Anastassis Philippakopoulos
Floating By
Anastassis Philippakopoulou - voiceAntoine Beuger - breath
recorded at home in 2022
mastered by Taku Unamipainting by Maria Philippakopouloudesign by Yuko Zamaproduced by Jon Abbey
Wind and Light
Greek composer Anastassis Philippakopoulos has been a member of the Wandelweiser composers collective since 2003. He pursues his own compositional style to create a new kind of tonal music, deeply associated with his individuality and the surroundings of his life in Athens, a unique blend of stoic minimalism, the warm colors of modern romanticism, and the introspective depth of Zen.
"For many years I have concentrated my attention on modal monophonic melodies. In my pieces I want to bring a bala…
Piano Works
The French pianist and composer Melaine Dalibert possesses an exquisite touch and engagement with his repertoire. On this new album he tackles the stripped-down music of Greek composer Anastassis Philippakopoulos, a key member of the post-Cagean Wandelweiser Collective, tracing out the delicate, sparsely mapped notes from a dozen contemplative, spacious miniatures. The pieces are built around austere melodic fragments, all of which hang pregnant in the air, unfolding carefully before the next p…
Chaz Underriner Reinterprets Anastassis Philippakopoulos
Performers: Chaz Underriner, electric guitar; Chaz Underriner, bass guitar; Armin Abdihodzic, electric guitar; Greg Dixon, electric guitar; Robert Trusko, bass guitar
songs and piano pieces
song 2 (2008) (bass flute)four piano pieces (2005-2008) I II III IV song 6 (2010) (flute)a phrase a silencea phrase a silence…..more and more anastassis philippakopoulos' monodies reveal their deeply dialogical character:each phrase a call, an address, a reaching outeach silence an intense listening, an opening up to be addressed in turneach phrase: call and response in oneeach silence: response and call in onein this music the deepest and most…
Solo pieces
music that allows sounds to sound: to die away, completely, into silence sounds thought from their end: not moving forward, but drawing back. this creates space, expanse, a delicate serenity: silence - and what it shelters - becomes audible. this is singing with the ears: barely more than silence. a singing which not only makes, but becomes space: a space for worlds. phrases are also sounds: unfolded, laid out as a path. sound paths that come into being first when followed, invariabl…