Calliope Tsoupaki



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World Premiere : Falling

World Premiere : Falling

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…

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Calliope Tsoupaki on Falling, her commissioned composition for Phion

Calliope Tsoupaki on Falling, her commissioned composition for Phion

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.

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MEMENTO NOSTRI New York Premiere

MEMENTO NOSTRI New York Premiere

“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

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Into Space CD

Into Space CD

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.

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Interview : Hemisphereson

Interview : Hemisphereson

Attracted 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)…

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World Premiere : VER AETERNUM

World Premiere : VER AETERNUM

Specially 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…

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Recordings

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“Monteverdi of the 20th century”.

the Dutch magazine TM (about theatre, music and dance)

“dizzyingly beautiful”

Alex Ross
The New York Times

About

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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