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Thanasis Deligiannis

Thanasis Deligiannis (Greek: Θανάσης Δεληγιάννης, born 1983) is a Greek transdisciplinary artist, composer, stage director and educator based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His artistic work combines a variety of aesthetics and mediums, installation and performance, acoustic and electronic music, new technologies and folk culture.

Biography & Career

Thanasis Deligiannis was born in Larissa, Greece in 1983, growing up in a family of traditional musicians, dancers and farmers.[1] He studied composition and music theatre next to Dimitris Terzakis, Giorgos Kyriakakis and Sofia Karakantza at the Department of Music Science and Art at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki and moved to the Netherlands in 2007 to continue his Masters studies in composition with Wim Henderickx at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam at the Amsterdam University of the Arts.[2] Since 2010 he lives in Amsterdam as a Dutch-based artist and educator, working in the Netherlands and abroad.[3]

In 2013 Deligiannis co-founded the Amsterdam-based company I/O focusing on the creation of interdisciplinary art projects.[4] The company's work brings together technology and the interaction among different art disciplines, while exploring hybrid artistic forms and the dialogue between the performative event and its audience. He has been assistant artistic director for the Nieuw Ensemble from 2011 till 2014 and artistic coordinator of the intercultural music platform Atlas Lab from 2011 till 2016.[5] For the years 2016 and 2017 Deligiannis has been artistic coordinator of the music-theatre research platform RE-FUSE, an initiative of the Greek National Opera in collaboration with Gaudeamus.[6] Since 2018 he has been teaching at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam at the Amsterdam University of the Arts and occasionally gives workshops and lectures to educational institutions in the Netherlands and the rest of Europe.[7]

In 2017–2018 Deligiannis worked for Tanztheater Wuppertal – Pina Bausch Company as a member of Dimitris Papaioannou’s creative team,[8] and he was assistant to Heiner Goebbels at Manchester International Festival.[9]In 2012 he has been artist-in-residence at the New York Foundation for the Arts,[10] 2017 to 2019 at Gaudeamus with the support of the program Nieuwe Makers by the Performing Arts Fund NL,[11] and in 2024 at the Muziekgebouw Productiehuis.[12]

Thanasis Deligiannis has been a featured artist at Venice Biennale 2024, presenting the collective interdisciplinary work Xirómero/Dryland at the Greek Pavilion (April-November 2024), conceived by himself and Yannis Michalopoulos, created along with the artists Elia Kalogianni, Yorgos Kyvernitis, Kostas Chaikalis and Fotis Sagonas.[13] He has been an Onassis Culture Fellow for 2022–2023, co-directing with Yannis Michalopoulos The Margaroni Residency at Onassis AiR, an artistic research on which the work Xirómero/Dryland has been based.[14]

Deligiannis has been active as a transdisciplinary artist, director, composer, sound designer and performer in Europe, Asia and North America.

Discography

Publications

  • Anna Ioanna - Entefktirio, Poetry Magazine (Entefktirio vol. 86, 2009)[18]
  • The Meal - Afresh A New Generation of Greek Artists, Exhibition Catalogue (ΕΜΣΤ, 2013)[19]
  • Theatre / Archaeology | Efthimis Theou - Various works in collaboration with and by Efthimis Theou (ΕΜΣΤ, 2020)[20][21]
  • BESTIARIO: a theater/archaeology performance at the Prehistoric settlement of Gournia, Crete - E. Theou, T. Metaxa, T. Deligiannis & D. Mylona (Kentro, 2023)[22][23]
  • Panel discussions and interviews / Disembordering the Musical Field, Paul Craenen & Michiel Schuijer - Shifting Boundaries, Situating Contemporary Music Practices (November Music, 2023)[24][25]

Works

Staged/Transdisciplinary

  • Adrastea (2010) music theatre performance for 2 actors, 3 female singers, 3 children, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, harpsichord and percussion, Text: Andriana Minou
  • The Meal (2011) performance for two performers, devised with Efthimis Theou
  • Grief of Eurydice (2011) collective interdisciplinary opera for soprano, recorder, baroque violin, baroque viola, baroque cello, harpsichord, positive organ and dancers, under the direction of Masato Suzuki
  • Sound of Protest (2011) performance installation in collaboration with Ji Youn Kang
  • I/O (2013) music theatre performance for flute, clarinet, electric guitar, harp, percussion, piano, violin, double bass, live electronics and 2 tennis players, devised by I/O
  • The Grief of Eurydice: where does she go? (2013) staged concert for recorder, violone, harpsichord, dancer and narrator, under the direction of M. Suzuki
  • Lovyrinths (2014) music theatre performance for 2 voices, saxophone, violin, electric guitar, organs, harmonium, 2 pianos, Text: A. Minou
  • I/Orgel (2016) music theatre performance for organs, 2 voices, violin and live electronics, devised by I/O
  • THIEVES (2016) music theatre performance for violin, flute/bass flute, cello, clarinet, piano, percussion
  • The Moon Is Electric (2017) music theatre performance for one to six speaking performers; conductor, pianist, trombonist, harpist, one or two clarinetists, Text: A. Minou
  • ALICE (2017) performative installation devised by I/O
  • re- (1st & 2nd drafts) (2018-19) cross-over performance for solo performer, electronics and robotics devised by I/O
  • μ (2020) staged concert for violin, double bass, trombone, tuba, percussion, piano and electronics
  • ENA ENA (2021) cross-over performance for voice, violin, keyboards, drums and electronics
  • Xirómero/Dryland (2024) collaborative immersive installation for the Greek Pavilion, Venice Art Biennale

Ensemble music

  • An island mother (2007) for piano, flute, clarinet and bassoon, based on a poem by Vassilis Amanatides
  • I was hunting, but I didn’t know (2008) for flute, bass clarinet, violin, double bass and percussion
  • Lefkipi (2008) for speaking pianist, alto flute, bass clarinet and string quartet, Text: Thanasis Deligiannis
  • putridity and the vortex of shallow reciprocations (2012) for 3 recorder players, bass clarinet and 2 percussionists, Text: Dimitris Dimitriadis
  • Synaxi (2009) for flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, mandolin, guitar, harp, violin, viola, cello and double bass
  • Emmeni (2009) for piano, piccolo, horn, trombone, viola and double bass
  • Yriaeas (2010) for flute/bass flute, oboe/english horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and double bass
  • Harpyia (2010) for harpsichord, baroque violin, baroque cello and alto saxophone, Text: T. Deligiannis
  • Satyrcrash (2012) for large intercultural ensemble
  • …while they were watching… (2014) for large ensemble
  • EKINOS (2018) for violin, cello and accordion

Vocal music

  • Epoasi (2006) women’s chorus and string orchestra
  • Dionysus (2006) for 2 female voices, piano, violin and 2 percussionists, Text: T. Deligiannis
  • Ino (2007) for 2 female voices, piano, violin and 2 percussionists, Text: T. Deligiannis
  • Aprothymos (2009), for solo voice, Text: T. Deligiannis
  • Une prière (2011), for female voice, lupophon or english horn, 2 vibraphones, 2 celli, harp and positive organ, Text: D. Dimitriadis
  • Ignored Manuals (2012) for soprano, 2 mezzo-sopranos and 2 baritones, revision for soprano, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, tenor, baritone and bass (2013), Text: A. Minou, Rumi
  • Wet eyes Marina / Dry eyes me (2014), for piano-speaker, violin and trombone, in collaboration with 7090, Text: V. Amanatidis
  • ΛΕΣ (2015) for female voice, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, harp, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello, Text: A. Minou
  • Wait, I’ll – 5 incidents (2015) for mezzo-soprano, flute, harpsichord and 2 percussionists, Text: A. Minou
  • a bit unfair (2017) for 5 female recorder players/singers, Text: I. Camhis
  • Prayers of Incompetence (2020) for 5 voices, automated organ and field recordings, Text: A. Minou
  • Far away or close enough (2021) for automated organs, recorded voice and field recordings, Text: A. Minou

Keyboard music

  • Fairy Tales (2001) for solo piano
  • Communicational Entropy (2005) for solo piano
  • What Will Happen (2020) for hyperorgan

Video/Electronics

  • The Lake (2004) electronics
  • Ariadne: where are you, brother, I have your pills (2008) short film
  • in danger as a whole (2024) audio-visual installation based on Louis Andriessen's composition De Staat

References

  1. ^ "About". Thanasis Deligiannis. 2011-12-20. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  2. ^ "Δεληγιάννης, Θανάσης | «Central Music Authority Archive (KeMKA)»". collection.melos-project.gr. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  3. ^ "Thanasis Deligiannis". New Music Now. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  4. ^ "About – I/O". www.iiiooo.io. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  5. ^ "Atlas Lab". www.atlasensemble.nl. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  6. ^ "RE-FUSE music theatre research platform". www.music-theatre.com. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  7. ^ "Thanasis Deligiannis". Conservatorium van Amsterdam (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  8. ^ "Since she". www.pina-bausch.de. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  9. ^ "Everything that happened and would happen". www.artangel.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  10. ^ "NYFA's First International Composers Exchange". ISSUE Project Room. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  11. ^ "Thanasis Deligiannis". Gaudeamus. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  12. ^ "Muziekgebouw". www.muziekgebouw.nl. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  13. ^ "Xirómero/Dryland - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  14. ^ "Onassis AiR Thanasis Deligiannis and Yannis Michalopoulos Fellowship". www.onassis.org. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  15. ^ "Kaja Draksler - The Lives Of Many Others". www.cleanfeed-records.com.
  16. ^ "Not a Single Road". Seldom Sene. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  17. ^ "Sterre Konijn - EEN". www.7mntn.com.
  18. ^ ΕΝΤΕΥΚΤΗΡΙΟ ΤΕΥΧΟΣ 86 - ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΣ 2009 [Entefktirio magazine issue 86 - July-September 2009] (in Greek).
  19. ^ "Afresh A New Generation of Greek Artists". EMSTeShop. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  20. ^ "Theatre / Archaeology | Efthimis Theou". EMSTeShop. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  21. ^ Theou, Efthimis. "GRIDS - A theatre/archaeology space". www.performance-archaeology.com.
  22. ^ Theou, Efthimis; Mylona, Dimitra; Deligiannis, Thanasis (2023-01-01). "BESTIARIO: a theater/archaeology performance at the Prehistoric settlement of Gournia, Crete". KENTRO: the newsletter fo the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete, vol. 26.
  23. ^ "Kentro: The Newsletter of the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete - INSTAP Study Center for East Crete". 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  24. ^ Music, November. "Shifting Boundaries 2023". November Music (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  25. ^ Shifting Boundaries - Situating Contemporary Music Practices (PDF). November Music. 2023.
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