programme design by Anaeresis

XV
International Music Seminar










16
th
25
th
August 2013
Kozani, Greece













directed by

Anaeresis publishing


hosted/co-directed by

Dimitris Demopoulos Music School


artistic direction

Panayiotis Demopoulos


executive secretaries

Stella Psarianou, Katerina Demopoulou


public relations /management

Katerina Kyratsou


technical support

Dimitris Andreopoulos, Babis Tsinikosmaouglou,
Leonides Demopoulos, Nikos Papaparaskevas, Eri
Koubali, Sakis Dovolis, Annie Tzouma, Giorgos Valais,
Lefteris Ioannidis, Angeliki Zigra, Eleni Tasopoulou






The year 2013 marks a centennial since the births of Witold
Lutoslawski and Benjamin Britten and we are delighted to
present seminal pieces by the two composers as well as lectures
on their work. More than 15 hours of live music, old and new,
as well as music composed specifically for the Seminars by
composers present and absent make up for a very exciting
Festival programme.

Our special guests of honour this year are John Harrington,
principal viola with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for
more than 25 years and the cellist Leo Winland, a student of
both Rostropovich and du Pre, conductor and well-known
figure of the Scandinavian classical music scene.

The course itself covers a wide range of interests from Early
music to new and improvised music, as well as ensemble and
orchestral playing; the last three days of the Festival are
dedicated to student-based performances of Purcells Dido and
Aeneas in a working factory and a final concert of the student
Orchestra as well as two concerts of solo performances by the
students. We hope to see and host many international
participants in the provincial town of Kozani for ten days of
intensive music making.

For the 2013 Seminar,


Panayiotis Demopoulos
Artistic Director of the Kozani International Music Seminar


















































the teachers




















16-25.8
180
Quartet for the end of time






Philip Bartai









analysis


If you dont like music,
you dont like Bartai

common saying (Ph. Bartai)







Philip Bartai was born in Scotland in a
Scottish-Hungarian family of musicians and
started learning music on the violin and piano. At
the age of 10 he earned a place in St. Marys Music
School, Edinburgh where he started composing
and picked up the viola as his main instrument.
He continued his studies at the Royal Academy of
Music on a scholarship and studied viola and
composition, was awarded a Masters degree and
won the Peter Latham musicology prize. Philip
learned with Geoffrey King, Lyell Creswell,
Alexander Goehr and Michael Finnissy. His works
have been performed in the United Kingdom and
abroad.

As a viola player he has performed as a soloist and
principal viola; he specializes in 20th century and
contemporary music. He is actively involved in
the alternative London scene playing keyboards
with the Windsors. His work with Atsuko
Kamura has been broadcast by BBC radio three
and in America. Phil teaches the viola and
chamber music in London.









Panayiotis Demopoulos








composition


exceptionally sensitive artistresponds
with interior magichauntingly poetic

Bryce Morrison (Gramophone)




Panayiotis Demopoulos was born in
1977 into a musical family. He studied music
formally in the United Kingdom on scholarships
from the Student Awards Agency of Scotland, the
Royal Northern College of Music, Robinson
College Cambridge and the State Scholarship
Foundation of Greece. He was awarded a PhD in
composition from the University of York and
returned home in 2007. Amongst the many
teachers he has learned with he discerns the
lasting influence of pianist Murray McLachlan and
composer Anthony Gilbert.

As a pianist, Panos has issued 6 solo recordings
which have received very positive reviews
(Gramophone, International Record Review,
American Record Review, Tempo, Jazz& et
al). He writes about music (Contemporary Music
Review. Library of Social Sciences et al) and has
composed more than 50 original works to date.
His music is characterized by ever changing
interests in alternative tunings, free notations,
automatic writing and micropolyphony. In his free
time he writes words; he has taught in all levels
and is currently employed in secondary education.


16-25.8
180
individual lessons
group lessons score reading sessions mini lectures
workshop/recording/participation in student concerts

16-25.8
180
individual lessons
participation in concerts and a staged Opera production
participation in the Seminar choirs and Chorus
working with a co-repetiteur

He is married to Nicola Harrington with whom he
has a daughter, Susannah. She will be a musician.


Eleni Liona








singing


call me what instrument you will,
though you can fret me, you cannot
play upon me

Hamlet (Shakespeare)








Eleni Liona was born in Kozani and
graduated from the New Conservatoire of
Thessaloniki, where she studied with Varvara
Tsambali. She also learned with D. Kalafatis, V.
Gavakos, V. Nikolaidis, K. Paschalis and A.
Tomova-Sindov.
Her first operatic role was Orestes in Offenbachs
La belle Hlne. She has played dozens of importan
roles on stage in a wide spectrum of styles from
Purcell to Tchaikovsky and Mozart to Bizet.
Eleni works with the Thessaloniki and Athens
Megaron concert halls and with the Thessaloniki
and Athens State Orchestras. She gives recitals
frequently both in Greece and broad and her

16-25.8
180 (230 for participation in both classes)
workshops (improv)/ group lessons (violin)
free improvisation concert
individual lessons (violin)
participation in student concerts and the Seminar orchestra

discography includes works by Th. Mikroutsikos
and P. Carrer.
She works for the National Opera of Greece and
teaches at the National Conservatoire and the
Anagennisi Conservatoire in Athens.






Valerie Pearson








violin/free improvisation


hardocre, interesting stuffon the
more edgy side of what we might play

Philip Tagney (BBC Radio 3)








Valerie Pearson composes music, plays
the violin and improvises. She was awarded the
Michael Tippett prize at a young age and earned a
place in the Bmus course at Kings College,
London, where she studied composition with Sir
Harrison Birtwistle and Robert Keeley and violin
with Dianna Cummings at the Royal Academy.
After a period of work in Palestine, Valerie
returned to the U.K. and won the Nonhebel Prize
(York) and an AHRC scholarship for a PhD in
composition (2009).

Valerie is an SPNM composer and her work has
been performed at amongst others the
Cheltenham, Soundwaves and York Spring
Festivals. She performs frequently in a variety of
settings from baroque orchestra to new music
ensemble. In 2007, she founded Falco Subbuteo
together with Gwilly Edmondez. Her work has
been broadcast by BBC Radio 3 and American
radio stations. She lives in York, where she
manages Club Integral Northern Branch, an
uncategorizable music venue and is a sought-after
violin teacher: this year her pupils won places in
the National Youth Orchestra.







John Harrington











viola


superb
most eloquent and stylish

Michael Tumelty (Herald Scotland)




John
Harrington was born in Southampton and
started learning the piano at the age of 6 and the

16-25.8
180
individual lessons
open master-classes
participation in student concerts and the Seminar orchestra


20-25.8
120
combo groups
individual lessons
jam sessions
participation in student concerts
violin at the age of 11. He studied at the Royal
Academy of Music in London and first worked for
the BBC Northern in Manchester. During that time
he was also a member of the "Ad Solem
Ensemble", which was resident at the University
of Manchester.

John moved to Scotland in 1973 to join the Scottish
National Orchestra under Sir Alexander Gibson.
In 1977 he became principal viola and held that
position to 2012 in what was by then the Royal
Scottish National Orchestra. He has recorded and
performed with world-renowned conductors such
as Sir Alex Gibson, Nemee Jrvi, Alexander
Lasarev, Walter Weller, Jos Serebrier and
Stphane Denve. He has also performed as a
soloist and in works such as Mozarts Sinfonia
Concertante, Strausss don Quixote and Berliozs
Harold en Italie.

Johns viola was made in Wrzburg in 1889 by K.
A. Horlien on a design by Hermann Ritter.








Yiotis Kiourtsoglou










jazz improvisation















16-25.8
180
individual keyboard and pedalboard lessons
Hauptwerk simulation with full natural pedalboard
vocal ensemble
participation in student concerts and the Seminar choirs

Yiotis Kiourtsoglou was born in Kozani in
1965. He studied jazz theory and harmony in
Thessaloniki and continued his studies at the
Musicians Institute, in Los Angeles (1987-89) on a
scholarship and won a number of prizes for most
improved student and exceptional musican of
the year. In L.A. he learned with Garry Willis, Bob
Magnuson, Carl Schoeder, Jeff Berlin and Scot
Henderson.

As a recording artist, Yiotis has issued a number
of CDs with the Electric Jazz Trio (Manny Boyd
and Danny Hayes), Exit, Iasis, Tillman Ambient
Groove, Lauenen and his own group Human
Touch. As a session musician he is in great
demand both in Greece and abroad.

Yiotis has performed in four continents and
international festivals across the world in venues
such as the Acropolis and Epidaurus theatres and
the Lincoln Center.

He composes music for dance, theatre and the
cinema and teaches at the Nakas Conservatoire in
Athens.



Nicola Harrington












early music/organ


Mummy plays the best organ

Susannah Demopoulou (daughter)








Nicola Harrington was born in 1981 in
Boquhan Scotland and was raised in a musical
family. She learned how to play the violin from
her father and started lesson on the organ at the
Douglas Academy and later as the Herrick Bunney
Scholar at St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh. She
studied music with Michael Harris, Daniel Moult,
Philip Sawyer, David Saint Timothy Byram-
Wigfield at Napier University, Edinburgh, the
Birmingham Conservatoire and the University of
York where she earned an MA in music. She has
spent more than half her life as a chorister and
choral scholar in the Cathedrals of St. Marys,
Glasgow, St. Giles, Edinburgh, St. Chad and St.
Philip, Birmingham, the Scottish Chamber Choir
and the Oratory of Birmingham.

Nicola moved to Kozani, Greece in 2007 and
established Ricercati, a vocal ensemble that
performs a mixture of early, new and folk
polyphonic music. She enjoys teaching younger
people and introducing them to Western Church
Music.









Dimitris Demopoulos













piano/chamber music


unequalled interpretation technique

Th. Tamvakos (Jazz&)










16-25.8
180
individual lessons
open master-classes
chamber music
participation in student concerts
Dimitris Demopoulos studied music with
Tonis Sakellarios and Yiannis Tsanakas at the
Larissa State Conservatoire where he graduated
from with full honours and distinction. He
continued his post-graduate studies at the Royal
College of Music, London and the Ferenc Liszt
Academy in Budapest, specialising in piano
performance, orchestral conducting, chamber
music and new music.

In the past 25 years, he has performed in a wide
range of settings, playing any keyboard music
from Frescobaldi to Murail as a soloist or member
of an ensemble. He has premiered more than 100
pieces of music and many composers have
dedicated their work to him. He has recorded for
the Greek, German and Spanish Radio and
Television.

As a teacher he has taught across Greece at State
Conservatoires and Summer Academies. Dimitris
founded the Kozani International Music Seminar
in 1988. In 1999 he founded his own Music School
and took up the post of conductor with the
Aristotle University Symphony Orchestra.







Leo Winland












violoncello


amazing depthastonishing sound

Jakob, Cohn (Svenska Dagbladet)






16-25.8
180
individual lessons
open master-classes
participation in student concerts and the Seminar orchestra
Leo Winland was born in Moscow in 1953.
He studied at the Moscow Conservatory with
Natalia Schahovskaja and Mstislav Rostropovitch,
and continued his studies with Jaqueline du Pre in
London. He took up the position of principal
cellist at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen and was
subsequently offered the position of principal
cellist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in
Stockholm. Since 1989 he has been the principal
cellist of the New Chamber Music Orchestra of
Stockholm (artistic director: Essa-Pekka Sallonen)
and, in collaboration with Dmitry Sitkovetsky, he
has managed The New European Strings
ensemble. In 1990 Leo Winland was appointed
principal cellist at the Stockholm Royal Opera and
the National Symphonic Orchestra of Gothenburg.
As well as a solo cellist, Leo has made many
appearances as a conductor with various
Scandinavian chamber music ensembles and has
given many recitals as a soloist throughout the
world. He plays frequently at music festivals in
Gotland, Sweden, the Musicades de Lyon and
Prades in France, the Schlesving-Holstein in
Germany, the Korsholm in Finland, and many
others. In 2007, he founded the Koroni Chamber
Music Festival in the South of Greece.





Nikolos Demopoulos











flute


a unique ability for
emotional fluctuations

Th. Tamvakos (Jazz&)








19-25.8
180

master-classes



Nikolos Demopoulos was born in 1967
and tooks his first music lessons at the age of 5. He
studied the flute at the State Conservatoire of
Thessaloniki with T. Takahashi and Ilie Macovei,
and graduated cum laude in 1988. He commenced
post-graduate studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy
in Budapest under the tutelage of Lrnt Kovcs
and Istvn Lng (contemporary music). Nikolos
has also learned with William Bennett, Alexandre
Magnin, Marc Grawels and Istvn Matusz.
He has performed a great number of recitals in
Greece and abroad and has appeared as a soloist
with the Thessaloniki, Cyprus, Vratza and Larisa
Symphony Orchestras. He is an original founder
of the Kozani Seminar with a special interest in
contemporary music: his CD of new music by
Greek composers won a National Critics Award
in 2011. Nikolos has held the position of principal
flute for the State Orchestra of Thessaloniki since
1996. He taught at the Thessaloniki State
Conservatoire for many years and now teaches at
the Municipal Conservatoire of Thermi. He is a
member of Ensemble Ide fixe.







Dimitris Leontzakos








clarinet


exceptional and
placid playing


(Eleftherotypia)




16-25.8
180
individual lessons
open master-classes
participation in student concerts and the Seminar orchestra

Dimitris Leontzakos was born in Kavala.
He taught himself music, playing the recorder,
flute and clarinet and decided to devote himself to
the study of the clarinet.

He graduated from the Synchrono Conservatoire
of Thessaloniki where he studied with K.
Papadopoulos and continued his studies with
Gerd Starke at the Munich Hochschule and with
Anton Hollich in Baden-Baden. He also learned
with Vincenzo Mariozzi in the Santa Cecilia
Academy in Rome and Richard Faria in Ithaca
College, New York, thanks to a Fullbright
Foundation scholarship. Other teachers of his are
Charles Neidich, Aurelian Popa, Walter Boeykens
and Michel Lethiec.
Today he is a member of the Municipal Orchestra
of Thessaloniki and performs solo and chamber
repertoire as a freelancer. He teaches at the Nakas
Conservatoire in Thessaloniki and is a co-founder
of contemporary music groups OMAA 3 plus,
Ide fixe ensemble and Terra Incognita.








Dionysis Mallouhos















piano


lyrical confession
and elegiac reverie

Lilly Drakou (Eleftheros Typos)






18-25.8
180
individual lessons
open master-classes
participation in student concerts
Dionysis Mallouhos was born in Athens
in 1963. He is a graduate of chemical engineering
and studied the piano with Thaleia Baha at the
National Conservatoire. He graduated from the
Athens Conservatoire where he learned with G.
Arvanitakis in 1987. On scholarships from The
Onassis and Bakala Foundations he continued his
studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest,
with rta and Istvn Gulys from 1988 to 1991.

As a soloist he has performed with the State
Orchestra of Athens, the Athens Camerata, the
Franz Liszt Orchestra et al. He has recorded for
various styles of music and performs frequently
with the New Music Group in Greek Composers
Union concerts. For many years, he presented TV
shows on music for the National Television of
Greece (ERT).

He has produced a daily radio broadcast for Greek
National Radio since 2003 and has taught the
piano for more than 20 years across the country. In
2007 he became music tutor for the National
Theatre and the artistic director of the Kalamata
State Conservatoire.






Zoi Tsokanou











orchestra


animation and assurance
that inspires the orchestra

Jessica Duchen (the Independent)






20-25.8
60 (free for instrumental students of the Seminar)
rehearsals
participation in the Seminar orchestra
Zoi Tsokanou was born in Thessaloniki. She
studied at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
and the Zrcher Hochschule der Knste, where
she graduate from having studied the piano with
Konstantin Scherbakov, and orchestral conducting
with Johannes Schlaefli. She also learned with
Bernard Haitink, Howard Griffiths, Norbert Baxa,
Paul Badura-Skoda, Victor Merzhanov and Peter
Feuchtwanger.

Zoi has won many international competitions and
has conducted amongst others the Orchestras
of Bamberg, the Greek National Opera,
Regensburg, the Lucerne Festival, Bern, Kollegium
Musicum Basel, the Radio Orchestra of Zagreb, the
State Orchestra of Thessaloniki and the Greek
Radio Orchestra. She is the director of the
Symphony Orchestra of Western Bohemia in
Marienbad, Czech Republic and the musical
director of the Arosa Music Theatre. Zoi still
maintains a very busy schedule as a pianist.










Emy Tsioura








choir


I raise three children with success

Emy Tsioura (in person)





16-25.8
50
choral training
participation in the Seminar choir and chorus
Emy Tsioura was born and raised in Kozani.
She is a graduate pianist (distinction) of the State
Conservatoire of Thessaloniki, where she studied
with Dimitris Demopoulos. She has studied the
piano repertoire with Ruth Gerald, chamber music
with Anna Prabucka-Firlej, and choral conducting
with K. Konstantaras.

She has given many concerts as a soloist and
member of ensembles and has prepared, taught
and conducted choirs in Greece and abroad. She is
a founding member of the Ricercati vocal
ensemble and teaches music in the Ptolemaida
Music School and the Dimitris Demopoulos Music
School.











































the programme















Friday, August 16
Folklore Museum, 20.30

piano recital


Al. Scarlatti 4 sonatas
S. Rachmaninov Sonata n.2
W. A. Mozart Sonata K.330
A. Ginastera Sonata n.1







piano: Panayiotis Demopoulos










Saturday, August 17
Folklore Museum, 20.30

Chopin soiree


Piano sonata n.3

Songs (selection)









singing: Eleni Liona
piano: Dimitris Demopoulos












Sunday, August 18
Folklore Museum, 20.30

viola recital


Schumann Drei Fantasiestcke

E. McGuire Zalongo dance elegy

Schubert Arpeggione sonata

Bax Legend

E. McGuire Martyr

Brahms Sonata op.120, n.1







viola: John Harrington
piano: Panayiotis Demopoulos





Monday, August 19
Folklore Museum, 20.30


concert for the end of time


Messiaen Quartet for the end of Time







violin: Valerie Pearson
violoncello: Leo Winland
clarinet: Dimitris Leontzakos
piano: Panayiotis Demopoulos


paintings by Kostas Dios










Tuesday, August 20
Folklore Museum, 20.30

new music concert

Lutosawski Subito

Ph. Bartai New work

Kurtg Hommage Schumann

V. Kitsos Eulogy

Sciarrino Lo spazio inverso

G. Tzoukas Parodos

V. Pearson New work

P. Demopoulos Lernaios






flute: N. Demopoulos, Th. Tosounidis
clarinet: D. Leontzakos
violin: Valerie Pearson
viola: Phil Bartai
violoncello: Leo Winland
piano: Antonella Poulouli, D. Demopoulos
Wednesday, August 21
Folklore Museum, 19.00

jazz improvisation







Yiotis Kiourtsoglou and friends



Wednesday, August 21
Lefkopigi Karaoulia, 21.30

moon poetry night








students and staff present music about the moon

co-organized by the literary journal Paremvasi

Thursday, August 22
St. Christopher Church, 19.30

music for St. Cecilia

Britten de to the Virgin

Haendel Ode to St. Cecilia

Britten Hymn to St. Cecilia

P. Demopoulos Oikos I





Seminar orchestra and choir
direction: Emy Tsioura/Dimitris Demopoulos


Thursday, August 22
Ohliroi theatre, 22.00

free music theatre






Valerie Pearson and class + the Ohliroi theatre group
Friday, August 23
Dimitris Demopoulos Music School, 17.00

student concert






the younger students of the Seminar take centre stage



Friday, August 23
Folklore Museum, 19.30

student concert






the more advanced students of the Seminar
present solo and chamber music performances




Saturday, August 24
Kikis Factory, 21.00

Dido and Aeneas

Purcell Dido and Aeneas, Opera in 3 Acts








stage performance
Eleni Liona and class
co-rganised by the State-Municipal Theatre of Kozani

direction: Yiannis Karahisaridis
choir: Emy Tsioura
music direction: Dimitris Demopoulos











Sunday, August 25
State Conservatoire of Kozani Gardens, 22.00

Student Orchestra

Skalkottas Greek Dances

Vaughan Williams Greensleeves

Mozart Concerto K.313

Dvorak Slavonic Dances







Seminar Orchestra

direction: Zoi Tsokanou
flute: Nikolos Demopoulos




































useful information

















Kozani












Kozani is a small town with a very rich past and a
very lively atmosphere. It is the capital of the
region of Western Macedonia and is situated very
close to a number of monuments and sites of great
archaeological importance. as well as some
stunning nature. The true population of the city is
c. 50,000 people and the end of August is a time
when most people return from their summer
holiday.

What to see/visit:

the Cathedral of St. Nicholas
the Aiani Archaeological Museum
the Polyfyto Lake and surrounding area
the villages of Velvendo and Vlasti
How to get there






The easiet ways to get to Kozani from abroad is

by plane to Thessaloniki and then by car
via the Egnatia motorway (1h15)

by plane to Athens and then a connect
flight to the Filippos Airport (30)

by plane to Corfu, then on the ferry to
Igoumenitsa (40) and by car via the
Egnatia motorway (2h)

The railway station is currently defunct.

For more information please contact us.
Accommodation

The Kozani International Music Seminar offers
two options for the accommodation of students

hotel (half-board) at a very convenient
walking distance from both the Seminar
and the city centre at a special price of 20-
30 Euros a night (depending on number of
beds, length of stay etc.)

free accommodation with local families.
This option is available upon early request
and subject to the resident familys
agreement to host the applicant.

Students may make their own arrangements but
are strongly advised to get in touch for their own
benefit.

Health issues

Kozani has its own Hospital and there is an
intensive care unit in Ptolemais (20 by car). The
end of August is a very volatile time of the year
(weather-wise) and so visitors are advised to
prepare for temperatures ranging from a wet 10C
to a very dry 40C.

Money matters

For active participants the cost of participation is
written in the Teachers section of the prospectus.

The Seminar tutors can teach a limited number of
students and it is crucial to apply early to
guarantee participation. If a teacher agrees, a pass
for an audience only participation may be issued
at half-price for late-comers. There are also
substitute teachers available when spaces fill up.
In exceptional cases, applications for half the
duration of the course may be accepted at a 20%
discount.

Contact

For any matter concerning the Seminar and your
participation please contact us at:

The 15
th
Kozani International Music Seminar

c/o Katerina Demopoulou
Vogatsikou 6, Kozani, 50100

kdimopoulou@hotmail.com
(+30) 24610 40339/6943510661


Schedule

During the Seminar, a number of lectures, open
master-classes, jam sessions and workshops will
take place; these are not written into the concert
programme.

String and woodwind students ought to take
advantage of the opportunity to play for the
Seminar Orchestra, as this is an invaluable
opportunity to share performance time with
seasoned professionals. For this reason, it is
important to study the concert programme and
practice the orchestral parts of the last three
concerts in advance. Parts for these can be e-
mailed.

The piano and singing students are also advised to
consult the programme so that they may choose
when they wish to perform.

Composition students can get in touch with
Panayiotis Demopoulos to discuss work lineups
and performance/recording opportunities as well
as the structure of the lessons.

The Seminar is a meeting point for musicians and
chamber music is at the heart of what we do.
Students who wish to play as part of a group must
notify the secretary as soon as possible in order to

make sure that sufficient
coaching is on offer.

Application form

Name...

Surname..

Address...

Telephone

E-mail..

Instrument..

Level of study

School..

Tutor I wish to learn with.....

Repertoire
...
...

Passport/id number

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