March 8 2024
Falling is specially composed for Phion with conducter Alexei Ogrintchouk. Falling is full of contrasts…. It’s falling in love. Falling apart. Falling for something. It is: I give up, I go with it, I offer no more resistance. Or the night is falling. The silence falls…
Calliope Tsoupaki was commissioned by Phion to write a new 13-minute compact orchestral work. Falling is a work full of contrasts. About uncertain, lonely times when nothing can be taken for granted anymore and new ideas take shape.
Read more“MEMENTO NOSTRI” will sound in a U.S /NEW YORK premiere.
With the amazing Cantori New York conducted by Mark Shapiro also featuring Parthenia Viol Consort and Farallon Recorder Quartet
Daring compositions for a Daring New Land. Bringing together newcomers from all corners of the world, with an openness to experimentation and a wonderfully unexpected mix of old and new; these three elements apply to both to the province of Flevoland and to ensemble Black Pencil.
Read moreAttracted by the progressive musical climate, countless aspiring composers found their way to one of the Dutch conservatoires. Among them the Greek Calliope Tsoupaki (Piraeus in 1963)…
Read moreSpecially composed for the grand opening of Het Grote Raam “The light of Freedom”. The 23 meters high and 6 meters wide stained glass Large window created by the artist Fiona Tan & the world-famous Van Hagerbeer/Schnitger organ…
Read morethe 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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