"Topophilia": Attraction or affinity to place (Prix Destellos 2016).
Date and Time: 15/05/2021 (17:00-19:00), 20/05/2021 (19:15-21:20), 30/05/2021 (22:15-00:15)
Nikos Stavropoulos
The work is an attempt to construct a meaningful intimate aural space, where texture and spatially defined figures have a broader capacity for action due to their multichannel nature. The recordings of source materials form the beginning of an investigation into capturing and working with spatiality in micro space using bespoke hardware. [1st Prize - 1st International Competition of Electronic Music Iannis Xenakis]
Nikos Stavropoulos
Nikos Stavropoulos (b. 1975) is a composer of predominantly acousmatic and
mixed music. Other interests include the performance practice
of electroacoustic music, multichannel practices and teaching music and
music technology. He joined the Music, Sound & Performance Group at Leeds
Beckett University in 2006 and is a founding member of the Echochroma New
Music Research Group, a member of the Irish, Sound, Science and Technology
Association (ISSTA) and the Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers
Association (HELMCA).
