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– Thu 24 Jul: DI ALTRI ASTRI for Sax alto and Piano (Premiere) Sala Colitto,Termoli,Italy
– Sat 26 Jul: Koorconcert, Tiramisu zomerkoor Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
– Sun 27 Jul: Lines and Waves in Blue Deep for 5 accordions (wp) Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA
– Mon 28 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Astronomical Observatory, Loiano, Italy
– Tue 29 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Church in Piazza Giovanni XIII, Tolè di Vergato, Italy

– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008

Birthdays:
– Elliott Goldkind
– Wilfred Josephs
– Robert John Farnon
– Ernest Bloch
– Paolino Vassallo
Dying days:
– Alan Rawsthorne
– Max von Schillings
– Léon Walpot
– Padre Davide da Bergamo Felice Moretti
– Johann Gottfried Eckard
Events:
– (1964) Alberto Ginastera: Premiere of Don Rodrigo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– (1938) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Friedenstag, in Munich, Germany.
– (1828) Nicoló Paganini: Premiere of violin concerto no. 3 in E major, in Vienna, Austria.

– Pierre Even (18 Jul)
– Clara Schumann (17 Jul)
– Barney Childs (17 Jul)
– István Anhalt (17 Jul)
– Lowell Dijkstra (17 Jul)
– Lisa Ragsdale (17 Jul)
– Amy Scurria (16 Jul)
– Diana Rotaru (16 Jul)
– Benedictus Buns (16 Jul)
– Johannes Brahms (15 Jul)

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– Ludwig van Beethoven [1172]
– Johann Sebastian Bach [1141]
– Johann Nepomuk Hummel [1103]
– Johannes Brahms [1075]
– Antonio Salieri [1075]
– Gustav Mahler [1070]
– Georges Bizet [1041]

Born: 8 August 1973 — Thessaloniki — Greece

Died:

Main Works

• Concert pour clarinette et cordes (1992)
• Seferis (1993)
• Trio Classico (1995)
• Kyrie eleison pour chorale et orgue (1996)
• Trio pour violon, clarinette et piano (1997)
• Menuet pour orgue (1999)
• ANTAR pour orchestre symphonique (1999)
• Pictures of a garden pour orchestre (2000)
• Raining thoughts pour 5 instruments (2000)
• Lovely doll pour orchestre de chambre (2001)
• Les Barges (2001) - Film soundtrack
• Waltz (2001)
• The Talking Bench (2002) - Film soundtrack

Ioannis Kourtis is born in Thessaloniki in 1973. In 1982, he follows harmony’s and classical guitar’s lessons at Delidimos Conservatory of Thessaloniki. In 1986, he also begins violin’s lessons. In 1991, he obtains the harmony’s diploma of the conservatory. One year after, he is accepted at Ionian University in the music department. From 1994 until 1996, he is member of the symphonic orchestra of Corfu as a second violin and he is also teacher of classical guitar and harmony in the municipal music school of Filiates in Epirus. From the beginning of his musical career, Ioannis Kourtis is interested in composition. Even if he is a young composer, some of his works have already been played in public. In September 2000, he obtains his master of music (option composition) of the Ionian University. In February 2001, he was finalist of the film music composition competition of Lunéville (France) and in December 2002 he was member of the panel of jury in the International Festival of Cinema and Technology in Paris. In France since 1999, he is in relation with different orchestras and ensembles and he is member of S.A.C.E.M.

• http://www.kourtis.fr.fm

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