Cathedral of the Ascension, Oakland CA (click for map)
The Josquin Singers will premiere a new work for chamber chorus in a program of music from the Eastern Orthodox church and modern Greek-American composers.
Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts, San Francisco, CA (view concert info)
Percussionist Chris Froh will perform the world premiere of Cochleas in the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players concert entitled:
Struck, plucked, scraped & shaken.
Also on the program: works by Ligeti, Mark Ishii& Franck Bedrossian.
Please join Yiorgos & Franck Bedrossian for a pre-concert talk at 7.15.
Yiorgos will be a composer fellow at the 64th Composers Conference at Wellesley College, MA.
A new work composed especially for this festival, written for chamber orchestra will be premiered at Jewett Fine Arts Center Auditorium (exact date & time TBA) by the Festival Ensemble, conducted by James Baker. Stay tuned for more details.
Main Post Chapel at the Presidio, San Francisco, California
The Worn Chamber Ensemble will premiere Rex Tritus, a new piece for flute, percussion, harp and contrabass.
Athens, Greece
The Experimental Stage of the Greek National Opera
World premiere of Chorevoume, a one-act opera, on a libretto by Klairie Lionaki.
Stage Direction by Eugenia Arsenis, Music Direction by Theodore Antoniou, Stage Design/Costumes by Nikos Politis, Lights by Lefteris Pavlopoulos. Featuring Mezzo-Soprano: Angelica Cathariou, Soprano: Mina Polychronou, Tenor: Christos Kehris, Baritone: Yannis Idomeneos.
Department of Fine Arts, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ.
Presentation of my music and Lecture: Composing Time and Space.
The Cathedral of the Ascension, 4700 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland, California
An International Christmas
Yiorgos leads the Ascension Liturgical Choir, the Prometheus Symphony, and Suzan Gundunas & Stephen Saxon, soloists in selections from Handel's Messiah, as well as a selection of Christmas classics from several cultures.
The San Francisco Conservatory Concert Hall, San Francisco, California
David Tanenbaum and his contemporary guitar ensemble will give the US premiere of Yiorgos' set of movements for 6 guitars: 6x6x6.
Hertz Hall, Berkeley, California
University Symphony, David Milnes conductor presents Bruckner's 4th Symphony, Richard Strauss' Don Juan and a new score by Yiorgos Vassilandonakis to David Green's film The Flyer, which will be performed live to a projection of the film.
Yiorgos is appointed music director of the Cathedral of the Ascension, in Oakland, CA.
Hertz Hall, Berkeley, California
Berkeley Music Department's Graduation Ceremony
Yiorgos will be officially awarded his Ph.D. There will also be one more performance of A Sort of Homecoming by the Worn Chamber Ensemble, conducted by David Milnes.
Main Post Chapel at the Presidio, San Francisco, California
All Strings Attached presented by the Worn Chamber Ensemble, David Milnes, conductor.
A Sort of Homecoming , for 6 solo strings. Also on the program, works by Henze, Andriessen and Bloland.
Hertz Hall, Berkeley, California
The Berkeley University Symphony under David Milnes premieres Thalassino, for orchestra.
Athens, Greece
The Athens Concert Hall (Megaron).
Award-winning works of Greek composers.
Performance of La Tierra on poetry of Pablo Neruda, for Soprano, Horn, Piano, Violin, Violoncello, by the Greek Contemporary Music Ensemble, Mina Polychronou, Soprano, Theodore Antoniou conducting.
Yiorgos filed his dissertation, officially completing his PhD in composition at the University of California, Berkeley. He received a certificate of completion and a lollipop as proof.
Yiorgos wins 1st Prize in the 3rd International Composition Competition of the Mediterranean Music Center. His score La Tierra was picked from 200 scores from 19 countries. The international jury included among others, composers Gilber Amy and Nigel Osborne.
