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Tsoupaki: “In my composition, I [also] waver between objectivity and passion. It is a musical prayer to Mother Mary in times of doubt and distress.” “I deliberately chose two high voices because of their angelic appearance. Moreover, a countertenor is the incarnation of elusiveness: a rarefied voice that carries you away to the higher, it$excerpt_moreRead more

March 11 2023 – 15:00 EOTHINON in Korzo during (UN)Heard Music Festival Performed by Matangi Quartet The world premiere took place on May 2013 by the amazing Matangi Quartet at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ Calliope Tsoupaki: “My string quartet Eothinon (Εωθινον), refers to the power and mystery of life, which is miraculous and indestructible. Life$excerpt_moreRead more

Speciaal voor het Residentie Orkest heeft Calliope Tsoupaki, tot 2021 de Componist des Vaderlands, het nieuwe werk Perasma geschreven. In deze video vertelt ze er meer over en hoe zij precies componeert.Read more

Specially composed for the Residentie Orchestra & Anja Bihlmaier World premiere: 16 December 20.00 Amare The Hague Second concert: 18 December 15.00 Tivoli Utrecht Perasma = passage, passing, course, way, ford, crossing …. the passing of time the passing of life steps in time a continuous transition from moment to moment always moving away dreams$excerpt_moreRead more

  A Thrilling double bass solo. Scorpio is especially written for the amazing Sasha Witteveen and her Dutch classical talent finalist tour. 15 concerts in a variety of halls throughout the Netherlands! Sasha Witteveen takes the listener from darkness to light. As a theme or build-up for her concert, she quotes Martin Luther King: “Darkness$excerpt_moreRead more

NRC “Larissa Groeneveld’s magnificent rendition of large, rapid leaps, long, building tones and finally, wobbly, fading glissandos repeatedly portrayed a rarefied hope that shattered into doubt, like a soundtrack to the Sisyphus myth.” Translated from NRC, Rahul Gandolahage, 24-10-2022 17:01 https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/10/24/op-de-cello-biennale-kun-je-als-een-wijnproever-te-werk-gaan-a4146112   Volkskrant “Beautiful were the downward gliding tones, with shivery extinction at the end”$excerpt_moreRead more

  EXCITING UPCOMING CELLO NEWS! Thursday 20/10/2022 TWO WORLD PREMIERES at Cello Biënnale Amsterdam at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ   BEHIND THE MOON For cello & piano Specially composed for the amazing Larissa Groeneveld & Ellen Corver and the Cello Biënalle Amsterdam festival. Premiere at the openingsconcert October 20, 20:15 Big Hall. https://www.cellobiennale.nl/…/The…/The_Cello_Moves   WIND$excerpt_moreRead more

  The Department of Music Studies of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and ‘Voci Contra Tempo’ Female Vocal Ensemble (ensemble-in-residence of the Music Studies Department) are jointly organizing a series of four (4) lectures (online), as part of a Choral Music Composition Workshop within the framework of Project ‘Patrida’. The lectures are open to composers, conductors, choristers, musicologists and music$excerpt_moreRead more

Photo by: Siebe Swart The renovated Groene Kathedraal will be festively reopened on the 4th of June, during the Land Art Weekend, with a concert by Black Pencil. The music company from Almere has asked composer Calliope Tsoupaki to create a composition especially for this special work of landscape art. Commissioned by the province, Black$excerpt_moreRead more

STORM is a unique collaboration between former “Composer Laureate of the Netherlands” 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. Vital emotions and order, dance and music meet in a storm-like performance with six dancers and three musicians. LeineRoebana$excerpt_moreRead more

Coming Wednesday 9 of February I will be giving a lecture @ Brussels Arts Platform and Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel about my composing approach focusing on the creation of “ODYSSEUS” a half hour of audiovisual journey, specially composed for Asko|Schönberg ensemble. During the performance the a breathtaking image by Awoiska van der Molen is projected slowly$excerpt_moreRead more

Music by Calliope Tsoupaki Asko|Schönberg Ensemble Awoiska van der Molen Image, photography, projections Jurjen Alkema projections Composed for the Asko|Schönberg, with the financial support of Performing Arts Fund NL. Premiére & concerts: 10 November Verkadefabriek 19.00 , November Music Festival , Den Bosch 11 November Muziekgebouw 20.15 , Amsterdam 17 November Tivoli|Vredenburg Hertz Hall 20.00$excerpt_moreRead more