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Panagiotis Kokoras

パナヨティス・ココラス　/　ぱなよてぃす・ここらす

Composer from Greece

April 23, 1974 (age 52)　・　Ptolemaida, Kozani Regional Unit, Greece

Kozani Regional Unit
composer

My Take

Panayiotis Kokoras is the sort of artist I admire even when I struggle to follow him. A Greek composer and computer-music innovator from Ptolemaida, he treats timbre itself as the architecture of a piece, and his idea of holophony, where every single sound contributes equally to the whole, is genuinely thrilling to me. A York-trained mind crowned with a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship, he builds entire worlds from texture rather than melody. It is uncompromising, demanding music, and I deeply respect the kind of restless explorer who pushes the art form somewhere new.

Overview

Panayiotis Kokoras (Greek: Παναγιώτης Κόκορας; born 1974, Ptolemaida) is a Greek composer and computer music innovator. Kokoras's sound compositions use timbre as the main element of form. His concept of "holophony" describes his goal that each independent sound (φωνή), contributes equally into the synthesis of the total (ὅλος).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Panagiotis Kokoras
Name (Japanese): パナヨティス・ココラス
Reading: ぱなよてぃす・ここらす
Born: April 23, 1974 (age 52)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Tiger
Origin: Ptolemaida, Kozani Regional Unit, Greece
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: composer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of York

Awards & achievements

2022 Guggenheim Fellowship

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%8A%E3%83%A8%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9

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