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 @Ircam, Paris | 2019
My creative work is centered on the development of immersive auditory experiences that seamlessly blend acoustic instruments, electronics, and spatial audio. I am particularly interested in exploring innovative recording techniques, such as embedding acoustic sensors within instruments and objects to investigate their interior acoustics.

In an endeavor to investigate further the intricate relationship between sound and environment, I draw inspiration from underwater soundscapes and my sonic palettes emphasize ambient layers characterized by delicate, vulnerable, and fragile sonic matter. Fusing instrumentalists and electronic elements, I aim to replicate such acoustic phenomena within narratives that slow down time, creating immersive experiences that transport listeners to alternate dimensions.

 
Through the intricate weaving of thin, quiet sonic textures, I encourage audiences to engage in attentive listening, fostering a space for contemplation and reflection. In this process, the boundaries between art and nature dissolve, and the unheard elements that dwell in the depths are unveiled.

worklist

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Morphés I (2023) | 23
a 20-channel audio installation for pre-recorded flutes and electronics
Premiered at the Spatialization Lab of Qualcomm Institute | La Jolla, CA, USA | February 2023
Built by PrismaSonus, a collaborative endeavor with flutist Sasha Ishov
~ video

Fronteras Invisibles (2021)
an audio installation

Reflections on Quadrat (2020) | 6'  
an audio installation 
Inspired by and made during the 2020 lockdown
~ video

Pythmenas (2019) | 17'
a 3D audio installation   
Presented at the Spatialization Lab of Qualcomm Institute | La Jolla, CA, USA | May 2019
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...dirrumpo... (2013) | 4'
for tape

 
solo

Morphés II 
(2023) | 30' 
for flutes and electronics diffused through a 32.2 loudspeaker array
Premiered at the Experimental Theatre of University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, CA, USA | May 2023
Built by 
PrismaSonus, a collaborative endeavor with flutist Alexander Ishov

minute | from within (2019-20) | 13'
for amplified objects and electronics  
Premiered by Rebecca Lloyd-Jones at the University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, CA, USA | January 2020 
~ score  •  ~ video

Grit (2019) | 15'
for piano, fixed media, live electronics, and sound diffusion 
Premiered by Dimitris Paganos Koukakis at the University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, CA, USA | November 2019  ~ event
 ~ score  •  ~ video

Slit (2019) | 9'
for double bass and fixed media  
Premiered by Kathryn Schulmeister at the Vertixe Sonora's Coraxe | Mallorca, Spain | November 2019
~ video excerpt

...yet so terribly afraid of its endlessness (2018) | 9'
for tenor sax, electronics, and spatialization  
Premiered by Michele Bianchini at the Zagreb World Saxophone Congress 2018 | Zagreb, Croatia | July 2018  ~ program
Other performances at the Moscow Electronic Music Center, Diffrazioni Multimedia Festival (Michele Bianchini)
and SEAMUS Conference 2019
 (Justin Massey)

~ audio

...aspettando... (2014) | 11'
for amplified alto saxophone and a tenor mouthpiece
Premiered by Michele Bianchini at the Eastman School of Music | Rochester, NY, USA | April 2014
~ score  •  ~ score follower video

 
chamber music (2 - 8 players)

​STATO ESOTERICO II (2024| 14'
for baritone saxophone, percussion, double bass, and electronics 
Premiere by Ensemble Suono Giallo at Goethe-Institut, production by ArteScienza Centro Ricerche Musicali | Rome, Italy | July 2024
~ score​  •  ~ video​  •  ~ event

STATO ESOTERICO (2023| 13'

for baritone saxophone, accordion, piano, double bass, and electronics 
Premiere by GAMO Ensemble in co-production with SpazioMusica  | Florence, Italy | September 2023
~ event

imma (2022) | 13'
for bass flute, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, percussion, piano, viola, cello, double bass, and electronics 
Premiere by ensemble Schallfeld at Wiener Konzerthaus | Vienna, Austria | April 2022
~ score  • 
 ~ event

now our world does descend (2018) | 5'
for bass flute, trumpet in Bb, viola   
Written for ensemble Intercontemporain as part of the ManiFeste Academy at IRCAM | Paris, France | June 2018
~ score

nycto- (2017) | 3'
for five double basses
Premiered by the UCSD Bass Ensemble at the University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, CA, USA | March 2017  ~ program
~ score

Pictorial Fields: Traces in Deep (2017) | 9'
for alto flute, tenor saxophone, percussion, piano
Premiered by Proxima Centauri at the Mixtur Festival 2017 | Barcelona, Spain | March 2017  ~ facebook event

Pictorial Fields: Traces in 1A (2016) | 7'
for bass clarinet in Bb, violin, cello, and live electronics 
Premiered by the [Switch~ Ensemble] at the VIPA (Valencia International Performance Academy) 2016 | Valencia, Spain | July 2016  ~ program
~ score​  •  ~ audio

Pictorial Fields: Traces in 1A.ii (2016) | 7'
version for violin, cello, and live electronics  
Premiered by the Quartetto Mitja at the MA/IN Matera Intermedia Festival 2016 | Matera, Italy | December 2016
~ video

doomed to its paralysed eternity (2016) | 9'
for alto flute, tenor saxophone, percussion, piano 
Premiered by ensemble Suono Giallo at the Festival delle Nazioni 2016 | Città di Castello, Italy | August 2016  ~ facebook event
~ score  • 
 ~ audio

[d]ifférance III: aporetics (2015) | 9'
for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, cello, double bass  
Premiered by ensemble Callithumpian at the University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, CA, USA | October 2015  ~ event   ~ program
Performance by Ensemble Schallfeld at the Konzerthaus Wien as part of the Bridges 2020 Project | Vienna, Austria | April 2020

~ score

[d]ifférance I: aporetics (2015) | 8'
for flute, saxophone, piano
Premiered by Nyky Trio at the Strasbourg Saxophone Congress 2016 | Strasbourg, France | July 2016  ~ event
~ video


asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy (2014) | 9'
for clarinet in A and cello 
Premiered by Michiko Okawa and Tyler J. Borden at the University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, CA, USA | 2015  ~ event  ~ program  

Indiscriminately (2014) | 6'
for soprano, alto saxophone, piano   
Premiered by Sophie Burgos, Michele Bianchini, Daniel Pesca at the Lilian Voudouri Library during the Ritsos Project | Athens, Greece | June 2014  ~ event
~ score  •  ~ audio

Trastorno (2013) | 9'  
for flute, clarinet, percussion, violin, cello 
Premiered by East Coast Contemporary Ensemble (ECCE) at the Etchings Festival 2013 | Auvillar, France | July 2013
~ score  •
  ~ audio

Tetractys (2013) | 8'
for viola quartet 
Premiered by AltosVier Quartet at the Eastman School of Music | Rochester, NY, USA | April 2013
~ score


Le Radeau de la Méduse (2012) | 7'  
for string quartet 
Premiered by Mivos Quartet at the Shanghai New Music Week 2013 | Shanghai, China | November 2013
~ score  • 
 ~ audio  •  ~ score follower video

Qs & As (2012) | 8'
for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello 
Premiered by the Greek Contemporary Music Ensemble at Athens Megaron Concert Hall | Athens, Greece | February 2012  ~ event

Dissomnia (2011) | 9'
for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello, double bass 
Premiered by the dissonArt ensemble at Thessaloniki Megaron | Thessaloniki, Greece | May 2011  ~ event

Cello Sonatina (2010) | 4'
for cello and piano 

Gestalt (2010) | 5'
for violin, cello, piano 

Crossroads (2009) | 9'
for two guitars 

7/4 pm (2009) | 9'
for clarinet in Bb, violin, cello, piano

Metrikon (2009| 5'
for three percussionists  
~ score

Tote-M (2008) | 6'
for flute and percussion 

 
large ensemble

...stopped mid-motion in the middle... (2015) | 2'
for flute, bass clarinet, horn, trumpet, percussion, piano, accordion, 2 violins
Premiered by the Ionian University Contemporary Music Ensemble at the Ionian Academy Hall | Corfu, Greece | June 2015

ac(u)tus (2013) | 10'
for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass 
Premiered by the OSSIA New Music Ensemble at the Eastman School of Music | Rochester, NY, USA | October 2013

l'esprit de l'escalier (2014) | 15'  
for large ensemble
Premiered by Nouvel Ensemble Moderne during FORUM 2014 at the University of Montreal | Montreal, QC, Canada | November 2014  ~ event
~ score  • 
 ~ audio excerpt

Crónica de una vuelta (2012) | 9'
for large ensemble 
Premiered by the Graduate Composers Sinfonietta at the Eastman School of Music | Rochester, NY, USA | November 2012  ~ archive

 
orchestra

Golgotha (2011) | 11'
for orchestra [2.2.2.2, 2.2.1, Perc I.II Harp Pno, 16.14.12.12.8] 
Premiered by the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra (ESSO) at the Eastman School of Music | Rochester, NY, USA | 2013  ~ newspaper
~ score
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