Panayiotis Kokoras is an internationally award-winning composer and computer music innovator.
Education
Kokoras studied composition with I. Ioannidi and Anri Kergomard as well as classical guitar with East. Asimakopoulo in Athens. In 1999 he moved to England, for postgraduate studies at the University of York, where he completed his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in composition with T. Myatt with funds from the Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) and Aleksandra Trianti Music Scholarships (Society Friends of Music) among others
Career
Kokoras"s sound compositions use timbre as the main element of form. His concept of "holophony" describes his goal that each independent sound (phonos), contributes equally into the synthesis of the total (holos). In both instrumental and electroacoustic writing, his music calls upon a "virtuosity of sound," emphasizing the precise production of variable sound possibilities and the correct distinction between one timbre and another to convey the musical ideas and structure of the piece.
His compositional output is also informed by musical research in Music Information Retrieval compositional strategies, Extended techniques, Tactile sound, Augmented reality, Robotics, Spatial Sound, Synesthesia.
Destellos Prix 2011, Argentina
Prix Ars Electronica 2011, Austria
Gianni Bergamo Classic Music Award 2007, Switzerland
Pierre Schaeffer 2005, Italy
Musica Viva 2005 and 2002, Portugal
Look and Listen Prize 2004, New York
Gaudeamus 2004 and 2003, the Netherlands
Bourges Residence Prix 2004, France
Insulae Electronicae 2003, Italy
Jurgenson Competition 2003, Russia
Seoul international competition 2003, of Korea
Takemitsu Composition Award 2002, Japan
Noroit Prize 2002, France
CIMESP 2002, Brazil
Musica Nova 2001, Czechoslovakian Republic
Métamorphoses 2000, Belgium. As an educator, Kokoras has taught at the Technological and Educational Institute of Crete, and, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece).
Since fall 2012 he has been appointed Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas.
Membership
He is founding member of the Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers Association (HELMCA) and from 2004 to 2012 he was board member and president