IDAGIO | Papaioannou: In the Depth of the Looking Glass - Associations - Erotic

Featuring

Kostas Chardas
Myrtò Papatanasiu
Jannis Anissegos
Vladimiros Symeonidis
Evie Papathanassiou
Kostis Theos

Grammenos Chalkias
Alexis Theofylaktou
dissonArt Ensemble
Yannis Andreou Papaioannou

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Composer Biography

Yannis Papaioannou, a Greek composer, lived mainly in Athens but spent a crucial academic year in Paris, where he attended classes with musicians like Arthur Honegger and René Leibowitz, and experienced the post-war avant-garde musical scene.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Yannis Papaioannou's creative path evolved through distinct stylistic phases, including Impressionistic trends, an approach to Greek Folklore and the 'National School,' the twelve-note system, and finally an 'entirely personal style.'

Composer Biography

Yannis Papaioannou was the first Greek composition teacher to incorporate modernist idioms into a curriculum that also covered all eras of Western musical tradition.

Composer Biography

Yannis Papaioannou was a key figure in the institutional establishment of modernist music in Greece, serving as the first president of the Hellenic Association of Contemporary Music and the Greek Section of the International Association of Contemporary Music.

Compositional Technique

A common thread connecting the stylistically diverse phases of Yannis Papaioannou's music is how form evolves from small sections or fragments, which are generically linked through common motivic cells, creating a balance between the miniature and the whole.

Recording & Production

Many of the works on this album, including 'Erotic,' 'Farewell Roses,' 'Candles,' 'In the Depth of the Looking Glass,' 'Rhythms and Colours,' 'A Poet at the Sea,' 'Corsair Dances - No.1,' 'Suite: VIII. Vivace,' and 'Oraculum,' are world première recordings.