Dimitri Voudouris Explained

Birth Date:1961
Birth Place:Athens, Greece
Nationality:Greek

Dimitri Voudouris (Greek: Δημήτριος Βουδούρης), is an electroacoustic, new music composer, scientific researcher and pharmacist living in South Africa who pioneered UNYAZI,https://web.archive.org/web/20061001045425/http://www.newmusicsa.org.za/unyazi2005.html the first electronic music festival and symposium on the African continent in 2005 that took place at University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa. He lectures part-time at Witwatersrand University in electronic music composition.

He composes for acoustic instruments, electronic sound sources, multimedia, including dance and theatre. He bases his technical and theoretical compositional approach in scientific research e.g. Study of traffic flow patterns, biochemical dynamics of energy formation, flow / resistance of fluids travelling through various transport systems, cognitive psycho-acoustic behavioural patterns in humans and the behaviour of sound in relationship to continued environmental changes.His sociocultural interests have led him to research the survival of music in the 21st century and the impact that media and technology have on the composer. These theories help to create moments of isolation allowing for the morphological study of each individual sound source, a strategic necessity that brings a degree of order and allows for the creation of various building blocks used in the construction of micro-environments that in turn form the backbone of his compositions.

Compositions

New possibilities for African instruments

Multimedia Theater

Music for Contemporary dance theatre

[2010] – Παρ.1,2 – Dancers, objects, audience, mobiles, triggers, sound projectionist, lighting Technician, choreographer, electronic music for 6 speaker diffusion system.

[2011] – Παρ.3,4 – music ensemble – [small metal objects, stones, wood, whirlies, balloons, wind machines, paper, sticks, short-wave receivers, bowed saws, narrators (with voice manipulation), public speakers (with megaphones), xylophone]- amplified, an audience with mobiles, conductor and sound projectionist, sound engineer, lighting technician, choreographer and electronic music with 8 channel speaker diffusion."

[2011] – Παρ.5 [Version 1 ] – Amplified harpsichord.

[2012] – Παρ.5,6 – Παρ.5.2 – Harpsichord [amplified], midi harpsichord, whistles and electronic music, dancers, sound engineer, sound projectionist, light technician, for 14 x channel diffusion system. Παρ.6 – Electronic music for 6 x channel diffusion system, dancers, sound engineer, choreographer, sound projectionist, light technician.

[2012] – Παρ.5 [Version 1e ] – Amplified harpsichord and electronics.

Kinematic theatre for inanimate objects

Data sonification

Hydrophonics

Vehicular traffic and related congestion

Topographic phonology

Weaving phonology

Neuro-modular systems

Vocal

Installation

a] Designed space for performance

b] Designed space for game performance

Piano and video projection or piano and audience

P1 – [kode 1 – kode 16 ] – [2010–2011],P2 – [kode 17 – kode 32 ] – [2010–2011],P3 – [kode 33 – kode 48 ] – [2011–2012],P4 – [kode 49 – kode 61 ] – [2012]

for amplified Grand piano, video projection, monitor or amplified Grand piano, audience, monitor or 4 x Grand pianos.-kode 1 – kode 21 was commissioned by DOMUS, concept Mareli Stolp [biomechanical study:6]

Film

Recordings

.NPFAI.1, Palmos, NPFAI.3, Praxis – 2006 – [Pogal Productions]

.ΑΛΘ=Φ, UVIVI,1Θφ4,ΟΝΤΑ – 2010 – [Pogal Productions]

.GESTICULAR: Cena 8 – on compilation CD – 2013 – [Peer Music Records]

References

1. International Computer Music Conference 2005, Voudouris Dimitri, L22P08M02 - Volume 30, Number 2, Page 90, (2006) Computer Music Journal, ISSN 0148-9267.

2. Voudouris, Dimitri. Volume 13, issue 1-2, (2016), Lexicophony.1: Computer-generated composition, Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa, pages: 71–77, ISSN 1812-1004 EISSN 2070-626X.

3. Voudouris, Dimitri.NPFAI.5:in construction.(2020) (1-4 page article)

4. Music Indaba 2010:Home Made-Hand Made/University of Kwazulu Natal, Durban, South Africa: Reviewed by Dimitri Voudouris, Computer Music Journal Volume 35, Number 3, Page 98-102, ISSN 0148-9267.

5. UNYAZI 2005, by Jurgen Brauninger Leonardo Music (2006) Journal Volume 16 Special Section Introduction, Page 62-65, ISSN 0961-1215.

6. Actualitatea Muzicala Magazine - NPFAI.3, page 16, Serie nouã DECEMBRIE 2016 - Carmen Popa,[Language - Romanian] ISSN 1220-742X

7. Actualitatea Muzicala Magazine - NPFAI.4, page 12, Serie nouã DECEMBRIE 2017 - Carmen Popa,[Language - Romanian] ISSN 1220-742X

8. Actualitatea Muzicala Magazine - NPFAI.1, page 12, Serie nouã DECEMBRIE 2018 - Diana Rotaru,[Language - Romanian] ISSN 1220-742X

9. Voudouris, Dimitri, The reconstruction of Sιήκ https://herri.org.za/8/dimitri-voudouris/

1. Jazz & Tzaz issue 236 - Dimitri Voudouris by Thomas Tamvakos, Nov 2012, Page 53[Language - Greek ], www.jazztzaz.gr email address:jazztzaz@hol.gr

2. Taxidermie, Mail&Guardian: Kwanele Sosibo, Mail & Guardian October 20–26, 2006

3. Sonic Africa's many stylistic skins, Imagining Africa 2004, Business Day- Gwen Ansell, CUE Sunday 4, July 2004

4. Interview 2004, by:: Wanita Briel, CUE Sunday 4, July 2004

5. HELLENIC MUSIC PUBLICATIONS VOLUME 1 (A-B) Dimitri Voudouris by Thomas Tamvakos Academia.edu

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