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Composer Laureate Calliope Tsoupaki was deeply moved and shocked by the fire in Notre-Dame. Immediately after the fire she composed a solo piece for organ: ‘Pour Notre-Dame’. “For Our Lady, for the cathedral and for the music that brings us all together.” Organist Jan Hage will perform the world premiere at the Dom Cathedral in…

350 years ago the famous Dutch painter Rembrandt died. Calliope wrote the piece ‘Still Life’ to honour him. She was inspired by the painting ‘The Holy Family at Night’. Mike Fentross (theorbo) played the world premiere of this composition on 3 March 2019. Click here to watch the item of Podium Witteman (Dutch live TV-show)…

On 18 February 2019 Calliope Tsoupaki received an honourable mention for her cd Triptychon from the Union of Greek Theatre and Music Critics in cooperation with the Foundation of Culture, Sport and Youth of the City of Athens. On the cd Triptychon are three works that she wrote for the DoelenKwartet and Arjan Woudenberg (clarinet): I. Mercurius for string…

‘Music for Ever’ is the first Composition by Calliope Tsoupaki as Composer Laureate. She wrote this piece especially for Eric Vloeimans (trumpet), who gave a live performance at the Dutch TV-show Podium Witteman on 25 November 2018. This was Calliope’s inauguration as the Composer Laureate. It is Calliope’s wish that all the compositions she wrote as…