composer
Calliope Tsoupaki was born on May 27, 1963, in Piraeus (Greece). She has been living in the Netherlands since 1988 and teaches composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
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related works
Pirouette : for harp solo, 1997 / Calliope Tsoupaki
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harp
Scoring:
hp
A veces, el silencio es la peor mentira : for mezzo-soprano, ensemble and tape / Saskia Venegas
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
zang fl cl perc pf vn vla vc db tape
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr cornetto viola
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
rec cl trb pf gtr vn db perc
composition
Melos hidiston : for voice, tenor recorder, viola, cello, double bass and piano, 1991 / Calliope Tsoupaki
Description:
Program note (English): Melos hidiston, as the title implies, is a piece based on two fragments from the Song of Songs, a love poem included in the Old Testament ascribed to Solomon. I use the text as it is in the first Greek translation of the O: the Greek letter for the numer 70. The title consits of the two words: melos that is a general word for melody, and hidiston, an adjective that means sweetest. So the literal translation of the title is melody sweetest. According to that the text is mostly set on melismatic melodies that are as well the most used musical element in the piece. - CALLIOPE TSOUPAKI