componist
Theo Abazis werd op 15 juli 1967 in Athene geboren.
Opleiding
Hij studeerde piano en muziektheorie aan het nationaal conservatorium van Athene. In 1987 kwam hij naar Nederland en studeerde compositie en ...
gerelateerde werken
attractive MORALITIES : for large ensemble, 1994 / Theo Abazìs
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
3222 2sax-a 2320 pf cb
Concertino : per violino e orchestra / Robert de Roos
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Viool en orkest
Bezetting:
2232 3320 timp perc str vl-solo
Concert : voor viool en klein orkest, op. 39 / Marius Flothuis
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Viool en orkest
Bezetting:
1022 2000 timp str vl-solo
Toccata e Canzone : for violin and orchestra / Olga Victorova
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Viool en orkest
Bezetting:
vn-solo 2fl(picc) ob cl 2fg(cfg) 2h tpt timp str
compositie
Algos : for violin and orchestra, 1993 / Theo Abazis
Toelichting:
Program note (English): I started working on this piece in 1992. At that time the war in former Yugoslavia was escalating, which meant a serious threat for the entire Balkan area. The neo-nationalist movement was rising throughout Europe and it seemed impossible to stop. In that period I was especially impressed by the ease with which masses of people were manipulated by individuals. Ideas were adopted or discarded without any intellectual analysis, approached independent of their context and, in the end, misused to serve the interests of third parties. 'Algos' was clearly influenced by these thoughts. The violin seems to be the sensible individual that manifests his ideas, which are consequently accepted or discarded by the orchestra. Whenever an idea is accepted, it is wrongly interpreted, adapted to unrealistic expectations, and thus it loses its original character and value, so that in the end all that remains is a superficial gesture. When an idea is unfit for manipulation, it is immediately
banished as treacherous. The violin is constantly confronted with misunderstandings and abuse of its ideas, suffering under its fatal role, without hope or tension. - THEO ABAZIS