According to Tsoupaki, much music is composed in the Netherlands at a very high level. She appreciates the openness and intensity of the dialogue between different “styles” and sound worlds.
“The polyphony of how we compose in the Netherlands is clearly audible in the work of my colleagues Yannis Kyriakides, Jan van de Putte, Mayke Nas, Peter Adriaansz, Aspasia Nasopoulou and Jan-Peter de Graaff.”
This playlist is a surprising compilation of passionate compositions that I really like and that all have a twist: something special that stimulates and enriches our imagination.
Read moreMarch 6,7,8, 2025 – Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Groot Omroepkoor
Celebrating the 750th anniversary of Amsterdam. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Groot Omroepkoor will present a rich and dynamic program, featuring new commissioned work by Calliope Tsoupaki
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Read moreApril 13 to May 23
Tour in the Netherlands
STORM is a unique collaboration between Calliope Tsoupaki and choreographers Andrea Leine and Harijono Roebana; between a composer who dares to think from movement and choreographers who give shape to sound.
April 13 – 20:00
Kraakhuis, Gent
Song is the most direct way to make music, the most giving one and for me making a song is a profound procedure, as if I am telling a secret.
the Dutch magazine TM (about theatre, music and dance)
Alex Ross
The New York Times
Calliope Tsoupaki (Piraeus, Greece, 1963) makes music that has a mood of timelessness. Her objective is expressing the essence as simply and clearly as possible. In her compositions she uses elements of early and contemporary music as well as the music of Greece and the Middle East.
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