Digital Culture & AudioVisual Challenges

Emmanouil Lianis, born in Athens, Greece in 1986, is a musician and audio engineer with a professional background in music composition, music production and music education. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Studies with an Integrated Master in Music Technology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His academic interests currently focus on soundscape research, building on his bachelor's thesis titled “Spatial recording and analysis of the urban and rural soundscapes of Naxos”. Also he has studied advanced music theory with composer Nikos Drelas and received degrees in Harmony, Counterpoint, and Fugue from the Neoclassical Conservatory. Additionally, he attended a three-year workshop on music composition in the context of theater at the National Theater of Greece, led by composers Nikos Kypourgos and Kornilios Selamsis. In addition to his musical studies, Manolis holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Theology and the Study of Religion from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.