, Latvia

Orbits by Valeria Lapsin at Particles#10 | Freiburg

Orbits, an electroacoustic piece for piano and fixed media is getting a new exciting performance by Valeria Lapsin at the Concert Particles #10 in Freiburg. Electronics will be diffused by Valeria Vinogradova on a 10-channel audio setup.

6th of June 7:30 pm | Wolfgang Hoffmann Hall | Freiburg | Germany

Werke von: Adrien Trybucki, Dimitris Maronidis, François Sarhan, Heinz Holliger, Javier Álvarez, Martjin Padding, Rebecca Saunders,Toshio Hosokawa.
Cover photo by Elza Zhrerebchuk

Soundwalk Kodra SoundScapes | Thessaloniki

Korda SouncScapes is an in-situ sound installation/performance that creates an extensive and unpredictable soundscape through the use of the mobile devices of the participating audience. This sound walk will take place as a part of a broader performance at the military camp Kodra of Kalamaria in Thessaloniki. An experienced guide will navigate you through the buildings and wrecks of this dystopic place. Participants are encouraged to remain silent but hear very actively. The journey involves many stops where, dance, theatrical actions, monologues, and video projections will occur in a strongly interactive environment

July 7 & 8, 2023 | 20:00 | Kodra, Thessaloniki
booking: digitalculture.gov.gr

Dramaturgy, choreography, performance: Marianthi Psomataki
Composition, performance of electronic music: Dimitris Maronidis
Dramaturgy, performance: Dimitris Krikos & Marita Tsalkitzoglou
Video art: Antonis Prokopiou
Saxophone: Theofilos Sotiriadis

Orgiastic Compression by Piandaemonium at Thessaloniki Concert Hall | Greece

Orgiastic Compression, for 12 (or more) pianists will be presented, for a second time, at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall. The concert will take place on 27th & 28th of April 2023. It will be performed by the Greek Pandemonium as a part of the Thessaloniki Piano Festival 2023. The piece is programmed to be the last piece of the first part of the concert and -as it is asked in the score- it will take the form of a happening, covering all the break and extending till the beginning to the second half of the concert. An extensive set of sound-generating objects (vibrators, electric toothbrushes, etc) will be utilized to create a unique and autonomous soundscape.

Friday 28 & Saturday 29 – Public Performances | 18:00 & 20:30
Thursday 27 & Friday 28 – School Performances | 9.30 & 11.00
Concert Duration 60′ Concert Info: Anastasia Ioannou, tel.6981055760 & info@tpf.gr
More info here

Piandaemonium consists of Charalampos Aggelopoulos, Eftyhia Veniota, Evi Giamopoulou, Nikos Zafranas, Stephanos Thomopoulos, Nikos Kyriosoglou, Christos Lenoutsos, Nefeli Mousoura, Maria Mylaraki, Stephanos Nasos, Dionysis Pantis, Antonis Selemidis, Melina Tsinavou & Kostas Chardas

Pater Noster by Choir Lab AUTh | Thessaloniki

Pater Noster is my first composition. It was composed back in 1999 and got its premiere 24 years later at Megaron Concert Hall of Thessaloniki in 2023. Though the piece is a Christian prayer, I see God in a broader Spinozian way which encompasses everything and everyone. One thing that connects us all, is the need for hope in difficult and despairing times. I hope this prayer will find its path into the hearts of people who are in such need.

Performed by Choir Lab at the School of Music Studies AUTh
Conducted by Erifili Damianou

Choir Members: Athanasopoulos Ermis, Alexandrou Orthodoxia, Vasileiadi Zoi, Gavriilidou Antonia, Gkekas Anastasis, Gkountelaki Katerina, Glykokokalou Eleni, Grampsas Apostolis, Darkoudis Zacharias, Domvrou Nikoleta, Theocharous Kostas, Thoma Alkistis, Ioannou Lydia, Zazopoulou Ioanna, Kalaitzidou Kyriaki (solo), Kalou Christina, Karapinidi Anthi, Katsiou Vasiliki, Katsonis Grigoris, Kyrtsoudis Nektarios, Lagou Evelina, Mallas Vasilis, Manika Dimitra, Meleneklis Stelios, Beza Alexia, Pagoulatos Diamantis, Roumelioti Maria-rafaella (ariella), Semertsidou Efthymia, Soultanis Dimitris, Stafylidis Konstantinos, Syrlantzi Eva, Topaloglou Christina, Trouli Anastasia, Tsougkra Konstantina, Tsougkra Maria, Filippou Evangelos, Fragkalas Christodoulos

Cover Photo: Vitraux from St. Nicholas Chapel at Thessaloniki