Georges Aperghis
Illustration — Composer Georges Aperghis in his studio Georges Aperghis (born 23 December 1945) is a Greek composer working primarily in the field of experimental music theater but has also composed a large amount of non-programmatic chamber music.
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Georges Aperghis

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- Born
- 1945 · Athens.
- Nationality
- Greece · France
- Occupation
- musician · writer · composer
- Fields
- opera
- Honours
- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award · Mauricio Kagel Music Prize · Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
- Languages
- French · Greek
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Illustration — Composer Georges Aperghis in his studio Georges Aperghis (born 23 December 1945) is a Greek composer working primarily in the field of experimental music theater but has also composed a large amount of non-programmatic chamber music.
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Career
Career
The recorded working language is French and Greek. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Iannis Xenakis is recorded as an influence. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Distinctions recorded are BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Mauricio Kagel Music Prize and Ernst von Siemens Music Prize.
Aperghis worked with Pierre Schaeffer and Iannis Xenakis and founded the music and theater company ATEM (Atelier Théâtre et Musique). He was a "composer in residence" in Strasbourg, France. In 2011 he was the first recipient of the Mauricio Kagel Music Prize. Aperghis is honored with the 2015 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Contemporary Music for his reinvention of music theater, using sound, gesture, space and technology and involving performers in the compositional process.
Selected works
Selected works
• Il gigante Golia (1975/1990) for voice and orchestra • Histoire de loups (1976), opera • Récitations (1977–78) for solo voice • Le Corps à Corps (1978) for solo percussion (voice with Zarb) • En un tournemain (1987) for viola solo • Cinq Couplets (1988) for voice and bass clarinet • Triangle carré (1989) for string quartet and three percussionists • Simulacre (1991–95), series of four pieces for voice and small chamber groupings • Sextuor: L'Origine des espèces (1992), opera for five female voices and 'cello • Crosswind (1997) for viola and saxophone quartet • Volte-face (1997) for viola solo • Machinations (2000) musical spectacle for four female voices and computer • Die Hamletmaschine-oratorio (2000) for choir and orchestra with soloists • Le petit chaperon rouge (2001) for chamber ensemble • Rasch (2001) for violin and viola • Avis de tempête (2005), opera with chamber ensemble and electronics • Wild Romance (2013), for soprano and chamber ensemble • Trio Funambules (2014), for saxophone, piano and percussion (written for Trio Accanto)
Personal life
Personal life
He was born in 1945 to Greek artists Irini and Achilleas Aperghis. He lives in France and was married to actress Édith Scob until 2019 when she died.
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Listening
• UbuWeb Sound Poetry: George Aperghis featuring Récitations for solo voice 1977-1978
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading George Aperghis. His recorded languages were French and Greek. He was the child of Achilleas Aperghis. He married Édith Scob.
Life and career
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Life and career
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2001
Machinations de Georges Aperghis is dated 2001.
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Georges Aperghis received BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Mauricio Kagel Music Prize and Ernst von Siemens Music Prize.
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- 1.«ont accumulé chausse-trapes et double-sens, et agencé malicieusement des labyrinthes de discours superposés et d'actions simultanées, afin de chasser l'évidence rationnelle, de brouiller les codes ou de détourner l'attention». Daniel Durney.
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