Designing Sound, Sculpting Gesture: a collaborative approach
A lecture by Evis Sammoutis (composer) organised by the Music Composition Centre seminar series.
Cypriot-American composer Evis Sammoutis will discuss his personal and distinctive approach to sound, gesture, extended techniques, and color, offering insights into the ways in which ongoing collaborations with performers have shaped and refined his compositional practice. He will present key elements of his technical vocabulary and creative methodology, with particular emphasis on his nuanced treatment of timbre and form. The lecture will include an overview of selected works spanning various phases of his career, from early compositions to recent premieres in the United States and the United Kingdom, some of which were performed only weeks ago.
Evis Sammoutis' works have been commissioned by festivals and organizations, such as Venice Biennale, Klangspuren, Royaumont, Barlow Endowment, Ernst von Siemens Foundation, Chamber Music America, New Music USA and Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD München. His music was performed in more than 45 countries around the world, at leading festivals and contemporary music series, such as Tanglewood, MusicNOW, Gaudeamus, Music of Today and ISCM, and broadcast on several international radio stations, such as BBC Radio 3, SWR2, Radio France and RAI3. Evis is Associate Professor of Composition at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, and he is also the Co-founder and Artistic Director of the International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival, now in its 17th season. His catalogue includes over 60 works scored for various combinations, and since 2013, all his works are published exclusively by the University of York Music Press, where Evis is a House Composer. His first monographic album was released on the KAIROS label in Spring 2025.
Please let us know if you have any access requirements, such as ISL/English interpreting, so that we can facilitate you in attending this event. Contact: rigakie@tcd.ie