b i o g r a p h y
| A new music composer and practicing pharmacist who applies analytical principles of biomechanics and motion theory to his composition strategy . |
Dimitri Voudouris
| 1961 | B orn in Athens Greece | |
| 1966 | P arents immigrated to South Africa | |
| 1967 - 1970 | A ttended Yeoville Boys Primary School in Johannesburg | |
| 1971 - 1974 | A ttended Selbourne Primary School in Vereeniging | |
| 1974 - 1976 | L essons in Piano and Violin | |
| 1974 - today | L istening to seriously to 20th century, Avant Garde , New Jazz, Traditional,Sacred,ethnic | |
| Environmental , Electro-acoustic Music from all over the world and has 5000 rare recordings on cd and vinyl. | ||
| 1975 - 1979 | A ttended general Smuts High School in Vereeniging. | |
| 1986 | O btained a Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree at the University of the Witwatersrand and has been practicing as a | |
| pharmacist since. | ||
| 1987 - 1989 | S tudied Socio-Cultural Anthropology , Science of Religion | |
| Philosophy at the University of South Africa [UNISA] | ||
| 1991 - 1994 | O btained a Diploma in Wine from the Cape Wine Academy | |
| 1994 - 1997 | S elf study in contemporary music composition in both acoustic instrumentation and electronic | |
| sound media. He has developed his composing techniques in the field of behavioral psychology, | ||
| environmental acoustics, mathematics and bio-physics. | ||
| 1995 | E ntered the field of Clinical Pharmacy | |
| 1998 | U noxhaka for solo piano | |
| 2000 - 2001 | I mpilo | |
| 2002 | S izobonana, Palmos,NPFAI.1 | |
| 2003 | W ork on Praxis completed. In the same year was assistant curator of the Electronic Music Gallery | |
| at the Grahamstown festival that commemorated the 75th Birthday of Karlheinz Stockhausen. | ||
| 2004 | L exicophony.1 premier and lecture at Digital Arts Wits University | |
| M aster class on NPFAI.3+WM an electro-acoustic composition coordinated by South African marimbist | ||
| M ax De Vries at the New Music Indaba Grayhamstown . On 3 July in the Imagining Africa Project excerpts | ||
| from Sizobonana and Impilo interspersed the music of Kevin Volans , Stanley Glasser, Stefan Grove , Michael Blake | ||
| Bongani Ndondana,Martin Scherzinger,Peter Klatzow and Percival Kirby. | ||
| E lected as board member of NMSA and director of electronic music | ||
| 2005 | P raxis was chosen NMSA to represent South Africa at the ISCM 2005 Coatia | |
| P ioneered,directed and curated UNYAZI the first electronic music festival and symposium in Africa | ||
| that took place at Wits University 1-4 September. | ||
| C ompleted Multimedia Theatre composition L22P08M02 which was premiered 3 September at UNYAZI | ||
| L 22P08M02 Scenes 1+3 were selected to be performed at ICMC 2005 in Barcelona Spain | ||
| I mpilo was performed at XV BIENNALE SZTUKI DLA DZIECKAKULTUROWE KONTEKSTY BAŚNI POLAND | ||
| 2006 | N PFAI.1 was selected for the digital Jukebox at ICMC 2006 Tulane University New Orleans. | |
| A ppointed lecturer in electronic music composition at the University of the Witwatersrand and assisted music | ||
| students with the site specific project Interpreting Johannesburg a multi media installation that involved | ||
| digital arts,physical theatre,music and architecture students in the building 9 Wolmarans str. | ||
| S hort compositions for urban geographer Ismail Farouk's short film JHB626GP that was chosen to | ||
| the city of Johannesburg at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2006 | ||
| Gesticular [2,4,8,10,11] five electroacoustic realizations for the contemporary dance Taxidermie | ||
| [P rojet-Insitu] Martin Chaput and Martial Chazallon [France] choreograhers that involved 3 Mozambican dancers - | ||
| Panaibra Gabriel [assistant choreographer and dancer], Janete Mulapha,Domingos Bie, Cyril Givor-lighting technician | ||
| [Fr ance] and Berry Bickle - Plastician [Zimbabwe] world premier at Teatro Scala - Maputo 19-20 October and | ||
| 23-24 October Wits Theatre Johannesburg | ||
| P ogal productions [USA] releases CD with NPFAI.1,Palmos,NPFAI.3,Praxis in December | ||
| 2007 | R esigned as board member and director of electronic music from NMSA | |
| F ebruary and M arch Taxidermie performances in Marseilles and Lyon France | ||
| A pril Gesticular [Cena 1-11] for contemporary dance theatre completed | ||
| M ay, NPFAI.3+WM live performance in Duseldorf Germany | ||
| J une Lexicophony.1 to be performed at ACMC07 | ||
| F or Dimitri Voudouris created/performed by Andy Spicer at Exhibition galleries Brighton Museum | ||
| L 22P08M02 Scene1 selected by 34e Concours Internationaux de Musique et d'Art Sonore Electroacoustiques Bourges 2007 | ||
| J une completion of work ISILOKAZANE for piano | ||
| J uly completion of composition on 1Θφ4 | ||
| S eptember and D ecember completion of composition and animation for work ANAMNHΣΙΣ ΜΕΡΟΣ:Α-Γ | ||
| N ovember Gesticular Cena 6 was used by Berry Bickle in a work of hers at CCFM Maputo Mozambique | ||
| 2008 | F ebruary radio Papesse, webradio and audio archive of the | |
| P alazzo delle Papesse Contemporary Art Centre in Siena plays NPFAI.1 | ||
| M arch completion of write-up for Lexicophony.1 in PDF | ||
| M ay completion of write-up for ΑΝΑΜΝΗΣΙΣ in PDF's and work,completion on work for ΑΛΘ=Φ and UVIVI | ||
| M ay GESTICULAR [Cena 8] selected by ICMC 2008 @ Sonic Arts Research Center , Queens University, Northern Ireland | ||
| M ay completion of composition on UVIVI | ||
| J une completion of write-up of GESTICULAR, AΛΘ=Φ, UVIVI in PDF | ||
| O ctober GESTICULAR [Cena 8] selected by CCRMA concert series Stanford University USA | ||
| N ovember interview for Swedish Radio by Tebogo Monnakgotla | ||
| 2009 | J anuary Completion of opera and write-up in PDF for VOZ DA REVOLUÇÃO | |
| A pril completion of write-up for ONTA in PDF | ||
| A ugust Praxis selected by ICMC 2009 @ MCGILL University School of Music | ||
| Montreal,Quebec,Canada. | ||
| A ugust "for Dimitri Voudouris" live performance by Andi Spicer @ Progress festival Austria | ||
| S eptember world premier performance of VOZ DA REVOLUÇÃO live | ||
| O ctober completion of composition and write-up in PDF for MUSUNUNGURI -1/chikamu-.1 | ||
| N ovember world premier performance of ONTA @ HELMCA Liskouri/Kefalonia | ||
| N ovember completion of write-up for 1Θφ4 | ||
| 2010 | F ebruary completion of [O]-Rd:2 for piano and DAT, PDF for Musununguri | |
| A ugust Completion of [W] - Rd:1e | ||
| S eptember performances of [O]-Rd:2 in Johannesburg,Stellenbosch, | ||
| eMusic Indaba 2010 in Durban : review of NPFAI.1,Palmos,NPFAI,3,Praxis by Josh Rosen | ||
| N ovember Pogal Productions [USA] releases CD of ΑΛΘ=Φ, UVIVI ,1:Θφ4, ΟΝΤΑ | ||
| D ecember completion of ΞΩΡΑΑΚ - [1:150 μεγ] Παρ.1,2 | ||
| 2011 | F ebruary world publishing of book Greek electronic musicians by Books LLC | |
| A pril commision by DOMUS for Kodering - [ Kode 1 - Kode 21 ] for Mareli Stolp and Aryan Kaganof, | ||
| Completion of ΞΩΡΑΑΚ Παρ 3 + 4, | ||
| M ay Completion of PDF for ΞΩΡΑΑΚ Παρ 3 + 4, | ||
| J une Completion of ΞΩΡΑΑΚ Παρ 5 [version 1] for Harpsichord | ||
| S eptember Completion of work and PDF for Kodering - [ Kode 22 - Kode 32 ], Review in the Computer | ||
| Music Journal Vol 35 Number 3 of eMusic Indaba 2010 | ||
| D ecember Greek Premier of Gesticular Cena 1 + 2 performed at Rethimno / Crete | ||
| 2012 | J anuary completion of KODERING [Kode 32-Kode 48], ΞΩΡΑΑΚ Παρ.5 & Παρ.6 writing & score. | |
| M arch world publishing of South African Composers by Hephaestus Books | ||
| M ay completion of KODERING [Kode49-Kode61] writing & score. | ||
| J une completion of CI - [ N1 ]-H:1e [Section 1-9] writing & composition, | ||
| S eptember live performance & South African premier @ UNYAZI III of ΞΩΡΑΑΚ Παρ.5 [version 1e] | ||
| N ovember 12 - article writen in Jazz and Tzaz [Greek magazine on New Music] Nov: Issue, by Thomas Tamvakos, | ||
| 16 -18 world premier of ΑΛΘ=Φ @ Projektgruppe Neue Musik, Bremen, Germany, writeup by Cameron Harris on UNYAZI III. | ||
| 2013 | J anuary completion of SBI-[N1]:H, [Sections 1-21] composition,writing &score, | |
| A pril 4th - [O]-Rd:2 performance at Theatre am Gleis,Switzerland, Piano - Petra Ronner & electronics - Gary Burger | ||
| M ay 25th - Gesticular [Cena 8] at Sasol museum Stellenbosch. [O]-Rd:2 broadcast on SRF radio,Switzerland, Cd compilation | ||
| of Gesticular [Cena 8] through Peer music records, South Africa. | ||
| J une completion of mftrha compotition and writing | ||
| A ugust "Classical modern music" review ΑΛΘ=Φ, UVIVI ,1:Θφ4, ΟΝΤΑ | ||
| S eptember 6th 14h10 Suden Radio - exhibition curated by Villa Romana @ the Deutsche Kunsthalle, Berlin | ||
|
2014 |
J anuary completion of Ω375,3 [sections 1-6] composition, writing | |
|
|
|
|
| A pril performance of Lexicophony .1 at ICMC/SCMC - 2014 Athens, Greece | ||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
2015 |
J
anuary Sound
American interview with Al Margolis director of Pogus
Productions
selection works ΑΛΘ=Φ |
|
| F ebruary completion of composition for cong[s/m]-l2 as well as writing and thescore | ||
| M arch 5th,8th Miskolc and 22nd,24th Györ, Hungary, theatrical performance of Sιήκ [ regions: 1-25 ] | ||
| A pril completion of NPFAI.4 composition, writing | ||
| M ay completion of NPFAI.5 composition, writing | ||
| D ecember 18th - 20th live performance at Electroacoustic music days, Corfu, Greece | ||
2016 |
F ebruary completion of η (154m) composition, writing, score | |
| J uly performance of Lexicophony .1 ( 6.1 channel / speaker diffusion ) at UNYAZI 2016 Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| N ovember performance of NFPAI.3 ( 2.1 channel / speaker diffusion ) at Meridian International Festival 12th Edition, Bucharest | ||
| Romania | ||
| D ecember explication of Lexicophony.1 ...assistant composer..... in <Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa 2016> | ||
|
2017 |
F ebruary NPFAI.3+WM score revised | |
| M ay / S eptember - World and Turkish premier cong(s/m)l:2 performed by Enrique del Poco in Chile + Bigli University | ||
| A pril cong(m)l:a (19z...,24y...,13,3i...) completion of composition, writing, score | ||
| A pril Praxis radio performance for Suden Radio Italy | ||
| M ay article in book by Salu Publishing | ||
| A ugust NPFAI.3 review in Actualitatea Muzicala Magazine 12th edition December 2016 Romania | ||
| O ctober L22P08M02 video performance electronic music by South African composers, Northeastern University, Boston | ||
| N ovember NPFAI.4 World Premier 13th Edition of Meridian International Festival Romania | ||
|
2018 |
J anuary review of performance NPFAI.4 at Meridian International Festival 13th Edition Romania |
| F ebruary completion of cong (m)-l:a(05g..,31v..,08p..) score and writing | |
| A pril Bowed electrons an electro-acoustic conference and music at UCT in June 2018 | |
| J uly completion of NPFAI.3.1 and writing | |
| S eptember completion of NPFAI.6 and writing | |
| O ctober Romanian premier of NPFAI.1 at Meridian International Festival 14th Edition | |
| N ovember Greek premier of NPFAI.1 at 16th Electro-acoustic Music Days Corfu, Greece | |
|
2019 |
F ebruary performance of NPFAI.4 on Sudan radio Longueur d'Ondes Festival in Brest |
| A pril completion of composition and writing of ONIROPHOREAS | |
| J une review of performance of NFPAI.1 at the 14th Edition Meridian International Festival Romania | |
| A ugust live Project Studio Sessions on the work SY-mplexi | |
| S eptember completion of SLEEP IN A NEST OF FLAMES (Sapsford/Wood/Voudouris) | |
| 2020 | J anuary invitation to present NPFAI.4 at Primavera En La Habana, XIVth International Festival of Electroacoutic |
| & Electronic music in Memorium <<Juan Blanco>> | |
| F ebruary invitation to present an excerpt of ΞΩΡΑΑΚ (Παρ.1) @ Museo nacional Cento de Reina Sofia, Madrid, | |
| Spain, curated by Fransisco | |
| A pril completion of article NPFAI.5 in construction. | |
| M ay selection of NPFAI.4 to be presented at ICMC 2020 however due to cancelation the event (due to pandemic), the | |
| event was prescheduled for July 2021 | |
| O ctober completion of SY-mplexi and writing | |
| D ecember SY-mplexi streamed performance and paper presentation at Bowed Electrons Festival/Symposium, | |
| 2021 | J anuary completion of Panta Rhei with score |
| M arch Panta Rhei 60th birthday performance celebration at NMSA @ Huddlestone Gallery | |
| A pril ICMC 2021 selection of NPFAI.4 | |
| J une Panta Rhei writings completed | |
| A ugust ISCM collaborative series of Panta Rhei, completion of cong(m)-l:a (12p,7d,13k) together with score, writings | |
| O ctober completion of article "the Reconstruction of Sιηκ 2015" | |
| D ecember Bowed Electrons 2021 paper presentation African series of works (NPFAI1-6) Gesticular/Taxidermie and | |
| Onirophoreas, performance of Onirophoreas |
|
2022 |
J anuary NFPAI.2 writings completed |
| M ay Otémórfik writings and completion of work | |
| S eptember Bowed Electrons 2022 Festival & Symposium 04/09/2022 featured paper sessions | |
| and performance (excerpts) of η154m | |
| N ovember article "the reconstruction of Sιήκ 2015" to appear on www.herri.org.za/8 |
| D ecember completion composition and writings for μ - Πυ (64 - 85 / YGN) | |
| 2023 | F ebruary "the reconstruction of Sιήκ 2015" on www.herri.org.za/8 |
| M arch Rien A Voir (festival of sound creation) performed Praxis in June 2023 | |
| J une writings and work completed on signal processing network - Σ(n7) | |
| A ugust writings and work completed on signal transmission through partition - Σ(sp2) | |
| S eptember Bowed Electrons 2023 Festival & Symposium 02-05/09/2023 featured paper sessions CI[N1]H1e | |
| N ovember World New Music Days 2023 (South Africa) on [26/11] performance of NPFAI.6 @ HOLOCAST MUSEUM | |
website by : Dimitri Voudouris © 2007-2024