Georges Aperghis

À propos de Georges Aperghis

Georges Aperghis was born in Athens in 1945. He has lived and worked in Paris since 1963. In 1976 he founded ATEM, a musical theater company rooted in the social reality of a Parisian suburb (Bagnolet). The most prominent European contemporary music ensembles have developed working relationships with him through regular commissions, all of which are integrated into their repertoires – Ictus Ensemble, Klangforum Wien, Remix, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble intercontemporain, Nieuw Ensemble, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, etc. His most recent awards include the 2011 Mauricio Kagel Prize, the Lion d'Or for Lifetime Achievement at the 2015 Venice Biennale, the 2016 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Contemporary Music category, the 2016 Kaske Foundation Prize Munich, and the Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis 2021.
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