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DIMITRIS ISSARIS

Country: GREECE

Composer

Story: In my native Greece, I studied at Athens University where I graduated whit a Bachelor's of Arts Degree in Musicology. In 1999 I came to the United States to study at New York University from which I received a Master's Degree in Music Composition in September 2001. As a classical guitarist, I played in numerous venues including a performance at Hammerstein Ballroom In NYC. I enjoy private teaching for which I have over 8 years of experience.

Career: As a composer I cover a wide variety of genres, from orchestral movie scores to television commercials. I composed music for various foundations worldwide, including the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the New York Foundation of the Arts ("Mediterranean Voices,") the Euro- American Women's Council (www.eawc.org) and the International New Music Consortium. I have been published by DSM Producers NY, Inc. and Wild Whirled Music, Inc. My music has also been used for several independent movies and television documentaries, most recently for NBC's "Saturday night live" and PBS "Visions of Greece".

Dimitris and MNE: I first met Nicola Iervasi in the summer 2000 when he choreographed and performed on the music I was presenting for the Composers Forum Series at NYU. After becoming friends, we discover the common desire to represent - in a contemporary way - the customs and the rhythms of our common Mediterranean traditions. We started by sharing our ideas and material; influencing each other's work, and after tireless rehearsals to respect before-soon deadlines, Mediterranean Voices was born. For this production my music blends different musical elements, deriving mainly from the folk Mediterranean tradition (5/8, 7/8 rhythmical patterns, modal melodic material, etc.) and different musical idioms of western music (neo-classicism, post-romanticism, musical theater, etc.). In Addition to the NYU's Loewe Theater I performed with MNE fro the international choreographic festival Dancing Planet at The Stable.

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