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Panayiotis Kokoras

Panayiotis Kokoras’s works are out there! They have been performed in concert in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, UK and USA…

Panayiotis Kokoras has received awards at the following contests:

  • Akousmatique, Montréal (Québec): 2022
  • Ars Electronica Forum Wallis, Leuk (Switzerland): 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021
  • Computer Space, Sofia (Bulgaria): 2011, 2019
  • Concours biennal de composition acousmatique Métamorphoses, Ohain (Belgium): 2000, 2010, 2014, 2024
  • Concours international de composition électroacoustique Klang!, Montpellier (Hérault, France): 2016
  • Concours international de la musique électroacoustique SIME, Lille (Nord, France): 2020
  • Concours international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges, Bourges (Cher, France): 2004, 2008, 2009
  • Concurso de Composición Electroacústica Destellos, Mar del Plata (Argentina): 2011, 2014, 2018, 2024
  • Concurso Internacional de Música Eletroacústica de São Paulo (CIMESP), São Paulo (Brazil): 2001
  • Confini, Venice (Italy): 2021
  • Etiuda na jedno uderzenie w Ziemię: 2023
  • Exhibitronic, Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin, France): 2017
  • Giga-Hertz-Preis, Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg, Germany): 2009, 2019
  • Ise-Shima International Composition Competition, Japan: 2024
  • MA/IN Matera Intermedia Competition, Matera (Italy): 2016, 2019, 2022
  • Musica Nova International Competition of Electroacoustic Music, Prague (Czech Republic): 2011, 2023
  • Música Viva — Concurso Internacional de Composição Electroacústica, Parede (Portugal): 2002, 2005
  • Musicworks Electronic Music Composition Contest, Toronto (Ontario, Canada): 2025
  • Prix Ars Electronica, Linz (Austria): 2011
  • Prix Russolo, Annecy (Haute-Savoie, France): 2024

Panayiotis Kokoras has been appointed Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas since fall 2012. Born in Greece, he studied classical guitar and composition in Athens (Greece) and York (England); he taught for many years at the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. His works have been commissioned by institutes and festivals such as the Fromm Music Foundation (Harvard), Ircam (France), MATA (New York), Gaudeamus (Netherlands), ZKM (Germany), IMEB (France), Siemens Musikstiftung (Germany) and have been performed in over 500 concerts around the world. His compositions have received 56 distinctions and prizes in international competitions, and have been selected by juries in more than 130 international calls for scores. He is a founding member of the Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers Association (HELMCA).

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Panayiotis Kokoras

[Παναγιώτης Κόκορας]

Ptolemaïda (Greece), 1974

Residence: Denton (Texas, USA)

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