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Nasopoulou, Aspasia (b. October 11, 1972, Athens). Greek composer of mostly chamber works that have been performed in Europe.
Ms. Nasopoulou studied counterpoint with Spyros Raftopoulos, fugue and harmony with Katerina Mamidi and piano with Giannis Terezakis at the Conservatory of Music in Piraeus from 1981-94 and there graduated with honors. She studied composition with Michalis Travlos at the Nikos Skalkottas Conservatory in Athens from 1997-2001 and has studied composition with Wim Henderickx at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam since 2002, where she earned her BMus in 2003 and her MMus in 2005 and where she also studied composition with Fabio Nieder in 2004-05. She has also attended seminars with Klaus Huber, Theo Loevendie and Theodore Saunway and earned a degree in geology at the National University of Athens in 1996.
Among her honors are selections for performance at the Workshop 2000 in Athens (2000) and the Gaudeamus Muziekweek (2003). She was also voted a permanent member of the Greek Composers Union (2002). Her music has been performed in Greece, Italy and The Netherlands.
She is also active in other positions. She co-founded the non-profit new music association Altera Musica in Athens in 1999, which organizes concerts and promotes young composers. She has collaborated with choreographer Ina Stockem on the interactive project soirées unextracted 1-4 since 2004.
She taught harmony, music history and piano at the Conservatory of Music in Piraeus from 1991-94, the Kostas Makrigiannis Private Secondary School in Piraeus from 1995-98 and the 5/4 Conservatory of Music in Faliro from 1996-2002.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: aspnas2000@yahoo.com
Street address (Greece): Ms. Aspasia Nasopoulou, Xenophontos 22, 181 20 Korydallos, Greece
Telephone/fax (Greece): + 3021 0495 6067
Street address (The Netherlands): Ms. Aspasia Nasopoulou, Nieuwendijk 119 II, 1012 MD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Telephone (The Netherlands): + 316 2493 9324
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Narcissus and Echo (ballet music, choreography by Sarah Slifer), panpipes, guitar, cello, marimba, 2003; LLAST [BALLAST] (choreography by Roser Lopez), alto saxophone (+ tenor saxophone), electric guitar, double bass, Op. 24, 2004; Passion I (text by Sappho, choreography by Nicola Hepp), mezzo-soprano, 4 female dancers, 2 male dancers, 2 bass recorders, 2 contrabass recorders (all by Joachim Paetzold), 2 percussion, Op. 25, 2003 (also version [choreography by Marina Peuranen] with female dancer instead of 4 female dancers, 2 male dancers, 2005); Power II (choreography by Nicola Hepp), male dancer, flute, 4 saxophones, Op. 26, 2004 (also version [choreography by Raquel Gualtero Sorriano] with female dancer instead of male dancer, 2005); Love III (choreography by Marina Peuranen), English horn, bass clarinet, violin, cello, double bass, piano, Op. 27, 2004; Existence IV (text by Saburo Teshigawara, choreography by Marina Peuranen), female speaker, 4 female dancers, 2 bass recorders, 2 contrabass recorders (all by Joachim Paetzold), flute, oboe, bass clarinet, 4 saxophones, violin, cello, double bass, piano, 2 percussion, film (by Adnan Hasovic), Op. 29, 2005
ORCHESTRAL: Journey, small orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, timpani, 20 strings), 1998; Childlike Saturdays, 1999; Concerto, piano, orchestra, 2000; Chromata Laleonta, 3 gamelan players, small orchestra (17 players), 2002
CHAMBER MUSIC: String Quartet, 1997; Rencontre, soprano saxophone, piano, 1999; Three Moods, guitar, 1999; Entropia, violin, percussion, ensemble (oboe, clarinet, cello, double bass), 2000; Aenaos Kyklos – Eternal Cycle, violin, cello, piano, 2001; Meiokeno – Miocene Epoch, bass clarinet, 2002; Piece of D, bass recorder, live electronics, 2002; 10+Tessera, prepared piano, vibraphone (with 4 bows), 2002; Merose – The Day Has Come, flute, oboe, clarinet, harp, guitar, mandolin, violin, viola, cello, double bass, percussion, 2003; Saturday to Friday, flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, lights, Op. 23, 2003; Stigmas, marimba, Op. 30, 2005
CHORAL: Rodia=SO4H2 (text by Nikos Egonopoulos), mixed chorus, 2001
VOCAL: The end is where we start from (text by T.S. Eliot), alto, baritone, English horn, bass clarinet, piano, 2 percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 1998; Rodia=SO4H2 (text by Nikos Egonopoulos), soprano, bass recorder/bass clarinet, 2002 (also version as Rodia=H2SO4, soprano, alto, bass recorder, Op. 28, 2004); Asemna – Indecent (text by Thanos Zoës), mezzo-soprano, speaker, flute, piano, string quartet, 2002; Spirits of the dead (text by Edgar Allan Poe), soprano, mezzo-soprano, cello, piano, Op. 22, 2003
PIANO: Five Miniatures, 1997; Eklipsis – Eclipse, 2001
ARRANGEMENT: For a Little White Seashell: Preludes and Dances for the Piano (Manos Hadjidakis), 2 pianos, 2000
(Last updated on June 25, 2005)
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