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 Ircam, Paris | 2019
My creative work centers on developing immersive auditory experiences that blend acoustic instruments, electronic elements, and spatial audio. I draw inspiration from a variety of disciplines, including philosophy, mythology, and environmental science.
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I am particularly interested in exploring the relationship between sound and the environment. I draw inspiration from underwater soundscapes, the acoustic signatures of extreme events like wildfires, earthquakes, and storms, and the creation of resonant bodies by transmitting sound through objects using transducers. ​


worklist

acousmatic

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
~ audio


...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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