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Sikelianou, Tania (b. 1977, Patra). Greek composer of mostly stage and chamber music that has been performed in Europe; she is also active as a violinist.

Ms. Sikelianou studied violin with Iannis Georgiadis at the National Conservatory of Greece in Athens, where she earned her diploma with honors in 1999, and later studied violin privately with Alexandre Brussilovsky in Paris in 2001 and privately with Nina Patrikidou in Athens from 2001-03. She studied band instrumentation with Iannis Metallinos, composition with Michalis Travlos and counterpoint, fugue and harmony with Dimitris Mpazos at the Nikos Skalkottas Conservatory in Athens and there earned her composition diploma with honors in 2001. She studied composition with Wim Henderickx at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam from 2004-06.

As a violinist, she has performed her own music and other contemporary works in Greece, The Netherlands and the USA.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: sik_tania@hotmail.com

Street address (Greece): Ms. Tania Sikelianou, Damonos 4, 262 24 Patra, Greece

Telephone (Greece): + 3026 1033 1877

Street address (The Netherlands): Ms. Tania Sikelianou, Van Eeghenstr. 19, 1071 ES Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Telephone (The Netherlands): + 316 2193 1571

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

STAGE: Methexis (ballet music, choreography by Sania Strimbakou), flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2003; The Fire (dance music, choreography by Sania Strimbakou), violin, 2005 (may be performed as a concert work)

ORCHESTRAL: The Wings of Fantasy, large orchestra, 2000

CHAMBER MUSIC: Nostalgia, violin, piano, 1998; Enigma, alto flute, English horn, violin, viola, cello, piano, timpani, percussion, 1999; Figure No. 1, English horn, 2000; Theme for Variations, violin, piano, 2001; String Quartet with Bass Guitar, 2002; A Small Picture, bass guitar, string quartet, 2002; Figure No. 2, oboe, 2002; The Circle, 2 violins, cello, piano, 2003 (also version for violin, piano, 2003); Little Energy, English horn, bass trombone, violin, cello, vibraphone, 2003; Music for Stringed Instruments, string quartet, double bass, 2004 (also version with film as Oasis); The Fire, violin, 2005 (concert version of stage work); The Air, marimba, 2005; Trio No. 1, cello, piano, marimba, 2006

CHORAL: Antigone (text by Sophocles), 4 mixed voices, 2005

VOCAL: The Voice (vocalise), mezzo-soprano, soprano saxophone, piano, 2004

PIANO: Tree and Wind, 1997

MULTIMEDIA: Oasis, string quartet, double bass, film (by Jaap Mees), 2005 (version of Music for Stringed Instruments)

(Last updated on March 29, 2006)


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