“In ‘Akanthai’, the creative lines were pulled 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
AKANTHAI
for chamber or large orchestra
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“The unique ‘Akanthai’ (a sound analog of unwinding Ariadne’s thread) is an outstanding work by Elia that ranks him amongst the top composers worldwide”
Jazz & Tzaz
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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).
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).
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