Введение
Тасманийский композитор и оперный режиссер
Constantine Koukias (born 14 October 1965) is a Tasmanian composer and opera director of Greek ancestry based in Amsterdam, where he is known by his Greek name of Konstantin Koukias. He is the co founder and artistic director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, which was established in 1990 in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart. Koukias's works range from large scale music theatre and opera to mobile installation art events. His atmospheric compositions are characterised by mesmerising temporal, spatial and production designs, while his recent works exhibit eastern influences. His avant garde approach to the presentation of opera has resulted in hybrid productions such as Days and Nights with Christ, To Traverse Water, Mikrovion, The Divine Kiss, Tesla – Lightning in His Hand and The Barbarians. His music theatre works include ICON, Kimisis – Falling Asleep, Borders, Orfeo, Rapture – Sonic Taxi Performance, Schwa – The Neutral Vowel, Antigone and The Da Ponte Project. Koukias was commissioned in 1993 by the Sydney Opera House Trust to compose the large scale music theatre piece ICON to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House. His Incantation II for soprano and digital delay won the International Valentino Bucchi Vocal Prize in Rome in 1997, and in 2004 he was awarded a Sir Winston Churchill Fellowship. had its US premiere in 2010 at the Chicago Cultural Center. The Barbarians, which was commissioned by the Museum of Old and New Art and inspired by Constantine Cavafy's poem Waiting for the Barbarians, premiered in Hobart in 2012 as part of the MONA FOMA festival. It was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best New Opera the same year, and Tasmanian company Liminal Spaces won the Event category of Australia's Interior Design Excellence Awards for its conceptualisation of the production's design. In 2014, Kimisis – Falling Asleep had its Netherlands premiere at Splendor Amsterdam and toured to the Karavaan Festival. His work Three Episodes from the Diary of Signaller Peter Ellis was a winner of ABC radio's Gallipoli Centenary Composer Competition, receiving its national broadcast premiere in 2015. Koukias has been the recipient of numerous other international commissions and awards, and his design credits include the internationally acclaimed Odyssey and Medea. and in 2021 this work had its Russian premier at the Sheremetev Place, St. Petersburg by Alexey Pudiov
His Before The Flame Goes Out:Memorial to the Jewish Martyrs of Ioannina, Greece,
premiered at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, then toured to the Mona Foma Festival in 2017
In 2018, he directed the award winning chamber opera Backwards from Winter, by US composer Douglas Knehans for the Dark Mofo festival.
Константин Кукиас (родился 14 октября 1965 года) – тасманский композитор и оперный режиссер греческого происхождения, проживающий в Амстердаме, где он известен под своим греческим именем Константин Кукиас. Он является соучредителем и художественным руководителем музыкального театра и оперы IHOS, основанного в 1990 году в столице Тасмании, Хобарте. Творчество Кукиаса охватывает широкий спектр – от масштабных музыкальных театров и опер до мобильных инсталляционных художественных проектов. Его атмосферные композиции отличаются завораживающими временными, пространственными и сценическими решениями, а в последних работах заметно влияние восточной культуры. Авангардный подход к оперным постановкам привел к созданию гибридных спектаклей, таких как «Дни и ночи с Христом», «Пересекая воду», «Микровион», «Божественный поцелуй», «Тесла – Молния в его руке» и «Варвары». К его музыкально-театральным произведениям относятся ICON, Kimisis – Falling Asleep, Borders, Orfeo, Rapture – Sonic Taxi Performance, Schwa – The Neutral Vowel, Antigone и The Da Ponte Project. В 1993 году Сиднейский оперный театр заказал Кукиасу создание масштабной музыкальной пьесы ICON, посвященной 20-летию Сиднейского оперного театра. Его Incantation II для сопрано и цифровой задержки получила Международную вокальную премию Валентино Буччи в Риме в 1997 году, а в 2004 году он был удостоен стипендии имени сэра Уинстона Черчилля. Премьера в США состоялась в 2010 году в Чикагском культурном центре. «Варвары», созданные по заказу Музея старого и нового искусства и вдохновленные поэмой Константина Кавафи «В ожидании варваров», впервые были показаны в 2012 году в Хобарте в рамках фестиваля MONA FOMA. В том же году спектакль был номинирован на премию Helpmann как лучшая новая опера, а тасманская компания Liminal Spaces получила награду в категории «Событие» на конкурсе Australian Interior Design Excellence Awards за концепцию дизайна постановки. В 2014 году Kimisis – Falling Asleep впервые была представлена в Нидерландах в Splendor Amsterdam и затем гастролировала на фестивале Karavaan. Его работа «Три эпизода из дневника сигнального солдата Питера Эллиса» стала победителем конкурса композиторов ABC Radio, посвященного столетию Галлиполи, и впервые прозвучала в национальном эфире в 2015 году. Кукиас является лауреатом многочисленных международных премий и заказов, а среди его работ – всемирно известные постановки «Одиссея» и «Медея». В 2021 году эта работа впервые в России была представлена на площади Шереметевых в Санкт-Петербурге под руководством Алексея Пудикова. Его «Прежде чем пламя погаснет: Мемориал еврейским мученикам Иоаннины» (Греция) впервые была показана в Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, а затем в 2017 году – на фестивале MONA FOMA. В 2018 году он поставил отмеченную наградами камерную оперу «Назад из зимы» американского композитора Дугласа Кнеханса для фестиваля Dark Mofo.
Constantine Koukias (born 14 October 1965) is a Tasmanian composer and opera director of Greek ancestry based in Amsterdam, where he is known by his Greek name of Konstantin Koukias. He is the co founder and artistic director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, which was established in 1990 in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart. Koukias's works range from large scale music theatre and opera to mobile installation art events. His atmospheric compositions are characterised by mesmerising temporal, spatial and production designs, while his recent works exhibit eastern influences. His avant garde approach to the presentation of opera has resulted in hybrid productions such as Days and Nights with Christ, To Traverse Water, Mikrovion, The Divine Kiss, Tesla – Lightning in His Hand and The Barbarians. His music theatre works include ICON, Kimisis – Falling Asleep, Borders, Orfeo, Rapture – Sonic Taxi Performance, Schwa – The Neutral Vowel, Antigone and The Da Ponte Project. Koukias was commissioned in 1993 by the Sydney Opera House Trust to compose the large scale music theatre piece ICON to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House. His Incantation II for soprano and digital delay won the International Valentino Bucchi Vocal Prize in Rome in 1997, and in 2004 he was awarded a Sir Winston Churchill Fellowship. had its US premiere in 2010 at the Chicago Cultural Center. The Barbarians, which was commissioned by the Museum of Old and New Art and inspired by Constantine Cavafy's poem Waiting for the Barbarians, premiered in Hobart in 2012 as part of the MONA FOMA festival. It was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best New Opera the same year, and Tasmanian company Liminal Spaces won the Event category of Australia's Interior Design Excellence Awards for its conceptualisation of the production's design. In 2014, Kimisis – Falling Asleep had its Netherlands premiere at Splendor Amsterdam and toured to the Karavaan Festival. His work Three Episodes from the Diary of Signaller Peter Ellis was a winner of ABC radio's Gallipoli Centenary Composer Competition, receiving its national broadcast premiere in 2015. Koukias has been the recipient of numerous other international commissions and awards, and his design credits include the internationally acclaimed Odyssey and Medea. and in 2021 this work had its Russian premier at the Sheremetev Place, St. Petersburg by Alexey Pudiov
His Before The Flame Goes Out:Memorial to the Jewish Martyrs of Ioannina, Greece,
premiered at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, then toured to the Mona Foma Festival in 2017
In 2018, he directed the award winning chamber opera Backwards from Winter, by US composer Douglas Knehans for the Dark Mofo festival.
Известные студенты
В дополнение к собственной карьере композитора, Кукиас руководил творчеством многих других композиторов, в том числе Мэтью Дьюи, Майкла Лэмпарда и Танапума Сиричанга.