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30 Short Children Pieces for Piano Solo (2007)
The
life of a child reveals and hides inside images and sentiments, sounds
and experiences, questions and concerns. Parts of a world lost forever
but treasured in the adult soul.
From "First Day, First Page" of the
diary and Sundays "Joybells" to the "Bittersweet" morning dances and
the "Calm" of a "Sunny Afternoon", from "A Sudden Absence" and a
"Strange Question" to the "Loneliness" and "Dream", from the imaginary
"Indian Dance" to the "Walkin" on "a Rainy Day" and from "March of the
Goose" to the "Flowers Waltz", "Lullaby" and "Farewell Song", these
"Diary of a Child" pages unfold the thread of a very well known memory, a
memory of us all.
These 30 short piano pieces were composed between 2003 and 2007. Some of them are compositions of inspired children, composers pupils, like Orsaki Roussetou and Plato Tsoukatos-Pontikis.
This collection is dedicated to all composers
pupils and especially toy Nikos Karidis, the grown up "child" who gave
me the opportunity to write most of the pieces presented. The work was
recorded by Dimitra Mane on cd for the upcoming edition.. The artist performed parts of the work in composer's
personal Portrait organized by "Greek Composers Union" at "Hellenic
Conservatory" in Maroussi in 2010 and the whole collection at "Mikros
Horos Tehnis" (Little Hall of Arts) in Glyfada, Attiki, in 2015. Parts
of the work had been performed also by Eleni Papaspyrou students, from
Herakleion Music School, in "Theatrical Station", Herakleion, Crete and
at "Lillian Voudouri" Library Hall in Athens Concert Hall in 2015.
39. "Jeux pour Deux" for two pianos (2007)
A
work of neoclassical character with influences from jazz idiom. It is
dedicated to the piano duo "Dimitra Mane Andy Miliory" and to Maurice
Ravel in the musical style of whom there are intentional references -
by which was performed at Athenaeum Concert Hall Athens in 2008. The work have been secondly performed by Ting Ke and Chenshayang Huang at Boston University Concert
Hall under Spring 14 Piano Ensemble Juries (K. Papadakis piano class)
in 2014 and by Effie Agrafioti and Giorgos Kontrafouris in "D.
Mitropoulos" Hall, Athens Concrt Hall in 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI62IN0xdA0
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