Highlights

Calliope Tsoupaki has been awarded the Johan Wagenaar Prize for 2026, marking the first time a woman has received this prestigious lifetime achievement award. The prize will be presented on October 16, 2026, during a concert by the Residentie Orkest at Amare in The Hague, where two of Tsoupaki’s compositions will be performed.

Calliope Tsoupaki’s new work “Another Day” is a tribute to her love for music, that drew her to Amsterdam.
The memory of her arrival in Amsterdam was the inspiration for the brand new commissioned work Another Day, written in conjunction with a poignant, evocative poem by Anneke Brassinga

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 this globe seek comfort from Mother of God

Calliope Tsoupaki was Composer Laureate (Componist des Vaderlands) from 2018 to 2021. She contributed to many concerts and festivals: for concert introductions, and to collaborate with venues, ensembles, orchestras and festivals.

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.

Composed for Ioannis Arvanitis and members of his Byzantine choir, Marcel Beekman, Egidius Kwartet, Harris Labrakis (ney), Bassem Alkhouri (qanun), Neva Ozgen (kemençe), Nieuw Ensemble conducted by Ed Spanjaard