In the music of Phivos-Angelos Kollias, the human element is of central significance. His works, whether they are instrumental or electroacoustic, are influenced by different art forms and the sciences. In his research as a PhD candidate, he is exploring the connection of music and interdisciplinary scientific studies while he is applying it to his music.
Phivos-Angelos Kollias was born in 1982, in Rhodes, Greece, where he started his education in music. He has studied composition in England (APU, Cambridge & City, London) and France (Université de Paris VIII) with Horacio Vaggione, José Manuel López López, Richard Hoadley, Rhian Samuel and Athanasia Tzanou. He has also taken private lessons from Helmut Lachenmann, Georges Aperghis, Beat Furrer, Adriana Hölszky, Luis Naón and Agostino Di Scipio.
He has been awarded at the International Competition of the Verdi Conservatorio di Musica (Milano, 2009), the G.E.R.M.I. Award International Composition Competition (Rome, 2009), the InNova Musica International Competition (Andorra, 2009), the Contemporary Music Workshops of the Athens Concert Hall (Athens, 2008) and the Greek Festival of Chamber Music (Athens, 2005) and he was nominated in the International Competition of the Italian Institute of Culture (Melbourne, 2009). He has received scholarships by the International Foundation Leventis (France-UK, 2009-10), the Greek Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers along with the Greek Composers Union (Greece, 2008-09), and the Athens Concert Hall (Greece, 2006-08). Also, he has been offered funding by the British Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK, 2009), the Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt (Germany, 2006), Clinker Foundation (Mexico, 2006) and the Greek Ministry of Culture (Greece, 2006).
He has been commissioned by music organisations like ZKM (Germany), University of Boston (USA, 2008), SARC/Queens University (UK, 2009), Athens Concert Hall/Greek Composers Union (Greece, 2007), and the University of Paris VIII (France, 2007). He has given lectures about his music in international conferences like Electroacoustic Music Studies Network (Sorbonne, Paris, 2008), Sound and Music Computing (Technische Universität, Berlin, 2008), Visiones Sonoras (Mexico, 2006) and Sound, Sight, Space and Play (De Montfort University, Leicester, 2009).
He has collaborated with international ensembles and important musicians for the interpretation of his music, like ALEA III (Etats-Unis), Luis Naón (France/Argentine), Theodore Antoniou (Etats-Unis/Grèce), CAPUT (Island), Intermodulation (Hongrie), DensitéS (France), Soli-Tutti (France), l’Ensemble Grec de la Musique Contemporaine (Grèce) et Modern Quartet (Grèce). His works have been performed in many different countries like Germany (Z.K.M., Darmstadt Summer Courses), USA (University of Boston, ICMC), Denmark (Re:New Festival), United Kingdom (SARC, SSSP, Kettle’s Yard Art Gallery), Portugal (SMC), Hungary (Hungarian National Radio), Italy (Conservatorio Verdi of Milan, Premio GERMI), France (Cervantes Institute, University of Paris VIII), Lithuania (The Process), Mexico (Visiones Sonoras), Chile (Ai-maako Festival), Poland (PI Performance & Intermedia Festival), Argentina (Festival Arte Digital, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Santa Fe, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Rosario), Brazil (FILE Electronic Language Festival) and Greece (Athens Concert Hall, Greek Festival of Chamber Music, ESSIM).
updated: 1/12/2009
Artist's statement
I believe that music is a significant part of human’s civilization, connected with the other forms of art, connected with the scientific thinking, connected with everyday life. A composer is first a complete human being, with his feelings and lusts, with his troubles and questions, which he expresses them through his art.
In my music, I use ideas deriving from other art forms and from the sciences. I apply concepts from interdisciplinary studies like cybernetics, general systems theory, cognitive psychology and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. I consider the music performance as a dynamic system, a living organism evolving during the performance in time and space. I believe that many of the concepts that we use to understand nature and the human being, can be equally applied to music. Interdisciplinary applications can result to something of unique character. Also, due to the universal nature of interdisciplinary concepts, they can make the music communicate in a more direct way with the audience.
As a composer, I first aim to be a listener of my own music. I place myself inside the audience and I listen; I become one of the spectators and I watch. What would I like to perceive being inside the public? I believe that this is essential in order to write for an audience of high intelligence and sensitivity. Only if first I give value to my spectator, then he may give me back the value I deserve.
Concerning the music performer, I believe that in a music concert, his role is more than merely performing sounds with his instrument. To me, musician and instrument are the one the extension of the other. The music instrument is part of the musician’s body; the musician is one of the parts of the instrument.
I believe that the role of the concert has changed, since the recording has become so prominent. In our days, in a concert of music is not enough to satisfy the ears. This can be done by a decent recording. To my view, the music concert is a full performance involving all senses. The auditor of the concert is also a viewer, he is a spectator. To me, the composer is an artist that through the score controls the creation of a spectacle where the central role has music expression.
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