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STAGED CONCERTS
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[DAS GEHEIMNIS DES KLEIDERBÜGELS] [REFURBISHED] [BURNING MOTIONS]
DAS GEHEIMNIS DES KLEIDERBÜGELS
staged concert in 8 scenes
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Year of Composition: 2005
Title Translation: SECRETS OF THE HANGER
Instrumentation: Countertenor, female singer (2), actors (5).
Guitar (2), electric guitar (2), recorder, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, accordion, violin (3), cello, double bass, percussion (2).
Text: “Das Geheimnis des Kleiderbügels” by Marios Joannou Elia (in German and English).
Duration: 70′
Commission: Toihaus Theatre Salzburg, Mozarteum Salzburg, Land Salzburg.
Premiere: Toihaus Theatre Salzburg (June 10, 2005).
Actor: Max Simonischek, Countertenor: Philipp Caspari, Singer: Francka Senk, Jana Stefanek.
With Benjamin Bieber, Nina Mohr, Ulrich Rechenbach, Sara Spennemann.
Guitar: Giorgos Nousis, Cecilio Perera, Domenico Simone, Kostas Tosidis, Electric guitar: Gunter Wiesauer, Ronald Wiesauer, Recorder: Verena Huber, Bassoon: Sung-Min Kim, Trumpet: Johannes Bär, Trombone: Alex Moling, Accordion: Markus Schmid, Violin: Alessandro Calzavara, Timea Ham, Giorgos Manolas, Ikuko Kitakado, Edson Scheid, Cello: Kristina Matcovic, Double bass: Tomoko Tadokoro, Percussion: Miwa Saeki, Yoko Yagihara.
Conductor: Olga Mikhaleva, Staging: Susanne Inkiow, Scenery: Sandra Li Männel Saavedra, Thomas Mörschbacher, Direction: Marios Joannou Elia.
REFURBISHED
staged concert in 6 scenes
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Year of Composition: 2005
Instrumentation: Countertenor, guitar (2), electric guitar (2), bassoon, trumpet, trombone, accordion, violin, cello, double bass, percussion.
Text: “On tiptoe” by Marios Joannou Elia (in English).
Duration: 60′
Commission: Eliot Fisk’s Guitar and Friends.
Premiere: Central State Theatre Salzburg (April 24, 2005).
Countertenor: Philipp Caspari, Guitar: Giorgos Nousis, Cecilio Perera, Domenico Simone, Kostas Tosidis, Electric guitar: Gunter Wiesauer, Ronald Wiesauer, Bassoon: Zhang Zhibai, Trumpet: Johannes Bär, Trombone: Alex Moling, Accordion: Olga Mikhaleva, Violin: Alessandro Calzavara, Giorgos Manolas, Edson Scheid, Cello: Kristina Matcovic, Double bass: Tomoko Tadokoro, Percussion: Mu Paopun Amnatham.
Scenery: Sandra Li Männel Saavedra, Thomas Mörschbacher, Direction: Marios Joannou Elia.
BURNING MOTIONS
staged concert in 12 scenes
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Year of Composition: 2004
Instrumentation: Actors (6), piano, violin, viola, cello and electronics.
Text: “Burning Motions” by Marios Joannou Elia (in English and German).
Duration: 65′
Commission: Arts Division of the Austrian Federal Chancellery, Mozarteum University of Salzburg.
Premiere: International Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg, Wiener Saal (May 26, 2004).
With Michael Amelung, Ararat Chinarian, Robert Eder, Marios Joannou Elia, Jana Stefanek, Andy Kingston.
Piano: Mario Šoša, Violin: Giorgos Manolas, Viola: Daniela Döhler, Cello: Gabriella Szabo.
Scenery and costumes: Sandra Li Männel Saavedra, Video: Christoph Kendlbacher, Michael Amelung, Lighting: Sebastian Knöbl, Florian Angerer, Direction: Marios Joannou Elia.
