MP3 Alexandros - Antithesis

A new age pioneer, adventurous synth /orchestral upbeat music, the composer's first solo work released by AVR in New York, USA in1988 "Beautiful orchestrations and the sound quality quite exceptional" John Shaefer New Sounds WNYC

8 MP3 Songs
ELECTRONIC: Virtual Orchestra, CLASSICAL: New Age



Details:
Alexandros Hahalis was born in Patras, Hellas (Greece) and moved to New York at the age of 20 where he studied classical & jazz composition at Aaron Copland School of Music
His music has been performed worldwide in various ways & venues:
His first solo synthesized work âAntithesisâ was aired in 42 US states and in Europe via the syndicated show âNew Soundsâ of WNYC (NYC public radio), Music from the hearts of space, the WQXR of NY Times. In May of 1989 it reached the US top 25 charts of New Age / Electronic music airplay
...was commissioned to compose and perform for renowned painters and sculptors such as Yiannis Spyropoulos,(Hellas), Muramasa Kudo (USA), Masaaki Noda (Japan), W. Oliveira (Brasil))
â¦in â93 his pioneer improvised recording âUnityâ with his âall starâ group âEarthboundâ was released on Leo Records (UK) and was highly accepted by critics worldwide. Joe Berger (guitar), Alex Foster (reeds), Victor Jones (drums, trumpet), Andy McKee (bass), Steve Thornton (percussion), are his closest collaborators
â¦in â94 scored music for the last documentary about William Boroughs (writer) and contributed music to the New Line Cinema âcultâ film Hanging with the homeboys
...in â95 was the musical director for the memorial tribute in honor of jazz master Sun Ra
â¦in '95/'96 composed & performed with the Great Jones Repertory of La Mama theater for major European festivals such as Art Carnuntum of Austria and Libertas of Dubrovnic, Croatia
...in â97 scored Drama Departmentâs highly acclaimed âUncle Tomâs Cabinâ, a theatrical masterpiece that earned its place at the archives of New Yorkâs Public Library at Lincoln Center
â¦composed & performed for the 1998 Next Wave Festival of Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), the NYC Fringe theatrical festival, the Rochester University International Theater Program (â98-â00)...
was awarded by the Chicago University Scholars for his unique and yet prolific sonic interpretation of the Greek language
...in April 2000, presented his multimedia piece âDream of the Phoenixâ at the Annex of La Mama Theatre in NY, an ambitious âground breakingâ ritualistic interpretation of the original Hellenic myth. His endeavors with LaMama continue until today
...in May 2000, performed at Central Park of NYC as a guest of honor, along with Olympia Dukakis (actress), Helene Alexopoulos (opera singer), Peter Tiboris (conductor), for Urban Stages & Playwrights Preview Society's event âCelebrating the Heritage of Greek Theater & Artâ
â¦in 2001 performed at Zappeion of Athens under the direction of Jean Pascal Levy Trumet âSynastriaâ, a work dedicated to the ancient philosopher Pythagoras and his theory "Music of the Spheres"
â¦during 2003-04, his Athens performances at the War Museum, the Old Parliament, Petra theater (Kroussis Intrntl Festival) & in mount Olympus (Promithia Intrntl Festival), were broadcasted internationally
...in February â03, in Montopolis, Italy, he collaborated with soprano Dimitra Theodossiou and performed âPyr Aeizoonâ, a challenging multimedia concept, inspired by the Ancestral âEver Living Fireâ of Creation, dedicated to the High Ideals his strong Memories reinforce upon him
...fragments from this work were also performed during the âAthens 2004 Olympic Flame World Tourâ on two occasions: at the ancient Stadium of Delphi, and in Ancient Afidnai of Attica
â¦in 2005 he was commissioned by the Eugenidis Foundation to compose music for âUnending Voyageâ, a 3-D film currently performing at the worldâs most advanced planetarium, in Athens...Performed solo piano
in Megaron of Athens during âAristeia 2005â
â¦last May was invited by the city of Spoleto, Italy, to perform for the âNight of the Museumsâ Pan-European festival
...his life-long commitment to Hellenism brought him back home, to the âEternal Mother of Civilizationâ as he thinks of Greece, where he can draw unlimited inspiration...