Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall hosts a two-part tribute to electroacoustic music, with contemporary works of mixed technique combining acoustic instruments and electronic sources. The artists use laptops along with innovative practices to process timbre, incorporating algorithmic processes to structure the musical material. The listener can explore soundscapes, where natural sound and digital processing converge, through the work of Georgia Spyropoulou and Andreas Mniestris, Artemis Gioti and Panagiotis Kokora, Vasiliki Legaki and Apostolis Loufopoulos, Penelope Bekiari and Thodoris Loti, Dimitris Maronidis and Orestis Karamanlis.
ABOUT THE TRIBUTE TO CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Who is afraid of contemporary music?
If there is one thing that characterizes musical creation in the 21st century, it is a profound sense of freedom. Nowadays, every artist is called upon to form a personal sonic identity from the outset, often leaving behind familiar compositional techniques and exploring original instrumental textures, new timbres or innovative technologies. The result is a vibrant, dynamic musical scene, a meeting point for different currents and a springboard for new forms of artistic expression. From such a bustling and creative panoply, today’s bona fide listener has no choice but to choose the sounds that travel with him. After all, who (should) be afraid of contemporary music? Probably no one.
A weekend for contemporary music
The Megaron, in collaboration with the Department of Music Studies and the Department of Digital Arts and Film at the Athens University of Music and Performing Arts, invites the public to a two-day panorama of contemporary music where they will have the opportunity to get a taste of Greek music creation today.