Composer & Piano
Biography:
Born in Crete in 1974, composer and pianist Minas Borboudakis studied piano and theory with Giorgos Kaloutsis in his hometown of Heraklion, then in Munich and Hamburg with Wilfried Hiller and Peter Michael Hamel (composition), Olaf Dressler and Ursula Mitrenga (piano); He attended masterclasses with George Crumb, Luciano Berio, Wolfgang Rihm, Alexander Nasedkin and Rudolf Kehrer.
Minas Borboudakis is one of the most sought-after Greek composers of his generation. He works with renowned orchestras and soloists such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the SWR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Camerata Athens, the Kremerata Baltica, the Ensemble Modern and percussionist Peter Sadlo.
In 2007, Kent Nagano conducted the world premiere of his new musical theatre piece at the Munich Opera Festival. In addition to interpreting his own compositions, his piano repertoire focuses on music from the 20th and 21st centuries.
His work has received numerous awards: Günther Bialas Composition Prize, scholarship from the City of Munich, Bavarian State Prize for Music, Rodion Shchedrin Chamber Music Prize, scholarship from the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
The emotionally charged music, which is not bound by any dogma, is influenced by the rhythms and harmonies of his Greek heritage and moves between ancient Greek literature, philosophy and modern science.
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