ANDREAS TSIARTAS
composer
CHAMBER MUSIC
We have all forgotten, for ensemble (2024)
Duration: 6 min.
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Commissioned by: Pharos Arts Foundation as part of the 15th International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival
Premiered by: Talea Ensemble
Venue: The Shoe Factory,
Date: 02 October 2024, Nicosia
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An old Cypriot Amulet for clarinet and piano (2024)
Duration: 7 min.
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Premiered: George Georgiou, clarinet & Rami Sarieddine, piano
Venue / Occasion: ClarinetFest® 2024 of the International Clarinet Association / Dublin Convention Centre
Date: August 2024
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The moment was all, for guitar trio (2023)
Duration: 11 min.
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Premiered: Cyprus Guitar Trio
Venue / Occasion: Cyprus
Date: December 2023
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Ìérkos for ensemble (flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello) (2020)
Duration: 13.30 min
Commissioned: by the DYCE network
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Premiere: Ensemble Taller Sonoro (Spain)
Venue / Occasion: Espacio Turina Sevilla / Spain
Date: 30 November 2020
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Subsequent Premieres: Cikada Ensemble (Norway), Ensemble U: (Esthonia), Divertimento Ensemble (Italy)
CD Premiere: Cikada Ensemble
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String quartet No.2 Àtractos (2019)
Duration: 11 min
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Premiered: Quatuor Diotima Academy
Venue / Occasion: Abbaye du Noirlac / France
Date: 22-29 April 2019
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Towards Phoneme I for piano and clarinet in B-flat (2016/2019)
Duration: 10 min.
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Premiered: Chronos Ensemble
Date: 19 January 2019
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Pnoé for clarinet, violin, piano & cello (2018)
Duration: 11 min.
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Premiered: Ensemble Modern
Venue / Occasion: Pharos Arts Foundation - 10th International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival / Cyprus
Date: 5 October 2018
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Dhakara for violin, tarhu, percussion, oud (2017)
Duration: 15 min.
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Premiered: Lingua Franca
Date: 13 October 2017
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Archaic Spaces I for five vocalists (2016)
Duration: ca. 6 min.
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Premiered: Neue Vokalsolisten Stuttgart
Date: 18 November 2016
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Mechanical Principles for flute, violin, cello and piano (2014)
Duration: 10 min.
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Premiered: Ergon Ensemble
Date: 4 October 2014
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Taqsimi on an Armenian lament for traverse flute, alto flute and baroque violin (2013)
Duration: 20 min.
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Premiered: Ergon Ensemble – on a commission by the Pharos Arts Foundation for a multi-disciplinary project dedicated to Music Against War. The piece was written to commemorate the centenary of the Armenian genocide.
Date: 12 November 2015
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Memorabilia for string trio and string quintet with vibraphone and tam-tam (2011)
Duration: 9 min.
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Mnema for violin, piano and cello (2011)
Duration: 5 min.
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Premiered: Musiques Nouvelles
Date: September 2011
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Hyacinthus for Violin and Violoncello (2009)
Duration: 8 min.
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Premiered: Rohan de Saram / Movses Pogossian
Venue / Occasion: The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / Cyprus
Date: 14 December 2010
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Further performances:
a) Ensemble Courage, Kulturrathaus Dresden / Germany, 2 December 2011
b) Cyprus Music Makers Festival, Limassol / Cyprus, Harry Kerr (vln.), Joe Zeitlin (vlc.), 4 April 2018
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Portrait of a Tone for soprano, flute, tuba, percussion, harp, violoncello (2008/09)
Text: Oscar Wilde
Duration: 8 min.
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Premiered: Ensemble of the HfM
Conductor: Andreas Tsiartas
Venue / Occasion: Concert hall of the HfM Dresden / Germany
Date: 2010
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Walking between deserts - Three poems by W. S. Merwin for Soprano and Pianist with percussion (2008)
Duration: 12 min.
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Premiered: Soprano: Margarita Elia / Pianist: Andreas Tsiartas
Venue / Occasion: The Old Powerhouse, Nicosia / Cyprus
Date: October 2008
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Ek Thalassis for soprano and ensemble (2007/2010)
(Flute, percussion, string quintet)
Text: 3 poems by Konstantinos Kavafis
Duration: 18 min.
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Premiered: El Perro Andaluz Ensemble / Soloist: Gabrielle Lesch
Conductor: Lennart Dohms
Venue / Occasion: Concert hall of the HfM Dresden / Germany
Date: 2011
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