KOSTAS ZISIMOPOULOS
KOSTAS ZISIMOPOULOS is a composer born in 1994 in Athens, Greece. After graduating from University of Peloponnese Faculty Of Fine Arts, Theatre Department, he is currently a student of composition in Utrecht Conservatorium. Over the past few years, he has also taken part in various masterclasses with composers such as G. Aperghis, S. Gervasoni, C. Ianotta, Y. Robin, Y. Maresz, F. Filidei, R. Cendo, G. Spiropoulos, H. Parra, M. Lanza, J. M. Staud, O. Bianchi, B. Pierluigi and D. Kourliandski, among others. Since 2021, he studies as an Erasmus student in Universität der Künste Berlin with M. Vlitakis.
He has received multiple commissions from ensembles and venues such as Philharmonie de Paris, while also has been collaborating with ensembles like Multilatérale, Fractales, Divertimento, Roadrunner, United Instruments of Lucilin, Suono Giallo, Meitar, Vertixe Sonora, PHACE, Ensemble Terrible, Phoenix and KamerOrkest Driebergen. His works have been heard in international festivals such as Luxembourg Composition Academy (LUX), CEME (IL), Roadrunner Academy (NL), The 21st Century Guitar Conference (USA), Mixtur Festival (ES), ilSUONO Contemporary Music Week (IT), UNK New Music Festival (USA), VIII St. Petersburg New Music Festival (RUS), Curs Internacional de Composició Barcelona Modern" 7th Edition (ES), VII International Workshop for Young Composers (IT), isaMasterclass (AT), CML (CY) and Vienna Summer Music Festival (AT).
His music is mainly focused on the ideas of deviation, instability, interruption and interference. He is interested in researching the different levels of time and time perception by taking into consideration phenomena such as form, micro-material, and sonority.
He had collaborated with choreographers, artists, theatre groups, collectives and companies such as ‘Imitating the Dog’, ’Theatre of Experience’ and ‘Thingamajig’ by composing original music for ‘Old Times’ by Harold Pinter, ‘The Dance of Death’ by A. Strindberg’ and ‘ASTYlogia’ by N. Fytas among others.
His music has received premieres in France, Austria, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Ukraine, Israel and Canada.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Coming Soon
SELECTED MEDIA
Brutum Fulmen (2021)
Hagar Shahal, flute