“In ‘Akanthai’, the creative lines were drawn even further apart. A musical traffic border in which all lights were switched to green. Elia is not a traffic controller, but rather someone who needs infinite possibilities for his visions.”

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

 

 

INSTRUMENTAL WORKS

  

[Orchestra]   [Solo Instrument(s) & Ensemble]   [Ensemble (more than 7 instruments)]
[Chamber Music (up to 7 instruments)]   [Solo Music]

 

  

 

ORCHESTRA

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[AUTOSYMPHONIC]   [AKANTHAI (2009)]   [ELPIS]   [AKANTHAI (2006)]  

  

 
   

AUTOSYMPHONIC

AKANTHAI

for symphony orchestra, choir, 80 pre-recorded cars and electronics
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Year of Composition: 2010/11

Parts: I. OVERTURE, II. GENESIS, III. MAN AND MACHINE, IV. THE DREAM, V. THE PROMISE, VI. VIRTUAL REALITY, VII. FINALE.

Instrumentation: Flute 1-3 (1-3 doubling piccolo), oboe 1-3 (3 doubling English horn), clarinet 1-3 (3 doubling bass and contrabass), bassoon 1-3 (2-3 doubling contrabassoon), horn 1-4  (In FINALE 1-6 ad lib.), trumpet in C 1-3 (In FINALE 1-4 ad lib.), trombone 1-3 (3 doubling bass trombone, In FINALE 1-4 ad lib.), tuba (bass, contrabass), harp, grand piano / celesta / synthesizer (1 player), timpani, violin I (14), violin II (12), viola (10), violoncello (8), double bass (6).

Choir: Soprano (8), alto (8), tenor (8), bass (8). 

Note: All parts (with variable doubling) are separately performable.

The inclusion of the pop band vocal ensemble and the song of THE DREAM with regards to musical style is variable. 

Text: “Die Erfindung des Automobils. Erinnerungen eines Achtzigjährigen” (The Invention of the Automobile: Memories of an Octogenarian) by Carl Benz (in German).

Duration: 45′

Commission: m:con – mannheim:congress GmbH, City of Mannheim.

Premiere: In preparation. 

 

  

for large orchestra
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Year of Composition: 2006/09

Title Translation: THORNS

Instrumentation: Flute (3), oboe (3), clarinet (3), bassoon (3), horn (4), trumpet (3), trombone (3), percussion (3), piano, violin I (12), violin II (10), viola (8), cello (6), double bass (4). 

Text: “The 9th of July 1821” by Vasilis Michaelides (in English).

Duration: 16′

Commission: German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Saarbrücken – Kaiserslautern, Network Music Saar.

Premiere: Mouvement – Festival for New Music (May 21, 2009).

Great Broadcasting Hall of the Saarland Radio.

German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Saarbrücken – Kaiserslautern (Cond. Johannes Kalitzke). 

 

ELPIS

AKANTHAI

for accordion orchestra
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Year of Composition: 2006/07

Title Translation: HOPE

Instrumentation: Accordion (I, II, III, IV), electronium (I, II), bass accordion (I, II), percussion (2).

Text: Impulses from “Hope Wanted” by Antonis Samarakis (in English).

Duration: 8′

Commission: Deutscher Harmonika Verband – DHV e.V. (German Harmonica Association).

Premiere: Harmo Novi, Trossingen – Festival for Contemporary Accordion (in preparation). 

Akkordeonorchester Hof (Cond. Günter Zeilinger).

 

 

for chamber orchestra
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Year of Composition: 2006

Title Translation: THORNS

Instrumentation: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet (2), trombone, percussion (2), piano, violin (I, II), viola, cello (I, II), double bass (partially amplified).

Text: “The 9th of July 1821” by Vasilis Michaelides (in English).

Duration: 7′

Commission: Ensemble Modern, Allianz Cultural Foundation, Gesellschaft für Neue Musik (ISCM – German Section).

Premiere: House of the German Ensemble Academy, Frankfurt (February 18, 2007).

Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt (Cond. Stefan Asbury / Hsiao-Lin Liao). 

 

 

 

SOLO INSTRUMENT(S) & ENSEMBLE

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[THALATTA, THALATTA!]   [WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS AND A THOUSAND THREADS]
  

   

 

THALATTA, THALATTA!

WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS AND A THOUSAND THREADS

for mandolin and ensemble
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Year of Composition: 2007

Title Translation: THE SEA, THE SEA!

Ensemble: Flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello.

Text: Impulses from “Anabasis” by Xenophon (in English).

Duration: 8′

Commission: Klangspuren Schwaz.

Premiere: Klangspuren Schwaz – Festival of Contemporary Music, Tyrol (September 8, 2007). 

Manuel de Roo (mandolin), Austrian Ensemble for New Music (OENM).

 

for violin, one guitarist simultaneously performing on two guitars and ensemble
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Year of Composition: 2002/05

Ensemble: Violin, double bass, percussion (2).

Instrumentation Alternative: For guitar duet and ensemble.

Note: The work is originally composed for a guitarist with two guitars and violin. 

Duration: 12′

Commission: Mozarteum Salzburg – Institute for New Music and String Studies.           

Premiere: Toihaus Theatre Salzburg. A portrait concert of works by Marios Joannou Elia (June 10, 2005).

Guitars: Kostas Tosidis, Mozarteum Ensemble for New Music.

 

 

 

ENSEMBLE (more than 7 instruments)

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[ELPIS]   [SPIEGEL:EYE ]   [C STORY]   [DEBATE]   [DER WEGWEISER]
  

  

 

ELPIS

SPIEGEL:EYE

for accordion septet and percussion duet
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Year of Composition: 2006/08

Instrumentation: Accordion (5), electronium, bass accordion, percussion (2).

Text: “Hope Wanted” by Antonis Samarakis (in English).

Duration: 8′

Commission: Hanne Darboven Foundation, Hamburg.        

Premiere: Gaudeamus Music Week, Amsterdam (September 2, 2008).

Nederlands Accordeon Ensemble, Enschede (Cond. Egbert Spelde). 

 

  

for ensemble
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Year of Composition: 2006

Instrumentation: Trumpet, saxophone, piano, percussion (2), violin, viola, double bass.

Alternative: Flute, clarinet, saxophone, piano, percussion (1), violin, viola, cello.

Duration: 8′

Commission: Hamburger Klangwerktage.         

Premiere: Hamburger Klangwerktage – Festival for Contemporary Music, Hamburg (October 8, 2006).

Ensemble Modern – IEMA Frankfurt (Cond. Nacho de Paz). 

 

 

C STORY

DEBATE

for mixed western and non-western instruments
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Year of Composition: 2006

Instrumentation: Erhu, pan flute, recorder, qanum, viola da gamba, double bass, percussion (2).

Text: Impulses from “Cyprus History” by Costas Montis.

Duration: 6′

Commission: Ensemble Ziggurat.    

Premiere: Gaudeamus Music Week, Amsterdam (September 8, 2006).

Ensemble Ziggurat, Amsterdam (Répétiteur: Theo Leovendie, Joël Bons).

 

 

for ensemble
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Year of Composition: 2005

Instrumentation: Flute, oboe, trumpet, horn, bassoon, trombone, percussion, violin viola, cello, double bass.

Note on Composition: This is an excerpt from the Zeitoper “As Time Goes By”.

Duration: 15′

Commission: Hannover State Opera (funded by Deutsche Bank Stiftung).    

Premiere: Hannover State Opera, (September 29, 2005).

Hannover State Orchestra (Cond. Johannes Harneit).

  

  

DER WEGWEISER

for ensemble
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Year of Composition: 2005

Title Translation: THE SIGNPOST

Instrumentation: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, violin (I, II), viola, cello, double bass.

Note on Composition: This is a sequel to the homonymous Schubert song from the “Winterreise”.  

Text: Impulses from the “Winterreise” by Wilhelm Müller and “Ithaka” by Constantine Cavafy.

Duration: 5′

Commission: European Cultural Year of the Ten, Berlin.

Premiere: Berlin Philharmonic (May 27, 2005).

Sinfonietta of Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Cond. Johannes Harneit).

 

  

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  • Ensemble (more than 7 instruments)

  • Popular & Classical Music

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  • Chamber Music (up to 7 instruments)

  • Solo Music

  

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