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  • Solo / Duo / Trio

      Solo
    Hestia
    (2020/21) [perc – 15’]
    Little is Left to Tell
    (2018) [vc – 15’]
    Five Faces of Oppression
    (2014) [voice – 6’]
    The Black Art of Obscurantism
    (2013, rev.2017) [vc (+b.d.) – 8’]
    The New Year’s Resolution
    (2009/10) [sax – 5’]
    Grace Note's Story
    (2004) [fl – 6’]
      Duo
    Gluttony: Live to Drink
    (2017) [fl, perc, (+bottles) – 20’]
    Entropia II
    (2014/15) [perc, pno – 9’]
    Entropia I
    (2014) [perc, fl – 7’]
    The Book of the Dead
    (2014) [voice, pno – 11’]
    Temporality
    (2011) [sop., cl/b.cl – 5’]
    Close your eyes
    (2010) [acc, mel/m.sop. – 9’]
    Clearance & Reconstruction
    (2006) [fl, bsn – 6’]
    Routines II
    (2005, rev.2011) [acc, mel/m.sop. – 8’]
    Routines I
    (2005) [vln, pno – 8’]
      Trio
    Person Compatibility
    (2009) [m.sop, kb, vla – 14’]

  • 4tet / 5tet / 6tet / 7tet

      4tet
    Manipulation
    (2008) [amplified string quartet - 9’]
      5tet
    Never... Nevermore... IV
    (2018) [sop, fl, pno, perc, vln - 9’+]
    Never... Nevermore... II
    (2015) [sop, pic/fl/b.fl, al/ten sax, perc, vc - 9’+]
    Fear (not)
    (2008) [wind quintet – 9’]
    How to corrupt someone
    (2008) [en.hn, b.cl, harp, vla, vc – 10’]
      6tet
    Shot II: Orpheus & Eurydice
    (2008/09) [m.sop, cl, b.drum, pno, vln, vc - 11’]
    Routines III
    (2006) [b.cl, pno, perc, mar, el.guitar, vc (+cond.) - 12’]
    Pictures of a ...journey
    (2005) [m.sop, fl/pic, cl/b.cl, perc, pno, vc – 22’]
      7tet
    Never... Nevermore... III
    (2016) [cl, bsn, tpt, tbn, perc, vln, db - 9’+]
    Never... Nevermore... I
    (2010) [cl, bsn, tpt, tbn, perc, vln, db (+cond.) - 9’+]
    Implied Failure
    (2009) [b.fl, b.cl, 2vln, vla, vc, db - 12’]

  • Large Ensemble / Orchestra

    Sisyphus Victimised
    (2013/14) [b.fl, b.cl, tpt, b.drum, 2vln, vla, vc, db, conductor & video - 11’]
    ...our saviours...
    (2010/11) [2pic, cl/b.cl, s.sax, a.sax, hn, tpt, 2tbn, tuba, perc, e.gtr, b.gtr, pno, 3fem.voices - 3’]
    Oneway Implications
    (2010) [en.hn, cl, acc, pno, perc, el.guitar, vln,
    vla, vc, db - 10’]
    Acoustics
    (2004) [6vln, 2vla. 2vc, db - 9’]

  • Opera / Music & Theatre

      Opera / Music & Theatre
    Sisyphus Distressing
    (2017/18) [chamber ensemble & video – 60’]
    The Darkness of Mistico
    (2009/10, rev.2013) [3 soloists, chamber women choir, dancers and chamber ensemble – 50’]
    Mirror, mirror on the wall
    (2011) [fem.voice, pno, perc, vc – 3’]
      DIYs
    DIY 4. stimulating the cellist’s melatonin
    (2010) [cello, viola, vocalist (+lamp)
    OR cello (+lamp) – 7’]
    DIY 3. growing (against) the violist’s ego
    (2009) [violin/viola, vocalist, piano (+videotext)
    OR violin/viola (+videotext)– 10’]
    DIY 2. me (&) the singer
    (2007) [m.sop, piano (+videotext)
    OR m.sop (+videotext) – 7’]
    DIY 1. the pianist & the lamp
    (2007) [piano (+lamp) - 8’]

  • Dance / Theatre / Installation / Film

    Electra Untitled
    (2023) [vln & electronics - 60'] -
    Physical theatre & dance project
    Recycled Sounds
    (2022) [choirs, ensemble, electronics - 9'] -
    Sound Installation
    don't shoot, it's just me
    (2020) [pno - 8'] -
    Music Video project
    CONMOCIoN
    (2020) [electronics - 6'] -
    Dance Video project
    An Ice Thing To Say
    (2020) [vln - 60'] -
    Physical theatre & music project
    At the heart of things
    (2017) [vln - 60'] -
    Physical theatre, dance & puppetry project
    Dark Matter
    (2015-17) [recorded media - 60'] -
    Puppetry & theatre project
    L’antigonie
    (2014/15) [sop, fl, sax, perc, vc - 60'] -
    Dance project
    Music Impossible
    (2012/13) [m.sop, cl/b.cl, pno, vln, vc – 60’] -
    Shadow puppetry & theatre project
    A Monologue
    (2011) [tape, narrator – 10’] -
    Installation (r2r tape machine project)
    Water Studies
    (2010) [voc, vln – 10’] -
    Dance project
    Salto Mortale
    (2010) [pno, via, vc] -
    Film project
    The Last Meal
    (2008) [women choir, vln, db] -
    Theatre project
    Steta Speaks
    (2008) [choir] -
    Installation (visual arts)

Selected Works & Projects

    • Hestia
      for percussion & electronics (+lamp) (2020-21)

      Hestia is a board game / composition for a single player and remotely controlled media. An experimental approach to composition with a set of rules and directions that gradually allow the performer to create their own version of the piece.

      It was commissioned by percussionist Angela Wai Nok Hui (funds from Arts Council England & Hong Kong Arts Development Council) and performed in Hong Kong, UK and The Netherlands (Gaudeamus Festival Sep’22).

      Duration: ca 15 min.

    • Sisyphus Distressing
      music & theatre project (2017-20)

      Sisyphus Distressing is an experimental music & theatre show, built around the myth of Sisyphus, as it was seen through the eyes of Albert Camus. It compares the absurdity of man’s life with the situation of Sisyphus, a figure of Greek mythology who was condemned to repeat forever the same meaningless task of pushing a boulder up a mountain, only to see it roll down again. A typical fairy tale, it explores endless repetition and meaninglessness, struggle and failure, as well as (some sort of controversial) hope for what might come next…

      It was premiered at IKLECTIK (London, Nov’17). Devised by Gregory Emfietzis, Sisyphus Distressing focuses on the values, ethics and struggles of modern society, inspired by the well-known myth. A highly emotional sonic journey melded with a variety of non-musical elements, including drama, lighting, movement, and video. The project is supported by the Arts Council of England and the Hinrichsen Foundation.

      Curator/Dramatist: Gregory Emfietzis, Videographer: Kyveli Anastasiadi,
      Filmo/Photographer: Edd Cross, Videographer: Damian Posse,
      Director: Mayra Stergiou (direction).

      Duration: ca 90 min.

    • The Darkness of Mistico (opera)
      for three singers, 15 musicians & women choir (rev.2013)

      An opera (libretto by M.Loulaki): Somewhere between Greece and Italy, somewhen lost in space-time. The plot follows the lives and deaths of two identical souls: Orpheus and Mistico. Orpheus is a mythical figure whose legacy continues even today; Mistico is a modern age man with this legacy as his burden. Produced by the Greek National Opera, with GNO orchestra (conducted by N.Vassiliou) and singers Elena Marangou, Eleni Liona, Yannis Filias [Athens, June 2013].

      Duration: ap. 45 min.

    • Mirror, mirror on the wall
      for 4 instrumentalists/actors (2011)

      A six-word miniature opera, partly based on the story of Snow White. Commissioned and premiered by James Young (pno) and the Warehouse Ensemble (UK), during the Tête à Tête opera festival [London, August 2011].

      Duration: 3-5 min.

    • DIY4. stimulating the cellist's melatonin
      for cello, viola, vocalist (+lamp) OR solo cello (+lamp) (2010)

      The 4rth piece of the DIY series, and part of the Metapraxis IV: …a dream [within a dream]… project, the piece continues exploring the use of light as a muted musical instrument. Premiered by Samara Ginsberg (vc) and the Metapraxis Ensemble, as part of musicOrbit‘s showcase events [London, November 2010].

      Duration: 6 min.

    • DIY1. the pianist and the lamp
      for piano (+lamp) (2007)

      The 1st piece of the DIY series, exploring the role and function of a lamp as a muted musical instrument inside a chamber music situation. Premiered by the Greek pianist Lorenda Ramou, as part of the Benaki Museum’s FLUXUS : “Not for sale” exhibition in Athens [Athens, October 2007]. Recording by Nao Maeyabashi [London, 2010].

      Duration: 8-10 min.

    • Little is left to tell
      for solo cello (2018/19)

      “Saw the dear face and heard the unspoken words. 
No need to go to him again, even were it in you power.
 Nothing is left to tell.” – S.Beckett. Commissioned and premiered by Loukia Loulaki (Greece) as part of the Borough New Music: Series 12 [London, January 2019].

      Duration: 15 min.

    • Gluttony: Live to Drink
      for flutes, percussion & bottlephone (2017/18)

      “I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.” – Edgar A. Poe. Premiered by James Wilson & Tenley Martin (UK) – Recording by Ilze Ikse (Latvia) & Angela Wai Nok Hui (Hong Kong), as part of the project Sisyphus Distressing [London, November 2017].

      Duration: 21 min.

    • The black art of obscurantism
      for solo cello (& bass drum) (2013, rev.2017)

      “The essential element in the black art of obscurantism is not that it wants to darken individual understanding, but that it wants to blacken our picture of the world, and darken our idea of existence.” – F. Nietzsche. Premiered by Olly Coates (UK) – Recording by Loukia Loulaki (Greece) during the WISE: Wien festival [Vienna, July 2017].

      Duration: 8 min.

    • The Book of the Dead (3 songs)
      for voice & piano (2014)

      A short song cycle based on poetry by Rebecca Perry (poetry & music written as part of the Britten-Pears / Aldeburgh Music ‘English Song Project 2014’). Premiered by R.Edgar-Wilson (ten) & H.Watkins (pno) – Recording by V.Conacher (m.sop) & J.Barnoin (pno) [London, July 2014].

      Duration: 10 min.

    • Temporality
      for fem.voice & clarinet (2011)

      A scene in a psychopathic hospital, between a patient locked in a room and a close relative waiting outside. Commissioned and premiered by New York-based duo NOISE-BRIDGE, Christie Finn (sop) and Felix Behringer (cl) [New York, May 2011].

      Duration: 3 min.

    • Routines
      for violin & piano (2005)

      The piece explores the human need of creating and maintaining routines, and their rather destressing results in human relationships. Premiered by duo Norway-based OnePlusOne during Druskomanija 2010 festival – Recording by duo Ergon-a-Taston (Greece), Tania Sikelianou (vln) & Angelika Papanikolaou (pno) [Athens, May 2013].

      Duration: 10 min.

    • Implied Failure
      for 7 instrumentalists {b.fl b.cl 2vln vla vc db} (2009)

      The first in a series of semi-improvised pieces experimenting with visual and acoustic communication between performers. Commissioned by the Greek Composers Union and premiered by the Greek Contemporary Music Ensemble, conducted by Theodore Antoniou [Athens, December 2009].

      Duration: up to 11 min.

    • Shot II: Orpheus & Eurydice
      for m.sopr. & 5 instrum. {cl b.drum pno vln vc} (2008/09)

      An imaginary sequel of the Orpheus & Eurydice myth, based on poetry by Myrto Loulaki. Premiered by ensemble Idée Fixe (Greece) – Recording from a multi-disciplinary performance, as part of the Vilnius Cultural Capital of Europe 2009 programme [Lithuania, September 2009].

      Duration: 11 min.

    • Fear (not)
      for woodwind quintet (2008)

      The piece is acoustically, visually and conceptually based around the idea of facing or not (facing away from) our everyday fears. Premiered by Ensemble Wien-Berlin (musicians of the Berlin & Vienna Philharmonics), as part of the Wiener Konzerthaus’s Composition Competition Towards the next 100 years [Vienna, June 2013].

      Duration: 7 min.

    • How to... corrupt someone
      for 5 instrumentalists {en.hn b.cl harp vla vc} (2008)

      Using the harpist as the “soloist”, the piece explores the use of the performers’ physical gestures as an integral part of the composition. Premiered by the Okeanos Ensemble (UK) – Recording by the Quasars Ensemble (Czech Rep.), during the Ostrava Days Festival [Ostrava, August 2009].

      Duration: 10 min.

    • Pictures of ...a journey
      for m.soprano & 5 instrum. {fl cl perc pno vc} (2004/05)

      A presentation of different shots taken from a reverted story about a …strange journey. The English version of the work was created in 2005, with texts by the composer and the use of E.A.Poe’s poem Lenore. Premiered by Firebird Ensemble (UK) – Recording by Chicago based ensemble Sonic Inertia (USA) [Chicago, January 2009].

      Duration: 21 min.

    • Sisyphus Victimised
      for 9 musicians, conductor & video projection (2013)

      “The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor” – A.Camus. This work has been commissioned 
and premiered by the London Symphony Orchestra as part of the LSO Soundhub scheme [London, January 2014].

      Composer: Gregory Emfietzis, Conductor: Daniel Cohen
      Video Maker: Kyveli Anastassiadi

      Duration: 12 min.

    • ...our saviours...
      for three female voices & 14 musicians (2010/11)

      “[For] the […] people, please [say] “NO” … for a little bit of democracy, for sovereignty, for some power to [everyone on this planet] ”. Premiered by the Dutch Orkest de Ereprijs [Apeldoorn, February 2012].

      Duration: 3 min.

    • Oneway Implications
      for 10 musicians (2010)

      The second in a series of semi-improvised pieces experimenting with visual and acoustic communication between performers. Recording by the London Contemporary Orchestra, conducted by Peter Wiegold [London, March 2010].

      Duration: up to 12 min.


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