Συντάκτης: Manos Panayiotakis

Principles of Music Composing XXIII: National versus Global

Delighted to share the publication of my most recent paper “Cultural Elements of Crete in Contemporary Composition” at the “Principles of Music Composing XXIII: National versus Global” academic journal in Vilnius, Lithuania. You can access it here: https://xn--urnalai-cxb.lmta.lt/en/issue/principles-of-music-composing-xxiii-national-versus-global/?

The paper, presented at the 23rd International
Conference “Principles of Music Composing” in Vilnius, explores the influence of traditional idioms of Crete on contemporary composition, through a case study focusing on three solo works of mine:

1) Lux Perpetua for Solo Flute (2005) – 3rd Prize at Volos Composition Competition in 2008 (premiered in 2005 at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and re-performed at the “100 days of new music” project by Robin Meiksins in Chicago, 2020)

2) Lament for Theodore Antoniou for Bass Flute (2020), published by Universal Edition/Scodo and released by Phasma Music, performed by Iwona Glinka, receiving the Academia Music Awards ”Best Album-Classical” prize for the full album.

3) Cretan Dance for Piano (2023), premiered by Elena Perisynaki in January 2024 at the Πολιτιστικό Συνεδριακό Κέντρο Ηρακλείου – Cultural Conference Center Crete (soon to be released by Phasma music)

Congratulations to all authors and many thanks to the academic team of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre for their support of the full publication.

Kópakonan (2024) for String Quartet

Thrilled to announce that my most recent string quartet “Kópakonan” (2024), has been awarded the 1st place and winning prize of the N. Scorpion music composition competition, amongst the works of fellow composers internationally.
The prize includes an interview and collaboration in 2025, which I am very much looking forward to!
The live premiere is also coming soon, as well as its official CD release by Phasma Music!

Many thanks to the jury of the competition and congratulations to all participants!

Stay tuned for more!

“Kópakonan” (2024) for String Quartet:
https://youtu.be/-azgtTh-uuc?si=qhcW65gyzRJYhKKP

The announcement of the winners and finalists:
https://youtu.be/0qA1VrIEa3w?si=oYLOoYIXGuaxRkJe

Astyanax for Symphony Orchestra

Dear friends,

I am very happy to announce the release of my orchestral work Astyanax in the album Lviv 2 by Phasma Music. Many thanks to the Phasma Music production team, to National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of Lviv and to conductor Volodymyr Syvokhip for the amazing performance and recording!

Album and full Phasma Music catalogue are available at:

https://www.phasma-music.com

Enjoy and stay tuned for more!

Venti (2021) for Flute Quartet

So happy to share that the album “SAMEKH” by Phasma Music, including my work “Venti (2021) for Flute Quartet” won the GLOBAL MUSIC AWARD – OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT – SILVER Medal in the categories: Emerging Artist and Album, June, 2024.
Composers: Sebastian Anthony Birch, Lars Fetzek, Paolo Geminiani, Martin Lennartz, Alan Moulineux, Manos Panayiotakis, Greg A Steinke
Sound by Nick Demosthenous, Irida Recording Studio, Marcin Kowalczyk.
Album and full catalogue are available at:

https://www.phasma-music.com/label/catalogue


Michail Travlos Iwona Glinka and Phasma Music, thank you so much for the wonderful performance, recording and release!

Black Velvet Sky (2024) for Chamber Ensemble

Very happy to share a midi realisation of my most recent composition “Black Velvet Sky” for chamber ensemble (2024). The title has been quoted from an interview with the former astronaut Edwin Eugene (Buzz) Aldrin, who described the view of Earth from space as such. The work features the interaction between short rhythmic and melodic motifs, which “float” within a uniform, ever moving macro-structure.

Enjoy and stay tuned for more!