Highlights

Liknon – Bosch Requiem 2019 – Calliope Tsoupaki Marcel Beekman – tenor Maarten Engeltjes – counter tenor PRJCT Amsterdam – ensemble Manoj Kamps – conductor For Festival November Music, Tsoupaki wrote Bosch Requiem 2019, Liknon. In 2023 published on CD. A musical prayer to Mother Mary in times of doubt and distress. Millions of people on$excerpt_moreRead more

Calliope Tsoupaki was Composer Laureate (Componist des Vaderlands) from 2018 to 2021, a year longer than the standard period of two years because corona asked for adjustment. She is one of the most prominent ambassadors for new music in the country. Her scope as Composer Laureate was wide-ranging: to make new music more flourishing, she regularly talked with$excerpt_moreRead more

Calliope Tsoupaki’s new piece Thin Air is performed in dozens of festivals worldwide, in prominent venues like Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. But it is also played or scheduled for performance in New Zealand, Russia, New York and Teheran.  Calliope was commissioned to write Thin Air by Festivals for Compassion. It is an initiative by Tamar Brüggemann, the director of the$excerpt_moreRead more