NEW
the woman that forgot how to speak
music-theatre
part of PhD research at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with Dimitri Papageorgiou and Franck Bedrossian
Accordion solo
commissioned by Krassimir Sterev [Klangforum Wien]
Field guide
music-theatre multimedia work for 1 piano, 2 pianists, electronics & video on poetry by Eleonore Schönmaier
New work
for greek traditional voice, canun and 2 ouds (+1 yali tambur). In collaboration with AUTH and UOM
coming events
2024
5-30 October
Incidental music for the theatre play directer by Konstantinos Vasilakopoulos
2025
26 February
Incidental music for the theatre play of H. Ibsen, directed by Konstantinos Vasilakopoulos
past events
2024
26 January – 5 September
ASO Composition Summerlab
Assistant professor at the 1st Composition Summerlab of the Athens State Orchestra
28 January
Elephant’s foot or Pyriphlegethon
Basoon Solo Ben Roidl-Ward
Commissioned by Ben Roidl-Ward [Ensemble Dal Niente] and Niki Harlafti
27 January
3 Insects
Performed by TETTTIΞ
2023
16 December
The Aesthetic Revolution of Music Theatre
Lectures at Music Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Aristotle Universtity of Thessaloniki [GR]
18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27, 29 October
1, 2, 3, 4 November
Strella [revival]
Chamber opera commissioned by the Greek National Opera
Second season
Libretto · Alexandra K*
Stage Director · George Koutlis
Conductor · Konstantinos Terzakis
12 August
Hypsipyle
Commissioned by Kournos Music Festival
Georgios Iatrou, baritone · Konstantinos Zigeridis, accordion
24, 25 June
Limpid water
Commissioned by Athens Epidaurus Festival
TETTTIΞ Ensemble · Yorgos Ziavras
1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 February
Chamber opera commissioned by the Greek National Opera
Libretto · Alexandra K*
Stage Director · George Koutlis
Conductor · Konstantinos Terzakis
2022
3 December
TECTONICS Festival Athens · Onassis Stegi
Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra · Ilan Volkov
October – November
30 nails
TANANTIA TOUTEON on Tour · Pythia Trio
1/10 · European University Cyprus, Nicosia [CY]
2/10 · Cornaro Art Institute, Limassol [CY]
11/11 · The Banatul Philharmonic in Timișoara · Capitol Hall, Timisoara [RO]
12/11 · Cornaro Art Institute, Limassol [CY]
14/11 · Art Base, Brussels [BE]
15/11 · Brick -15, Vienna [AU]
16/11 · Het Koorenhuis, Den Haag [NL]
27/11 · KulturMomente, Zurich [CH]
24-25 September
performed by TETTTIΞ
1-10 April
outHEAR New Music Week
Klangforum Wien & PPCM
3 February / 14 April
Music-theatre satire for 3 pianists
commissioned by Pythia Trio
2021
4 December
Music-theatre satire for 3 pianists
commissioned by Pythia Trio
Hall of Kalamata Philharmonic
19, 20, 21 November
A work for actor and ensemble, commissioned by the Greek National Opera for the Greek Songbook.
Based on the pre-revolutionary text “Hellenic Nomarchy”.
2-3 August
A music-theatre collaboration with composer Stamatis Passopoulos, actor/director Foivos Symeonides and ensemble TETTTIΞ.
Selected by the Ministry of Culture for the summer Cultural Festival.
Ancient Abdera, Xanthi [GR]
18 July
«75 Beats» – Two evenings curated by Dimitris Barnias.
Aptera Castle, Open Sails Festival Chania [GR]
2-28 June
Music for the theatre play, directed by Manos Vavadakis.
15-29 May
A medium-lenght film of Daphné Hérétakis and Kostis Samaras, around the music of Jani Christou, Nikos Ioakeim, Michalis Paraskakis and Thanassis Deligiannis, performed by Elena Krasaki, Aimilianos Stamatakis, Yorgos Ziavras and TETTTIΞ.
ΤΕΤΤΤΙΞ, Piraeus Municipal Theatre, Costopoulos Foundation [GR]
25 February
Online broadcast on the 6th Day of the 4th Tehran International Electronic Music Festival
2020
20 July
commissioned and performed by Mislav Režić and Gordan Tudor
Musical Evenings at St. Jerome's, Kaštel Gomilica [Croatia]
2019
14 February
Soundtrack for EFTYCHIA AW20 fashion show
London Fasion Week
British Fashion Council, London [GB]
14-20 November
New Music Generation
1st International Composition Competition & Academy, Kazakhstan
Invited composer – Conference & Masterclass – Jury member
Kazakh National University of Arts, Nur-Sultan [KZ]
16 October
Soundscapes Project · Interfaces European Programme
commissioned by dissonArt Ensemble
Onassis Cultural Centre Athens & Centre for Arts and Media Karlsruhe
Dimitria Festival, Thessaloniki [GR]
18, 19 October
a performance by ΤΕΤΤΤΙΞ and stage director Anastasia Chintzoglou
concept/realisation · M. Paraskakis, A. Chintzoglou
artistic direction · M. Paraskakis, N. Ioakeim
•Singing ‘Kassandra’ by Iannis Xenakis
13 September
Soundtrack for EFTYCHIA SS20 fashion show
London Fashion Week
British Fashion Council, London [GB]
23, 24, 29, 30 May
Re-composing the famous Greek Operette
Commissioned by RAFI
National Greek Opera, Athens [GR]
22 May
Austrian premiere of Ark Futura
Ensemble Reconcil · Yalda Zamani
REAKTOR, Vienna [AU]
13 May [premiere]
Hedda Gabler · H. Ibsen
Music and musical prosody for the play, directed by Zoe Chatziantoniou
Bios, Athens [GR]
11, 13 April
Performing/singing in Nikos Galenianos’ music theatre work on Dante’s Inferno
Greek National Opera, Athens [GR]
6 March
Electronic interferences in TETTTIΞ’s 3rd project
TV Control Center, Athens [GR]
1, 2 March
A stage work that calls forth movement, sound, theatre, text by RopisCo
[Anastasia Chintzoglou, Michalis Paraskakis, Nikos Kalyvas, Eva Papadopoulou]
6th Young Choreographers Festival
Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens [GR]
17 February
commissioned by Panagiotis Ziavras and Marinos Tranoudakis.
February
An interactive soundwalk using a geo-referrencing app that playbacks audio, designed by ZKM and OCC.
The composers of the project composed miniature pieces for specific urban locations of Thessaloniki.
The pieces are recorded by dissonArt ensemble. Part of the ‘Interfaces’ European programme.
2018
6+7 December
a performance of music and light by ΤΕΤΤΤΙΞ and Panagiotis Tomaras
concept/realisation · M. Paraskakis
artistic direction · M. Paraskakis, K. Konstantourou
•Revision of my piece Skostok for ensemble TETTTΙΞ
•3 orchestrations of Brian Eno ‘On Land’
•Singing ‘Maknongan’ of G. Scelsi
30 May
ΤΕΤΤΤΙΞ [#1] & L' arrivée [premiere]
The very first performance of ensemble ΤΕΤΤΤΙΞ included the premiereof the first version of my soundtrack on ‘L’ arrivée’ by P. Tscherkassky.
Zp87, Athens [GR]
25, 26, 27, 28 January + 2, 3 February
Music theatre work in collaboration with the lyric theatre company Oper(o).
Texts by T. S. Elliot.
Greek National Opera, Athens [GR]
23 January
Kāma · Fata Morgana · Cortex
Greek radio premieres in Nikos Xanthoulis’ show ‘The whole world one opera’
ERT FM [GR]
2 & 9 January
New Music in Greece
Interview in Jim Igor Kalenberg’s radio show ‘Kein Geld Aber Disco’
Deutchlandradio Kultur [DE]
2017
19 December
Cortex
Katerina Konstantourou, piano
Goethe Institut, Athens [GR]
24 May
Cortex
Katerina Konstantourou, piano
Music School of Kalamata [GR]
11-21 February
impuls Academy
Masterclasses with Mark Andre and Klaus Lang
10 February
Kāma [premiere]
for ensemble · Klangforum Wien · Enno Poppe
Commissioned by impuls Festival
2016
9 October
Not Yet II
On Bernard Clarke’s radio show ‘Nova’
RTÉ Lyric FM [IR]
22-25 September
Fata Morgana [premiere]
Audio DH project
Commissioned by Fani Konstantinidou, Francisco López
iiinitiative and Today’s Art
24 September
Cortex
Katerina Konstantourou, piano
Gallerie Bloemrijk Vertrouwen Aldtsjerk [NL]
3 August
Terpnon
Maria Malaxianaki, butoh
Undertow Festival
Historical Chania Agora [GR]
29 May
Ark Futura
On Bernard Clarke’s radio show ‘Nova’
RTÉ Lyric FM [IR]
24 May
Cortex [premiere]
Katerina Konstantourou, piano
2015
19 June
This [premiere]
On a poem by Eleonore Schönmaier
Musings Ensemble
Splendor Theater, Amsterdam [NL]
16 April
Not Yet II [premiere]
Momenta Quartet & friends
The Kitchen Gallery New York
8 April
Prélude non mesuré
Elena Krasaki, soprano
Antigoni Tsala Baroque Ensemble
Porta Theater, Athens [GR]
12 February
Skostok [premiere]
Commissioned by ‘An Evening of Today’
Nieuw Ensemble · Gregory Charette
8 February
Ark Futura
On Tom Klaasen’s show ‘Vrije Geluiden’
Radio 4 VPRO [NL]
17 January
La passion de Jeanne d' Arc
Soundtrack & live music for C. T. Dreyer’s silent film
David Alonso de Molina, bass voice
Michalis Paraskakis, bass voice, electronics
Sounds of Silence Film Festival, DNR Film Club [NL]
2014
29 June
A map for long distance no. 7 & 8 [premiere]
On a poem by Eleonore Schönmaier
Musings Ensemble
Arnhem Open Garden [NL]
21-22 June
Terpnon
Terpnon recording used for audio-visual project
‘Les soirées dessinées’
25 April
Kassandra · Iannis Xenakis
Michalis Paraskakis, baritone
Natalia Alvarez, percussion
Spring Festival The Hague [NL]
24 April
[Medea]
Michalis Paraskakis, baritone
Panos Ziavras, percussion
20 April
Ark Futura
On Martijn Comes’ show ‘Kraak Helder’
Concertzender [NL]
30 April – 4 May
Anaparastasis I & III · Jani Christou
Performing and teaching the work of J. Christou
Week of Contemporary Music 14, Ghent
12-14 March
Ark Futura [premiere]
ASKO|Schönberg Ensemble · Bas Wiegers
Consevatorium van Amsterdam [NL]
Korzo Theatre The Hague [NL]
Portugese Synagogue Amsterdam [NL]
2013
25 November
Excersises 1, 8, 15, Edges, Changing the System · Christian Wolff
Michalis Paraskakis, accordion & voice
Students of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague
Christian Wolff in The Hague Festival
Royal Conservatory of The Hague [NL]
6 July
Terpnon
On Martijn Comes’ show ‘Kraak Helder’
24 May
[Medea] [premiere]
Leandro Marziotte, countertenor
Benjamin Mazauric, percussion
Spring Festival The Hague [NL]
10 April
Ensuing · Karin Banquet
Singing and performing
Karyn Banquet, choreography
10 April
Terpnon [premiere]
Vladan Kulišic, tuner 1
Eugene A. Kim, tuner 2
Assaf Gidron, tuner 3
Noah Rektenwald, tuner 4
Michalis Paraskakis, keyboardist
Spring Festival The Hague [NL]
2012
10 December
Anaparastasis I, the Baritone · Jani Christou
Michalis Paraskakis, baritone
Nikos Ioakeim, conductor
Korzo Theater Den Haag [NL]
24 June
Not Yet [premiere]
Enric Sans i Morera, clarinet
Michalis Paraskakis, electronics