Selected Acoustic & Electronic Compositions

Ronaco Dance (2020)

Ronaco Dance (2020) – for Virtual Ensemble

A dancing flavor in the mist of enclosure. This short, humorous piece was written, performed, recorded and edited virtually.

Burcu Ramazanoğlu – Violin

Iván Nogueira – Cello

Marko Hristoskov – Double Bass

Robin Eggers – Percussion Pans

Artistic Director Virtual Ensemble – Kaori Neus

En-Kin-Esi (2019)

En-Kin-Esi [Εν Κινήσει] (2019) – for Bass Clarinet

A solo written for the Bass Clarinetist Fie Schouten

Εν κινήσει, in motion.

the changes that occur influence

your body, your mind, your soul; bring new energy;

but together bring back traces of undetermined events

that once marked your life and cannot be forgotten.

A mind game, with thoughts that circulate and remain hanging.

Stichting Donemus Beheer, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

Score available for purchase or rental at:

Donemus Webwinkel — En-Kin-Esi [Εν Κινήσει]

Follow and Listen (2018)

Follow and Listen (2018) – for 4 percussionists on escalators

A Ritual. A call. A procession.

Follow the sound; and listen.

Commissioned by Tera de Marez Oyens Foundation for winning the Tera de Marez Oyens award during the Gaudemaus Festival 2016.

Premiere: 05.09.2018, Gaudeamus Festival 2018, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Performed by Slagwerk den Haag.

Stichting Donemus Beheer, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

Score available for purchase or rental at:

Donemus Webshop – Follow and Listen

Black Sand (2018)

Black Sand (2018) – for two Bass-clarinets, Violoncello & Koshi Chimes

commissioned by November Music Festival in co-production with Basklarinet Festijn

premiere: 9 October 2018, Grand Theater Groningen

Fie Schouten – Bass-clarinet

Marij van Gorkom – Bass-clarinet

Eva van de Poll – Cello

Beltane Ruiz Molina – Double Bass (in arrangement for Bass Clarinet, Cello & Double Bass)

Ode to Kirkjufjara

Black magic, dark energy

Reflections of the waves that never rest Surrounded by gigantic rocks

Black are the rocks

Black is the sand

Black is the beach

High tides engender lethal waves

Do not approach

the hidden space

Do not engage the tempting call

It can be mortal.

Stichting Donemus Beheer, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

Score available for purchase or rental at:

Donemus Webshop – Black Sand

S o c i a l I C E (2016)

S o c i a l I C E (2016) – for Soprano Singer and Alto Saxophone

Winner of the 2nd place at the Tera de Marez Oyens Prize during the Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2016 at Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands

In a society where social media have been increasingly influencing our lives, or rather enslaving our lives, some are perfectly assimilated with

a world that does seem perfectly normal, perfectly free, perfectly happy, perfectly perfect.

Sara Carolina Marques – Soprano

Sarah Wünsche – Alto Saxophone

Text: Georgia Nicolaou

Stichting Donemus Beheer, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

Score available for purchase or rental at:

Donemus Webshop — SocialICE

Empty Pools (2015)

Empty Pools (2015) – for Theater

directed by Bram van Helden

[electroacoustic music]

The Before, the After and the In Between (2015)

The Before, the After and the In Between (2015) – for large ensemble

Sometimes events or circumstances do not occur in a normal or specific order,

but in a rather strange consequence.

You might think that you did not achieve anything by the beginning,

or even the end,

but looking at the whole In Between,

you realize that it actually worth it trying.

Trying, to reach that step forward.

This is an experience, a creation of a spatial panorama

where nothing emerges,

nothing terminates.

Just unfolds through time driven by its own energy.

Oscillates, following its own deviations,

celebrating its occurrence.

This is an experience

Nothing more or nothing less.

Performance: AKOM Ensemble directed by Roberto Beltrán Zavala

17 October 2015, De Doelen – Rotterdam

Το ρολόι [The clock] (2014

Το ρολόι [The clock] (2014) – electroacoustic composition

Text by Lena Von Ti

Voice & Recordings: Georgia Nicolaou

Through Skin (2014)

Through Skin (2014)

an electroacoustic composition using sounds recorded

through a single frame drum

Frame Drums: Kostis Poulinakis & Georgia Nicolaou

Cought in a loop (2014)

Cought in a loop (2014) – for Dance

an electronic piece composed in collaboration with Eduardo Rojo González and Remi Inari for the Interdisciplinary Dance project, ‘A Blind Date!’

Vocals: Georgia Nicolaou

Trumpet: Remi Inari

Keyboards, Mixing: Eduardo Rojo González

Αἰθήρ [Aether] (2014)

Αἰθήρ [Aether] (2014) – for Classical Guitar

Fanis Zachopoulos – Guitar

Aristotle named it as the fifth element of our universe. For the ancient Greek gods it was the pure essence that they breathed, filling the space where they lived. Amongst scientists and philosophers, Aether has been given numerous names, such as the fifth fundamental force or the medium that fills the upper space and transmits forces or even the ‘dark energy’. Whatever it is, the existence of this element always fascinated me! I really believe that it surrounds every living organism, something like an aura. With this piece I wanted to feel the vibrations of the strings of the guitar in a slow mode and travel with its sound; following the harmonics that spread around the space, just like Aether!

My other selves (2014)

My other selves (2014) – for two Contrabasses, Electronics and Dance

A woman, lost, confused, angry. Does she deserve this? Is it her fault? Nobody deserves a life full of insecurity and despair. But for everyone there is a way out, whatever it costs; she will survive. “My other selves” is a piece about the struggle with her inner multiple selves where she will either win back or lose her exceptional dominance.

A blend between the dominance of the contrabasses, but also the dominance of her troubled mind. Will she drown in her own thoughts or listen to the voice that she lost?

Contrabass – Laura Nygren

Contrabass – Eva Euwe

Electronics – Georgia Nicolaou

Dancer – Inger van Beek

Concept – Georgia Nicolaou

Choreography – Inger van Beek/Georgia Nicolaou

Technical Assistance: Markos Moraitis

Ηχώ [Echo] (2014)

Ηχώ [Echo] (2014) – for two Voices and Wii controller

Aerial State of Mind (2013)

Aerial State of Mind (2013)

1. ID vs Superego – for Flute and Clarinet in A

2. The Eternal Struggle – for Chamber Ensemble

Aerial State of Mind is about the games played between the conscious and subconscious in our minds when it comes to making decisions. According to Freud’s structural model of the psyche, the ID is the part of our mind that is responsible for the impulsive and instinctual trends, the Superego has the moralizing role and the Ego is the realistic part that mediates between the desires of the ID and the Superego.

In this piece, instruments or groups of them struggle continuously finding their way out, sometimes by going against each other, sometimes by following each other and sometimes by just compromising.

Karyatides Duo

Flute – Lina Tsiva

Clarinet – Maria Rosaria Della Ragione

Ensemble

Conductor – Jurrien Sligter

Flute/Piccolo – Louise Berendsen

Oboe – Joel Luis Vega Salgado

Bass Clarinet/Clarinet in Bb – Harm Meurders

Alto Saxophone – Rusne Mikiskaite

Tenor Saxophone – Sari-Anna Ikonen

Trumpet in Bb – Melanie Garrett

Harp – Marleen de Bakker

Violin I – Dmitrijs Granicins

Violin II – Sofia Papakostaki

Viola – Aida Alvares Fernandes

Violoncello – Tomy Karastergios

Contrabass – Laura Nygren

East Coast Dive (2013)

East Coast Dive (2013) – for Solo Piano [arranged for Saxophone Quartet]

Every summer I spent most of my vacation time at my hometown, at the East Coast of Cyprus. I swim and dive there almost every day. When I jump into these blue-green, crystal clear waters I just feel great!

This piece was originally written for the Blues project of the pianist Marcel Worms, for Solo Piano. For this project we had to write a short piece using the ‘Blues Element’. Every composer could interpret this freely, since ‘Blues’ could be a specific type of rhythm and form, or just a feeling.

I arranged it afterwards for Saxophone Quartet, because I like the ensemble’s unique sound, which is ideal for rhythmical and swing-like music.

Soprano Saxophone – Els van der Weij

Alto Saxophone – Bernardo Parilla

Tenor Saxophone – Sari-Anna Ikonen

Baritone Saxophone – Rusne Mikiskaite

Stichting Donemus Beheer, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

Score available for purchase or rental at:

Donemus Webshop – East Coast Dive : for saxophone quartet / Georgia Nicolaou