Tectonics Athens 2019 | 3rd Day

Lorenda Ramou performs new works for piano and electronics by Panayiotis Kokoras, Andreas Levisianos, Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris, and Yiorgis Sakellariou

Renowned pianist Lorenda Ramou performs four works for electronics and piano written specially for this year’s Tectonics Festival. From music for “prepared piano” to works of an intensely theatrical nature, and from contemporary electronic acousmatic music to improvisation.

Lorenda Ramou (Greece): Piano
“PM” * (2019): Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris (Greece)
“Arioso for two pianos, one pianist” * (2019): Andreas Levisianos (Greece)
“Great Piano Trilogy – Breakwater, Response, Magic” * (2019): Panayiotis Kokoras (Greece)
“Wie ein Hauch” * (2019): Yiorgis Sakellariou (Greece)

* world premiere

Duration: 45 minutes

Free admission | Pre-booking has been completed | Entrance tickets will be available, on a first come first served basis and the distribution begins one (1) hour before the event.

S.L.Á.T.U.R (Iceland): concert / children’s-teenagers' workshop presentation

This composer collective from Reykjavik will be transforming the Onassis Stegi Exhibition Hall into a creative studio and, in collaboration with a group of children and teenagers, creates a performance open to Tectonics audiences. The children and the teens, together with S.L.Á.T.U.R., will be performing new compositions through the use of everyday objects, homemade musical instruments and electronic equipment.

2 groups of children and teenagers participate in the workshop.
1st group:
The experimental Music ensemble of Music School of Pallini with: Erato Kalogriani, Eirini Kefala, Niki Kefalloniti, Iris Kovou, Ioanna Papadavid, Maritina Papadavid, Despoina Parlavantza, George Petrandis, Nikos Tsiantis with their teacher Valia Christopoulou.
2nd group:
The students’ group of Philippos Nakas Conservatory with: Maria Gerogianni, Kleopatra Doulami, Fani Kantzavelos, Michalis Laloumis, Nkolas Skevis with their teachers Nelli Oikonomou and Nefeli Liouta.

Duration: 30 minutes

Free admission | Reservation is required. For reservations, please contact infotickets@onassis.org (providing name, surname and mobile phone number)

Sarah Kenchington (United Kingdom)

Sarah Kenchington’s human-powered semi-mechanical orchestras often give the impression that it is the instruments themselves playing the music, rather than the musician playing the instruments. The English musician and visual artist’s constructs can be found in the Onassis Stegi Fourth Floor Foyer throughout the festival. On Saturday and Sunday at 20:00, audiences will be able to enjoy Sarah Kenchington’s unique performances.

Duration: 20 minutes

Free admission

Jessika Kenney (USA)

Over the last 20 years, Jessika Kenney has developed a completely personal musical style whose roots can be traced somewhere between traditional Indonesian music, Persian classical music, and contemporary experimental and improvisational music. At this year’s Tectonics, she will be presenting an audiovisual work.

Iancu Dumitrescu (Romania)

“For Nathalie Forget” (2019)
Eyvind Kang (USA): viola, Nathalie Forget (France): ondes Martenot, Octav Avramescu & Iancu Dumitrescu (Romania): piano

For this year’s Tectonics Festival, the legendary composer of spectral music Iancu Dumitrescu has written a new work for a rare ensemble of instruments – ondes Martenot, viola, piano and electronics – performing a composition that crosses the sound spectrum.

Matmos (USA)

Known to the public through their collaborations with such artists as Björk, ANOHNI (formerly known as Antony), Terry Riley, the Kronos Quartet, David Tibet, Robert Wilson and Nico Muhly, Matmos have defined the sound of contemporary electronic music. Exploring the idea of a limited acoustic palette, their 2016 album “Ultimate Care II” drew all its sounds from a washing machine. The album they released in March of this year, titled “Plastic Anniversary”, took plastic as its sole source.

Duration: 2 hours

Tickets 5 — 7 €

AMM (United Kingdom)
Eddie Prévost: Drums, Keith Rowe: Guitar, John Tilbury: Piano

Perhaps the most important group of the experimental and free improvisation music scene from the 1960s down until today is coming to Onassis Stegi to give an historic performance. Active since the mid-’60s, when the boundaries between experimental and mainstream were not yet clear, AMM found themselves sharing the stage with such bands as Pink Floyd and Cream.

Duration: 45 minutes

Tickets 3 — 5 €