Georges Aperghis
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Greek composer of contemporary music living in France
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Voix croisées
- Conversation imagée
- Theater und Musik
- Le Corps en jeu
- Georges Aperghis
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Film & TV
Athens, Greece
Known for
- Georges Aperghis, un mot après l’autre — Georges Aperghis2026
- The Lovers on the Bridge — Couple in car1991
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1945-12-23
composer
Discography
- Aperghis: Récitations / Scelsi: Canti del Capricorno1990
- Simulacre 1 / A bout des bras / Les Sept crimes de l'amour / Cinq couplets / Il gigante Golia / 280 mesures pour clarinette1992
- Œuvres pour quatuor à cordes et trio de percussions1994
- Récitations2000
- Die Hamletmaschine-Oratorio2002
- Machinations, spectacle musical pour quatre femmes et ordinateur2003
- 14 Récitations2006
- Works for Piano2010
- Contratemps / SEESAW / Parlando / Teeter-totter2012
- France2018
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,287
- Total plays
- 20,376
Tags
contemporary classicalAvant-GardeKairosmusique concrètecomposer
Georges Aperghis (23 December 1945 in Athens, Greece) is a composer working primarily in the field of experimental music theater but has also composed a large amount of non-programmatic chamber music. He is married to actress Edith Scob. His works are often very flamboyant and exhibitionist, sharing a kinship with the work of Vinko Globokar, though Aperghis' music is far less violent and much more playful. He studied with Iannis Xenakis and founded the music and theater company ATEM (Atelier Th
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Georges
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Athens
- Spouse
- Édith Scob
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Modern Greek
- Genre
- opera
- Official website
- www.aperghis.com
- Image
- Der Komponist Georges Aperghis in seinem Pariser Atelier 02.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- name in native language
- Γιώργος Απέργης
- date of birth
- 1945-12-23
- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- Commons category
- Georges Aperghis
- P12674
- San Chay people
Sources (3)
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