Constantine Caravassilis

Born: 10 November 1979, Toronto (Canada)
Died:

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Music

Concerti

• Canadian Rhapsody (Piano Concerto No. 1)
• Homage to Dmitri Shostakovich (Piano Concerto No. 2)
• Concerto for Marimba and Strings
• Third piano concerto
• Amochostos (double concerto for Saxophone and Violoncello)
• Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

Vocal

• Chamber Opera DICE in three acts
• Thalasographies Vol.I
• Thalassographies Vol II.
• Thalassographie Vol III
• The Newfoundland Cycle
• Through the Sprig of Myrtle
• Mass (solo Soprano, Women ‘s chorus and orchestra)
• Several Works for SATB with or without piano accompaniment

Solo piano

• Book of Rhapsodies
• Book of Fantasias
• Preludes and Fugues (book I)
• Solo piano pieces (misc)

Chamber

• duos
• trios
• mixed quartets
• string quartet no. 1 (of the youth)
• piano quartet
• piano quintet
• music for 10 instruments
• music for voice and chamber orchestra

Orchestral

• Lament for the End of Time (full orchestra)
• Symphony No. 1

Biography

"A profound individual with beyond the ordinary sense of musicality", Constantine Caravassilis has been under the spell of composition for many years. Born in Toronto in a musical family, he grew up in Samos Island, Greece and received his first violin lesson at the age of 6. He returned to Canada at the age of 17 to pursue studies in music and since then he has appeared and performed and pianist and conductor in some 60 venues, while attending The Royal Conservatory of Music, York University and the music Faculties of the University of Toronto and the University of Manitoba.

Constantine’s compositions have reached the three digits and they have been presented in many countries around the world, broadcasted by BBC 3 and CBC. Recent commissions include a chamber opera for the university of Manitoba’s Contemporary Opera Lab and Symphony Orchestra, Mezzo Ariana Chris, and German pianist/composer Demosthenes Stephanides, London based Mezzo-Soprano Alexandra Gravas and Canadian violist Kritjiana Oleson to name a few. During the next season, Constantine will be receiving a handful of premieres.

Venues include:

• AlteOper Frankfurt, Germany
• Bunla-Kailan concert hall, Tokyo, Japan
• Smolensk Philharmonic Concert Hall, Smolensk, Russia
• Contemporary Dancers’ Studio, Winnipeg
• L’ Eglise de l’Immaculate Conception, Paris, France

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