Nicolas Tzortzis

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Born in Athens, Greece in May 1978, Nicolas Tzortzis has been living in Paris, France, since 2002.
He studied instrumental and electronic composition with Philippe Leroux at the CRD de Blanc Mesnil, musical theatre composition with Georges Aperghis at the Hochschule der Kunste in Bern, Switzerland and Computer Aided Composition at the University of Paris 8 under the direction of Horacio Vaggione and José Manuel Lopez-Lopez. In 2009-2010 he attended the CURSUS 1 of composition and computer music at the IRCAM and he has been selected to do the CURSUS 2 for the years 2010-2012, where he will present a large-scale work for piano and live electronics. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Montreal, under the supervision of Philippe Leroux.
He has taken part in master classes with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Brian Ferneyhough, Beat Furrer and François Paris, as well as computer music seminars at the IRCAM. In 2010, he was selected for the 6th New Composers Forum of the Ensemble Aleph.
His music has been performed in France, Greece, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, the USA, Canada, Argentina, Peru, South Korea and Australia, and has been selected and awarded in competitions worldwide (USA, South Korea, Germany, France, Austria, Greece, Italy, Great Britain, Argentina).
Piezas ordenadas por año. Los trabajos mas recientes aparecen primero

Instrumento Solo

Sur Gaïda for piano (2022)
After they’d fled from their duty to fight for bass flute (2021)
(Running a) Business, Hommage à Tony Soprano for solo double bass (2016)
Apolesi Laoutou Erota for solo guitar (2014)
Incompatible(s) III / III b For Solo Flutist (2009)
L’accordage du menteur (2007)
Immune (2004)
Sama (2003)

Ensamble de Cámara (5 - 9 instrumentos)

Croquis Strideurs for eight instruments (2022)
Gravitationnel pour huit instruments hommage à Karl Schwarzschild (2021)
...à une main, hommage à Roger Federer for solo violin and six musicians (2018)
Treillis pour six musiciens (2017)
Les mystères du château du Dé for five musicians, video projection and a plate of cheese (2016)
Emak Bakia for five musicians, video projection and a man in a suit (2015)
Sobre o amor perdido do laude for flute, saxophone, violin, percussion, harp and piano (2015)
...de ce qui est en lutte for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2015)
My condition exempts me, hommage à Rahsaan Roland Kirk for tenor saxophone, electronics and chamber ensemble (2014)
Incompatible(s) VII for six musicians and an actress (2013)
L'étoile de mer for five musicians and video projection (2013)
Digression for six percussionists (2012)
Court métrage for seven musicians (2012)
Incompatible(s) II (2008)
What the wave meant (2007)
Senza Memoria (2005)

Voces e Instrumentos

Vents Contraires for baritone and ensemble (2021)
Immobilités for female voice and five instruments (2019)
Rop (2009)
Occid (2008)

Música Instrumental

Sur Gaïda for piano (2022)
Croquis Strideurs for eight instruments (2022)
After they’d fled from their duty to fight for bass flute (2021)
Gravitationnel pour huit instruments hommage à Karl Schwarzschild (2021)
Forgé sous la forme que tu portes for three pianists on a piano (2020)
Identités for cello and piano (2020)
No one new around you for clarinet, saxophone and percussion (2020)
Contre Tous, hommage à Nikos Gkalis for piano and orchestra (2017)
(Running a) Business, Hommage à Tony Soprano for solo double bass (2016)
Tâtonnement pour violin, cello and piano (2015)
...de ce qui est en lutte for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2015)
Apolesi Laoutou Erota for solo guitar (2014)
Incompatible(s) VI for bass clarinet, violin, cello and a harpist (2013)
L'accrochage du menteur pour piano seul (2013)
Incompatible(s) III / III b For Solo Flutist (2009)
L’accordage du menteur (2007)
Four Flash Fear (2007)
Désaxé (2007)
Amenable for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2006)
Immune (2004)
Fictif (2004)
Sama (2003)

Grupo de Cámara ( 2 - 4 instrumentos )

No one new around you for clarinet, saxophone and percussion (2020)
Identités for cello and piano (2020)
Tâtonnement pour violin, cello and piano (2015)
Incompatible(s) VI for bass clarinet, violin, cello and a harpist (2013)
Four Flash Fear (2007)
Amenable for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2006)
Fictif (2004)

Instrumento y Electrónica

...à une main, hommage à Roger Federer for solo violin and six musicians (2018)
Treillis pour six musiciens (2017)
Les mystères du château du Dé for five musicians, video projection and a plate of cheese (2016)
Emak Bakia for five musicians, video projection and a man in a suit (2015)
Sobre o amor perdido do laude for flute, saxophone, violin, percussion, harp and piano (2015)
My condition exempts me, hommage à Rahsaan Roland Kirk for tenor saxophone, electronics and chamber ensemble (2014)
Incompatible(s) VII for six musicians and an actress (2013)
L'étoile de mer for five musicians and video projection (2013)
Court métrage for seven musicians (2012)
Incompatible(s) IV Bass Clarinet and live electronics IRCAM Cursus 1 project (2010)
Selon Elle (2006)

Concerto

Contre Tous, hommage à Nikos Gkalis for piano and orchestra (2017)

Ensamble de Percusión

Digression for six percussionists (2012)

Solista (Instrumento o Voz) y Electrónica en Tiempo Real

Incompatible(s) IV Bass Clarinet and live electronics IRCAM Cursus 1 project (2010)


Cuarteto de Cuerdas

Four Flash Fear (2007)

Ensamble (10 - 19 instrumentos)

Désaxé (2007)

Solista (Instrumento o Voz) y Medios Electrónicos Fijos

Selon Elle (2006)
(Running a) Business, Hommage à Tony Soprano for solo double bass (2016)
...à une main, hommage à Roger Federer for solo violin and six musicians (2018)
...de ce qui est en lutte for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2015)
After they’d fled from their duty to fight for bass flute (2021)
Amenable for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2006)
Apolesi Laoutou Erota for solo guitar (2014)
Contre Tous, hommage à Nikos Gkalis for piano and orchestra (2017)
Court métrage for seven musicians (2012)
Croquis Strideurs for eight instruments (2022)
Désaxé (2007)
Digression for six percussionists (2012)
Emak Bakia for five musicians, video projection and a man in a suit (2015)
Fictif (2004)
Forgé sous la forme que tu portes for three pianists on a piano (2020)
Four Flash Fear (2007)
Gravitationnel pour huit instruments hommage à Karl Schwarzschild (2021)
Identités for cello and piano (2020)
Immobilités for female voice and five instruments (2019)
Immune (2004)
Incompatible(s) I (2008)
Incompatible(s) II (2008)
Incompatible(s) III / III b For Solo Flutist (2009)
Incompatible(s) IV Bass Clarinet and live electronics IRCAM Cursus 1 project (2010)
Incompatible(s) VI for bass clarinet, violin, cello and a harpist (2013)
Incompatible(s) VII for six musicians and an actress (2013)
L'accrochage du menteur pour piano seul (2013)
L'étoile de mer for five musicians and video projection (2013)
Les mystères du château du Dé for five musicians, video projection and a plate of cheese (2016)
L’accordage du menteur (2007)
My condition exempts me, hommage à Rahsaan Roland Kirk for tenor saxophone, electronics and chamber ensemble (2014)
No one new around you for clarinet, saxophone and percussion (2020)
Occid (2008)
Rop (2009)
Sama (2003)
Selon Elle (2006)
Senza Memoria (2005)
Sobre o amor perdido do laude for flute, saxophone, violin, percussion, harp and piano (2015)
Sur Gaïda for piano (2022)
Tâtonnement pour violin, cello and piano (2015)
Treillis pour six musiciens (2017)
Vents Contraires for baritone and ensemble (2021)
What the wave meant (2007)