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List of works (selected)

• "Two monologues for little Prince", for Vibraphone* [1999]
• "Gingras", for solo flute and dancer (optional)* [1992]
• "Two moments", for clarinet, piano * [1987]
• "For 14 players", for chamber orchestra [2001]
• "Sonata", for solo oboe* [1998]
• "Mirrors of the sea with the shape of a pear", cello, piano * [1999]
• "Transfiguration", for String quartet* [2002]
• "Games with the shadow", art and music multi show* [1997]
• "Three studies and a song", for flute and piano* [1998]
• "Miniatures for 12", for chamber orchestra * [2001]
• "Brass Quintet" [1999]
• "Music for three"* [2001]
• "The Elgin case", for narrators, dancer, mezzo and 9 instruments [1999]
• "Two part inventions", for flute and clarinet [1999]
• "Ant go!Tango?", for flute, cello and piano [2000]
• "Two sonnets", (Shakespeare, Neruda) for alto fl., harp, mezzo [2000]
• "With a black clothe", for mezzo, violine, clarinet, piano* [2002]
• "Eight songs for the sun", for narrator, clarinet, cello, piano, singer based on a book by G. Grammatikakis * + [2001]
• "Nine pieces", for solo piano* [1992–1999]
• "Interludes", for Woodwind Quintet* [2000]
• "Sketces", for 5 instruments* [2000]
• "Pictures from Hai ku’s", flute, clar., trumpet, piano, perc.* [1996]
• "Two Modal Sketces", for flute, piano * [1997]
• "Spiral Fugheta and Postlude", for trumpet, piano [1998]
• "The famous Trumpet Player", a music fairy tale for narrator, piano, trumpet* [1998]
• "Songs for the Zodiac Cycle", for piano, guitar, violine and mezzo* [2002]
• "The last Black Cat", for narrator, clarinet, bassoon, piano, singer based on a book by E. Trivizas * + [2003]
• "Arrogance", for narrator, piano, baryton, mezzo based on a book by A. Panselinos and poetry of K. Kariotakis *+ [2005]
• "Spotty my Dog", for narrator, piano, clarinet and two singers based on a book by G. Papaggelis*+ [2006]
• "Fishing at the Island of St. Stratis", music for a documanter [2005]
• "The Holiday Trip", Comic Opera in one Act (libretto by G.Filias) for a chamber ensemble, baryton and mezzo*** [2004]
• "Dark blue, almost black", music for a theater performance**** [2003]
• "Concerto for percussion", for perc. solo and symphonic orchestra [2006]
• "Toccata", for perc., piano* [2005]
• "Three songs for children" (poetry by S.Fildisi) for voice and piano* [2005]
• "Two songs", for soprano and piano (poetry by T. Porfiris)* [2005]
• "Songs for Children", for voice and piano (poetry by L. Triantari)* [2001 to 2005]
• "Lysistrati" (by Aristophanes) music for a theater performance**** [1991]
• "A Summer Midnights Dream" (by Shakespeare) music for a theater performance**** [1994]
• "Troades"(by Euripedes) music for a theater performance**** [1997]
• "The little Prince" music for a theater performance*** [1999]
• "Don Perliblin and Belisa" (by F.G. Lorca) music for a theater performance*** [2002]
• "Odyssebah" (by X. Kalogeropoulou) music for a theater performance*** [2003]
• "Monotonia", for mixed choir a cappela, poetry by K. Kavaphis* [2006]
• "Variations on a theme of I. Papadatos", for flute and piano* [2006]
• "Home suite, home” for piano and narrator [2007] *
• «Fisikis Periplous» music for a film for the National Hellenic research Foundation. [2007] **
• «Sta Vimata tou Pausania» music for a film for the National Hellenic research Foundation [2007] **
• “Dance” for solo Guitar [2007] *
• «Mediterranean» for Baryton, piano and narrator based on poems of Mediterranean poets. [2007] *
• «Nights of full moons» for narrator, oboe, violin and piano based on a book by K. Harpantidis [2007] * +
• «Song of the Songs» for symphonic orchestra, baryton, soprano, 2 narrators and big mixed Choir* [2008]
• “50 years of the N.H.R.F.” music for a film for the National Hellenic research Foundation [2008] **
• «Once upon an Ordinary School Day» for children’s symphonic orchestra and narrator (based on the book «Once upon an Ordinary School Day» published by Metaixmio) * [2009]
• «Queen’s necklace» for narrator, soprano, baryton, flute and perc. Based on a book by R. van Gulic and poetry by I. Iliopoulou [2009]*+

Perfomances of works in Greece, Turkey, France, Germany, Italy, U.S., etc., in collaboration with orchestras and ensembles/soloists such as: Ensemble of Lamia (dir. Miltos Logiadis), ALEA III (dir. Theodore Antoniou), the Greek Ensemble of Contemporary music (dir. Theodore Antoniou), Arcadian Woodwind Quintet (in Boston), Duo "Palmos", Yvonna Glinka, Dora Bakopoulou, Margarita Siggeniotou, Nikolas Kavakos, Spiros Sakkas, Dimitris Platanias, Christina Giannakopoulou, Tasos Apostolou, Leo Winland, etc.

Works of Stathis Giftakis have been successfully performed in Greece and abroad (among others by ALEA III in Boston, by the Greek Ensemble of Contemporary Music, by the National Opera Ensemble, by the Duo "Palmos"), selected for and distinguished in Workshops of Contemporary music (Athens Concert Hall Workshops of Contemporary Music 2000 ["Sketches" for 5 instruments], Patras Workshops of Contemporary Music 2002 ["Transfiguration" for String quartet], Finalist at ALEA III Competition in Boston 2000. ["Interludes" for Woodwind Quintet], Finalist at the 1st Competition for Greek songs in Kalamata, Greece ["The fairy of the Moon"] and awarded (2nd award at Competition for Composers of Mediterranean Sea, Lamia, Greece 2002 ["Miniatures for 12"].

Studies

• Piano certificate (with Distinction) [1988, Athenaeum Concervatory, Athens, Greece, prof.: Dora Bakopoulou]
• Piano diploma (with Distinction) [1990, Municipal Concervatory of Kalamata, Greece, prof.: Dora Bakopoulou]
• Harmony diploma (with Distinction) [1993 Municipal Concervatory of Kalamata, Greece, prof.: Nikos Tsotras]
• Counterpoint diploma (with Distinction) [1995 Municipal Concervatory of Kalamata, Greece, prof.: Nikos Tsotras]
• Fugue diploma (with Distinction) [1998 Municipal Concervatory of Kalamata, Greece, prof.: Nikos Tsotras]
• Composition diploma (with Distinction and 1st Prize) [2006 Conservatory "Musical Horizons", prof.: Theodore Antoniou]

Educating experience

• Since 1987: Professor of Piano at the Municipal Concervatory of Kalamata, Greece
• Since 1994: Professor of music theory and Harmony at the Municipal Concervatory of Kalamata, Greece
• Since 2000: Professor of Conterpoint and Fugue at the Municipal Concervatory of Kalamata, Greece and at the Hellenic Concervatory of Athens
• Since 2006: Professor of Composition at the Municipal Concervatory of Kalamata, Greece

Composing career

• Member of the Greek Composers’ Union (since 2003)