Dr.Ekaterini
Karamessini ,Composer.
Ekaterini Karamessini holds
a doctorate and a master's degree in
Composition from the University of Sussex and
a bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, from
Berklee College of Music in the United States,
with scholarships from the Onassis Foundation
and Berklee College.
Her music has received performances
in the United States and in England, including
chamber music, symphonic and choral works,
ballets, songs, incidental music for the
theatre, and three operas.
She won the Chanctonbury
Chorus Composition Competition for the
Millennium (England, 1999) for her work 'with
beauty and beauty and beauty…' for saxophone
(soprano and alto), solo soprano voice and
12part chorus - a tribute to Virginia Woolf
(text in Latin and English by the composer).
Her opera "the Little
Prince" (in English) won a special
commendation at the Nancy Van de Vate
International Composition Competition for
Opera (USA, Austria 2003).
Her studies
include:
Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) at Sussex University
in Music Composition. Scholarship from the
Onassis Public Benefit Fund with professor
Martin Butler and professor David Osmond -
Smith.
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Master of Arts in Music
Composition at the Graduate Centre for Culture
and Communication at Sussex University.
Bachelor Degree in
Composition and Film Scoring with summa cum
laude, Berklee College of Music, Boston,
Massachusetts. Scholarships from the Onassis
Public Benefit Fund and the Berklee College of
Music.
Master classes in piano
performance at the Mozarteum Akademie in
Salzburg, Austria.
Piano Diploma from the
National Conservatory of Athens with honours.
Discography:
'The Lover', CD - IMACO Music, 2001 · 'Song
of Dionysus' , concerto for saxophone and
orchestra ,recorded in London UK, 2002 with
Philharmonia Orchestra, and conductor Martyn
Brabbins, CD - NAXOS, 2002.
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