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Kornilios Selamsis - Composer

Great composer of the new generation, focusing on contemporary classical music and music for the theatre. His works have been performed by leading orchestras internationally and he has collaborated with some of the most important directors. His passion for music makes him move away from conveniences. Dominant personality of the musical avant-garde in Greece.
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He was born in Athens in 1981. From 2004 to 2010 he lived in the Netherlands and studied music composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.

His works have been commissioned and performed by ASKO Ensemble, Nieuw Ensemble, Enseble de Ereprijs, Łódz Philharmonic Orchestra, Artéfacts Ensemble, Athens State Orchestra, Artéfacts Ensemble, Ventus Ensemble, Lesbos International Pencil Festival, Onassis Foundation Roof, National Opera, MusicAeterna etc.

In the summer of 2016, the opera of Leontios and Lena was presented at the Athens Festival and in the summer of 2018 the installation for forty sound sources Agathofron.

Since January 2023, his opera The Beautiful Helen of Offenbach will be presented on tour throughout Greece by the Greek National Opera.

His music works for theater are performed in many productions in Greece and abroad.

Alongside his compositional work, he has worked as Artistic Director in educational programs.

From May 2014 till March 2017 he was the Artistic Director of the concert series “Parallel Thirds” that took place in Porta theater in Athens

At the invitation of the National Theatre, he created the Music Composition workshop in November 2015, at the Theater where he worked until June 2020.

Since January 2023 the composer is represented worldwide by MUSICENTRY.

Commissioned work 

2022                       Greek National Opera

                                Belle Hélène of Offenbach. Opera in three acts for 8 singers and ensemble

                                [2 S, 2 Ms, 2 T, Bar, BBar – fl/pic/Bfl, cl/Bcl, SATBsax, trb, prc, pno, vln, vla, vlc, cb] ca. 80’

 

2021                       Onassis Foundation/Stegi

                                Garden. Music theatre for 7 instruments and voice

                                [cl/Bcl, trb, prc, hrp, vln, cb] ca. 44’

                               

2019                       Athens Conservatory/El Greco Trio

                                Poissons Tristes. For Piano quintet [pno, vln, vla, vlc, cb]. ca.13’

 

2018                       Benaki Museum/Athens Festival/Municipality of Athens/UNESCO

                                Collector’s Atlas.  Electronic composition for 40 individual loudspeakers. 60’

 

2018                       Molyvos International Music Festival, Lesvos

                                Uomini. Uccelli, for 8 instruments and narrator

                                [fl, cl, hrn, 2 pno, vx, vln, vlc, cb] ca. 15’

 

2018                       Greek National Opera, Athens

                                Lettres Music Theatre for three performers, piano, glockenspiel, radio, typewriter and microphones ca. 55’

 

2017                       Onassis Cultural Foundation, Athens

                                Aleph for solo contrabass ca. 18’

 

2013-2016          Athens Festival, Athens

                             Leonce and Lena Opera in 3 acts for ensemble, 4 soloists and choir

                             Libretto Yannis Asteris [fl, ob, cl, bsn, hrn, trp, trb, tb, 2 prc, hrp, 2 vln, vla, vlc, cb] ca. 115’

 

2016-2017            Ventus wind ensemble, Athens

                               Breath for 11 winds and soprano, on six recomposed English renaissance madrigals

                               [fl, ob, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, trb, cb, vx] ca 58’

 

2015                       Artéfacts Ensemble

                                [supported by the National Technical University of Athens and Fondation Le Corbusier] Greece/France

                                Ingénieur for 8 instruments [composed to be performed alongside with the Le Corbusier film L’Architecture]

                                [ob, cl, trp, pno, vln, vla, vlc, cb] 11’

 

2013                       La laiterie Strassbourg/Artéfacts ensemble, Strasbourg, France

                                Young man lying on his side. Stillness. clarinet, percussion, violin and viola 17’

 

2011                      Athens State Orchestra, Athens

                               For this city that, someday, will become a forest for large orchestra 16’

 

2011                       Athens Festival, Athens

                                Medusa Staged Oratorio for voices and piano

 

2011                       Technopolis/Alexis Karaiskakis, Athens

                                A day’s work for solo cello

 

2011                       Thessaloniki State Orchestra/Ventus Ensemble, Thessaloniki

                                Sing! woodwind quintet

 

2010                       Generale Oost/Ereprijs Ensemble/Arnhem, Netherlands

                                Foliages for ensemble

 

2009                       ASKO Ensemble/Royal Conservatory, Amsterdam, Netherlands

                                Animateur 2 clarinets, horn, 2 percussions, violin, viola, violoncello, contrabass

 

2008                       Nieuw Ensemble/ Royal Conservatory, Amsterdam

                                Observateur for flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, harp, guitar, mandolin, violin, violoncello, contrabass

 

2008                       Royal Conservatory/Inbal Hever, The Hague

                                Lady of silences for violin and mezzo-soprano

 

2008                       Artéfacts ensemble, Athens

                                Le petit aviateur for flute, clarinet, 2 pianists, 2 percussionists and cello

 

2008                       Orchestra of colours/Benaki Museum, Athens

                                Song for counter-tenor and six instruments  for counter-tenor, 2 trumpets, horn, viola, two cellos                

 

2007                       Royal Conservatory/Ensemble Royal

                                Aviateur for ensemble

 

2006                       Greek Composers Union

                                Music for 6 instruments and voice [fragments by Sappho] for bass clarinet, horn, trombone, percussion, cello, contrabass

 

2005                       Orchestra of colours

                                Frost in midnight for flute, english horn, percussion, contrabass

 

2004                       Orchestra of colours

                                The traveler for guitar, french horn and piano

 

2004                      Benaki museum

                               Music for [two] flute[s]

 

Studio Recordings

2011                       Three Pitches, viola (independent release)

2013                       Sigkatikisi - Artéfacts Ensemble, Puzzlemusic Records

2017                       Breath [pending]

2017                       The daughter of Rapaccini – Poreia theatre company

2018                       Aleph – Onassis Cultural Foundation

2022                       Ink – 2 Productions - MusicAeterna [cond. Teodor Currentzis]

 

National Broadcasts

2012                       Third programme of the Greek National Radio, live performance

                                 Observateur Orchestra of Colours

 

2015                       Greek National Television

                                Tommorow documentary series, episode dedicated on Kornilios Selamtzis’ music

 

2016                       Greek National Television

                                The secrets of music documentary, Foliages performed by Ereprijs Ensemble

 

2017                       Greek National Radio

                                A Portrait radio broadcast

 

 SELECTED WORK FOR THEATRE AND CINEMA

*Film

**As a composer and performer

***As a composer and musical director/conductor

2022                       Two Productions/Athens Megaron

                                INK for Large orchestra [cond. Teodor Currentzis]

                                [dir. Dimitris Papaioannou]

 

2022                       Small Theatre of Kerameikos

                                Mythistorima by Yorgos Cheimonas for flute, piano and violoncello

                                [dir. Panayotis Exarcheas]

 

2022***                National Theatre of Greece/Epidaurus Festival

                              Ajax by Sophocles for 10 singing actors and four brass instruments

                              [dir. Argyris Xafis]

 

2022                     Plyfa Industrial Space

                              Moderato Cantabile by Marguerite Duras for prepared piano and electronics

                              [dir. Efrosyni Mastrokalou]

 

2022                     Athens Festival/Radio Plays

                              Haunter of the dark by H. P. Lovecraft for 5 actors and 4 instruments [cl, perc, vln, cb]

                              [dir. Akilas Karazisis]

 

2021*                   Independent Film

                              Kafka’s secret collection of porn for 3 Fender Rhodes pianos

                              [dir. Aristotelis Maragos]

 

2021                     BIOS Theatre

                              Obituary by Heiner Müller for electronics

                              [dir. Efrosyni Mastrokalou]

 

2021**                 Schloss Corvey

                              Odyssey for actors piano and found objects

                              [dir. Akillas Karazisis]

 

2021***               Theseum Ensemble

                              Antigone by Sophocles for 10 speaking actors

                              [dir. Haris Fragoulis]

 

2021                     UBUNTU Theatre group

                              Enron for electronics

                              [dir. Aris Laskos]

 

2020***               Landestheater Tübingen

                              Transit by Anna Seghers for voices, found objects and prerecorded modular synth

                              [dir. Akillas Karazisis]

 

2020***               National Theatre of Greece

                             La dame de chez Maxime by Georges Feydeau for voices and ensemble [fl, ob, cl, bsn, hrn, trp, trb, tba, hrp, pno, vlc, perc].

                             [dir. Thomas Moschopoulos]

 

2020                    UBUNTU Theatre Company

                             Laramie Project for Electronics

                             [dir. Aris Laskos]

 

2019**                Technis Theatre

                             Othello by William Shakespeare piano and voice

                             [dir. Haris Frangoulis]

 

2019                    Bios Theatre

                             Kronstande by Nikos Karouzos for Church organ

                             [dir. Aris Balis]

 

2019                    Le misanthrope by Moliére for actors-instrumentalists on stage

                             [dir. Yiannis Houvardas]

 

2018                    Keffalinias Theatre

                             The Glass menagerie by Tennessee Williams for individual loudspeakers, electronics and ensemble

                             [dir. Dimitris Karantzas]

 

2018                   Athens Festival

                            Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury for live electronics and speaking voices

                            [dir. Thomas Moschopoulos]

 

2018                   National Theatre of Greece/Experimental Stage

                            Revolutionary ways of cleaning your swimming pool by Alexandra K* for resonant objects on stage

                            [dir. Sarantos Zervoulakos]

 

2018                   Onassis Cultural Foundation/Young Choreographers Festival

                            Ok that’s you on the mirror for electronics [chor. Andy Xhuma-Christos Xyrafakis]

 

2018***             UBUNTU theatre company

                           Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke by Reiner Maria Rilke sound installation consisting of

                           recorded  gamba and percussion sounds [dir. Eleana Tsichli]

 

2018                 Bios Theatre

                          Medea material by Heiner Müller for voice, electronics and resonant objects

                          [dir. Efrosyni Mastrokalou]

 

2017***           Porta theatre [for children]

                         Chionanoi for voices, trombone and toy percussion

                         [dir. Sophia Paschou]

 

2017***           Poreia theatre

                         The daughter of Rapaccini for bayan, violin and harp

                         [dir. Olia Lazaridou]

 

2017***           Bios Theatre/Kursk theatre company

                         Lenz by Georg Büchner for speaking and singing voices, stones, a bucket of water, balloons and other objects

                         [dir. Haris Frangoulis]

 

2017*,**          Marni Films

                         Magical Skin for ensemble

                         [dir. Kostis Samaras]

 

2016**            Theseum Theatre/pro4 productions

                        Hashish for radio, LP turntable and several musical instruments

                        [dir. Akyllas Karazisis]

 

2016               OSMOSIS Theatre group

                        Relic for microphones and prerecorded sounds [dir. Euripides Laskarides]

 

2015**           Onassis Cultural Foundation

                       Glaube Liebe Hoffnung by Ödön von Horvath for piano and synthesizer

                       [dir. Akyllas Karazisis]

 

2015              National Theatre of Northern Greece/Epidaurus Festival

                       Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides for 16 singing actors, clarinet and english horn

                       [dir. Thomas Moschopoulos]

 

2015***         Athens Festival

                       Arden must die for speaking voices and six melodicas

                       [dir. Haris Frangoulis]

 

2014***         Porta Theatre-Infant’s theatre

                       Listen for toys and several resonant objects [dir. Dimitris Karantzas]

 

2014***         Porta Theatre-Children’s theatre

                       The Mystery of the city of Hamelin for six actors singing speaking and playing instruments

                       [dir. Thomas Moschopoulos]

 

2014***         Cycladon Theatre/Kursk Theatre Group

                       The prayer of the girl who fell into a well and does not want to die

                       for clarinet, trumpet, violin and speaking voices [dir. Haris Frangoulis]

 

2014***        National Theatre of Greece

                      So it is (if you think so) by Luigi Pirandello for 6 gramophones and speaking voices

                      [dir. Dimitris Karantzas]

 

2014**          National Theatre of Greece

                      The opinions of a clown by Heinrich Böll for voices, concertina piano and Fender Rhodes

                      [dir. Argyris Xafis]

 

2013             National theatre of Greece/Epidaurus Festival

                      Trachiniae by Sophocles for 16 female voices flute, saxophones and custom percussions

                      [dir. Thomas Moschopoulos]

 

2012***        Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Canada

                      Elektra by Sophocles for female choir 3S-2M-S-3A

                      [dir Thomas Moschopoulos, transl. Anne Carson].

 

2012***        Kursk Theater Group/Aplo Theatre

                      Woyzeck by Georg Büchner for voices, accordion, violin, trumpet, toys and pieces of furniture

                      [dir Haris Fragoulis].

 

2012*,***     London Film School

                     Beatitudes for ensemble

                     [dir. Aristotelis Maragos]

 

2011            Theseum Theatre/Lykofos Productions

                     When Nietzsche wept by Irving Yalom sound installation for 10 sealed jars containing loudspeakers

                     [dir. Akyllas Karazisis]

 

2010***       National Theater of Greece

                     Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand for 10 beginner level instrumentalists

                     [dir. Nikos Karathanos]

 

2010***       Porta Theater/Children’s theatre

                     A soldier’s tale for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin and contrabass

                     [dir. Thomas Moschopoulos]

 

2010            Porta Theater-Infant’s theatre

                     Come on for Bass clarinet, accordion and violin

                     [dir. Xenia Kalogeropoulou]

 

2009***       National Theater of Greece/Epidaurus Festival

                     Alcestis by Euripides for mixed choir of actors, clarinet, bassoon, viola, violoncello, contrabass

                     [dir. Thomas Moschopoulos]

 

2008***       Porta theater-Children’s theatre

                     Calvino Folktales for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion, trumpet and horn

                     [dir. Thomas Moschopoulos]

 

2008**        Athens Festival

                    Bacchae by Euripides for 3 female voices speaking and singing, Bass clarinet, accordion, large set of percussions

                    [dir. Thomas Moschopoulos]

 

2007           Athens Concert Hall

                    Electra  by Hugo von Hofmannstahl for prepared piano

                    [dir. Thomas Moschopoulos]

 

Notable Arrangements Transcriptions and Orchestrations

 

2014***      Porta Theatre/Parallel Thirds

                    Moving Drawings - Disney Songs for string quartet and 2 voices

 

2013***      Onassis Cultural Foundation/Artéfacts Ensemble

                    Sigkatikisi on Konstantinos B electronic music for large ensemble

 

2012***      Athens Concert hall

                    Treasure Island  reworking of old British maritime tunes for six actors singing speaking and playing instruments

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