Arghyris Kounadis Day

Argyris Kounadis (Greek Αργύρης Κουνάδης, first name also transcribed Arghyris; born February 14, 1924 in Istanbul, † November 22, 2011 in Freiburg im Breisgau [1]) was a Greek composer.

Kounadis studied piano and composition in Athens with Yannis Papaioannou and from 1958 to 1962 in Freiburg im Breisgau with Wolfgang Fortner. Since 1963 he was a lecturer at the Freiburg University of Music and head of the Ensemble for New Music in Freiburg. He composed several operas, a symphonietta, a piano concerto, a rhapsody for female voice and orchestra, works with chamber musicians and film music.

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