SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT
Solon Michaelides: Life, Work, and Legacy
Organizers:
Solon Michaelides Cultural Foundation
Solon Michaelides is an iconic figure in the evolution of art music in Cyprus. Internationally acclaimed composer and musicologist, conductor, and pedagogue of the highest caliber, Michaelides paved the way for the establishment of a vivid musical culture on modern Cyprus. Today, thirty-six years after his death, his legacy is carried on by his students, members of the ensembles he created, and other stakeholders who admire his work. Nevertheless, a systematic appraisal of his status and impact as a composer, musicologist and pedagogue is still ahead. The present symposium is purposed to bring together music scholars (musicologists, performers, composers, and music educators) who are interested in deliberating over aspects of the composer’s life and work.
The symposium will be held on Saturday, May 14th, 2016 at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
Click here to read more about his work and life.
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Keynote Speaker: Theodore Antoniou
THEMES OF SYMPOSIUM
• Michaelides the composer: analysis, performative issues, reception
• Michaelides as musicologist
• Aspects of Michaelides’ career as pedagogue
• Aspects of his education
• His legacy in Cyprus and abroad
• Michaelides’ role in the development of musical life and culture in Cyprus and Greece
• Michaelides’ interaction with his contemporaries
(Download the provisional program as a pdf here)
The official language of the conference is English.
Conference Scientific Committee
Nicolas Constantinou, Natassa Economidou-Stavrou, Vasilis Kallis, Georgia Michaelides, Mikis Michaelides, Kenneth Owen Smith
