b i o g r a p h y
| A new music composer and practicing pharmacist who applies analytical principles of biomechanics and motion theory to his composition strategy . |
Dimitri Voudouris
| 1961 | B orn in Athens Greece |
| 1966 | P arents immigrated to South Africa |
| 1967-70 | A ttended Yeoville Boys Primary School in Johannesburg |
| 1971-74 | A ttended Selbourne Primary School in Vereeniging |
| 1974-76 | L essons in Piano and Violin |
| 1974- | L istening to seriously to 20th century, Avant Garde , New Jazz, Traditional,Sacred,ethnic, Environmental , Electro-acoustic Music |
| from all over the world and has 5000 rare recordings on cd and vinyl | |
| 1975-79 | A ttended general Smuts High School in Vereeniging |
| 1986 | O btained a Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree at the University of the Witwatersrand and has been |
| practicing as a pharmacist since | |
| 1987-89 | S tudied Socio-Cultural Anthropology , Science of Religion Philosophy at the University of |
| South Africa [UNISA] | |
| 1991-94 | O btained a Diploma in Wine from the Cape Wine Academy |
| 1994-97 | S elf study in contemporary music composition in both acoustic instrumentation and electronic |
| sound media. He has developed his composing techniques in the field of behavioral psychology, environmental acoustics, mathematics and bio-physics. | |
| 1995 | E ntered the field of Clinical Pharmacy |
| 1998 | U noxhaka for solo piano |
| 2000-01 | I mpilo |
| 2002 | S izobonana, Palmos,NPFAI.1 |
| 2003 | W ork on Praxis completed. In the same year was assistant curator of the Electronic Music Gallery at the Grahamstown festival |
| that commemorated the 75th Birthday of Karlheinz Stockhausen | |
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| 2004 | L exicophony.1 premier and lecture at Digital Arts Wits University |
| M aster class on NPFAI.3+WM an electro-acoustic composition coordinated by South African marimbist | |
| M ax De Vries at the New Music Indaba Grayhamstown . On 3 July in the Imagining Africa Project excerpts | |
| from Sizobonana and Impilo interspersed the music of Kevin Volans , Stanley Glasser, Stefan Grove , Michael Blake | |
| Bongani Ndondana,Martin Scherzinger,Peter Klatzow and Percival Kirby. | |
| E lected as board member of NMSA and director of electronic music | |
| 2005 | P raxis was chosen NMSA to represent South Africa at the ISCM 2005 Coatia |
| P ioneered,directed and curated UNYAZI the first electronic music festival and symposium in Africa | |
| that took place at Wits University 1-4 September. | |
| C ompleted Multimedia Theatre composition L22P08M02 which was premiered 3 September at UNYAZI | |
| L 22P08M02 Scenes 1+3 were selected to be performed at ICMC 2005 in Barcelona Spain | |
| I mpilo was performed at XV BIENNALE SZTUKI DLA DZIECKAKULTUROWE KONTEKSTY BAŚNI POLAND | |
| 2006 | N PFAI.1 was selected for the digital Jukebox at ICMC 2006 Tulane University New Orleans. |
| A ppointed lecturer in electronic music composition at the University of the Witwatersrand and assisted music students with the site specific project Interpreting Johannesburg a multi media installation that involved | |
| digital arts,physical theatre,music and architecture students in the building 9 Wolmarans str. | |
| S hort compositions for urban geographer Ismail Farouk's short film JHB626GP that was chosen to represent | |
| the city of Johannesburg at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2006 | |
| Gesticular [2,4,8,10,11] five electroacoustic realizations for the contemporary dance Taxidermie | |
| [Projet-Insitu] Martin Chaput and Martial Chazallon [France] choreograhers that involved 3 Mozambican dancers - | |
| Panaibra Gabriel [assistant choreographer and dancer], Janete Mulapha,Domingos Bie, Cyril Givor-lighting technician | |
| [France] and Berry Bickle - Plastician [Zimbabwe] world premier at Teatro Scala - Maputo 19-20 October and | |
| 23-24 October Wits Theatre Johannesburg | |
| P ogal productions [USA] releases CD with NPFAI.1,Palmos,NPFAI.3,Praxis in December | |
| 2007 | R esigned as board member and director of electronic music from NMSA |
| F ebruary and M arch Taxidermie performances in Marseilles and Lyon France | |
| A pril Gesticular [Cena 1-11] for contemporary dance theatre completed | |
| M ay, NPFAI.3+WM live performance in Duseldorf Germany | |
| J une Lexicophony.1 to be performed at ACMC07 | |
| F or Dimitri Voudouris created/performed by Andy Spicer at Exhibition galleries Brighton Museum | |
| L 22P08M02 Scene1 selected by 34e Concours Internationaux de Musique et d'Art Sonore Electroacoustiques Bourges 2007 | |
| J une completion of work ISILOKAZANE for piano | |
| J uly completion of composition on 1Θφ4 | |
| S eptember and December completion of composition and animation for work ANAMNHΣΙΣ ΜΕΡΟΣ:Α-Γ | |
| N ovember Gesticular Cena 6 was used by Berry Bickle in a work of hers at CCFM Maputo Mozambique | |
| 2008 | F ebruary radio Papesse, webradio and audio archive of the |
| P alazzo delle Papesse Contemporary Art Centre in Siena plays NPFAI.1 | |
| M arch completion of write-up for Lexicophony.1 in PDF | |
| M ay completion of write-up for ΑΝΑΜΝΗΣΙΣ in PDF's and work,completion on work for ΑΛΘ=Φ and UVIVI | |
| M ay GESTICULAR [Cena 8] selected by ICMC 2008 @ Sonic Arts Research Center , Queens University, Northern Ireland | |
| M ay completion of composition on UVIVI | |
| J une completion of write-up of GESTICULAR, AΛΘ=Φ, UVIVI in PDF | |
| O ctober GESTICULAR [Cena 8] selected by CCRMA concert series Stanford University USA | |
| N ovember interview for Swedish Radio by Tebogo Monnakgotla | |
| 2009 | J anuary Completion of opera and write-up in PDF for VOZ DA REVOLUÇÃO |
| A pril completion of write-up for ONTA in PDF | |
| A ugust Praxis selected by ICMC 2009 @ MCGILL University School of Music Montreal,Quebec,Canada | |
| A ugust "for Dimitri Voudouris" live performance by Andi Spicer @ Progress festival Austria | |
| S eptember world premier performance of VOZ DA REVOLUÇÃO live | |
| O ctober completion of composition and write-up in PDF for MUSUNUNGURI -1/chikamu-.1 | |
| N ovember world premier performance of ONTA @ HELMCA Liskouri/Kefalonia | |
| N ovember completion of write-up for 1Θφ4 |
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