THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT  

Tania Sikelianou

(b. 1977, Patra).

Greek composer, now resident in the Netherlands, of mostly chamber works that have been performed in Europe; she is also active as a violinist.

Ms. Sikelianou studied violin with Iannis Georgiadis at the Ethniko Odeio – National Conservatoire in Athens, where she earned her diploma with honuors 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 Michail Travlos and counterpoint, fugue and harmony with Dimitris Bazos at the Nikos Skalkottas Conservatory in Athens and there earned her composition diploma with honours in 2001. She studied composition with Wim Henderickx at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam from 2004–06.

As a violinist, she has performed contemporary music in Greece, the Netherlands and the USA.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Website: http://www.taniasikelianou.com/

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, bass guitar, string quartet, 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, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 2004 (also version as Oasis, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, film [by Jaap Mees], 2005)

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