dimitris kotronakis, guitar

event date:

tuesday, october 20, 2009 - 12:00am edt

event location:

jean mcnulty recital hall

event fee:

event contact name:

jennifer howie

event contact phone:

343-8787

event contact e-mail:

jennifer.howie@lakeheadu.ca

event contact web:

lumina concert no. 204

dimitris kotronakis, guitar

tuesday, october 20, 2009, 12:30 p.m.

jean mcnulty recital hall

william h. buset centre for music & visual arts

dimitris kotronakis was born in heraklion, creta (greece) in 1973. he begun studies in classical guitar at the age of seven, and graduated from the international conservatory of athens with a guitar diploma in 1992. he attended post-graduate studies in classical guitar at the athens conservatory, graduating again in 1996. he also undertook advanced theoretical and musicological studies that led to a degree in musicology from the university of athens in 1996. currently he is a phd candidate at the university of athens, with his thesis having as its subject: greek guitar composers in the twentieth-century.

he is a multiple prize winner in many guitar competitions in greece, spain and romania. he has recorded two cds with music by nikos mamagakis, namely new excursion for solo guitar and spring symphony for guitar and voice, based on poetry by yannis ritsos. as lead guitarist of the guitar quintet epsilon, he has recorded a cd titled angel guitars featuring the music of christos nicolopoulos, arranged for five guitars by epsilon. his fourth cd, titled echomythia, was recently released in the usa by the clearnote publications (www.clearnote.net). this disk contains pieces of the modern guitar repertory that has been influenced by jazz, latin and brazilian music.

he has performed in numerous solo guitar recitals in greece and worldwide. he has also performed as soloist with the philharmonic orchestra of craiova (romania), the orchestra of colours (greece) and the nicolaos mantzaros orchestra (greece). he teaches classical guitar in the music school of alimos-athens, the panormonio conservatory of athens and the international conservatory of athens.

program

vojislav ivanovic (b. 1959)

cafe 5, nostalgia

aris carastathis (b. 1957)

sojourn

four vignettes

stepan rak (b. 1945)

swan song of a dying guitar


hora

roland dyens (b. 1955)

hommage a villa-lobos

         - andantinostalgie
         - tuhu

agustin barrios-mangore (1885-1944)

preludio


las abejas

astor piazzolla (1921-1992)

suite troileana (arr: dario bisso)

         - bandoneon
         - zita

raphael fays (b. 1960)

dans les yeux de michele (arr: d. kotronakis)

romantique voyage (arr. d. kotronakis)