Six young composers present their music and collaborate with Festival musicians to produce new works. Daily rehearsals, meetings, presentations, clinics and forums open to the general public.

Curator: Panagiotis Liaropoulos, composer, professor Berklee College of Music

     Anna Daniilidi (Greece)
     Alexandros Balaouras (Greece)
     Aija Rēķe (Latvia)
     Joseph Sedarski (USA/Mexico)
     Ilias Siatounis (Greece)
     Lillian Young (USA)
     Christina Masoura (Greece) 

Forum composers’ works will be presented during the following events:
     Atmosphères I – Tuesday, July 4
     Atmosphères III – Thursday, July 5
     Kallimasia Arts Fest – July 7, 8, and 9

Presentations

13:00 – 15:00
Chios Music High School

All presentations are open to the public and admission is free.

• Sunday, July 2
     Alexandros Kalogeras, Professor Berklee College of Music
          Micropolyphony: Kammerokonzert, Atmosphères
     Alexandros Balaouras, composer, guitarist, professor Musical Horizons Conservatory
          Ligeti’s Etudes for piano
• Monday, July 3
     Jiannis Tselikas, theory, oboe, professor Hellenic American University
          Ligeti: Musica Ricercata for piano and Six Bagatelles for woodwind
     Joseph Sedarski, composer, Boston University
          Contemporary Mexican Composers and their Music
• Tuesday, July 4
     Lillian Young, double bass, composer, Boston University
          Discusses her music
     Panagiotis Liaropoulos, composer, pianist. Professor Berklee College of Music
          Discusses his new opera
• Wednesday, July 5
     Aija Rēķe, violin, composer, Boston University
          Composers from Latvia
               Aija Rēķe, violin
               Ilias Siatounis, piano
• Saturday, July 8, 11:00-13:00
     Daniilidi, Rēķe, Balaouras, Young, Sedarski, Siatounis, Masoura
          The young composers discuss their works