- Alternative Scene
Ioannis Angelakis (b. 1988) is a composer of acoustic and electronic music. His works embrace sounds that remain not fully controllable by the composer or the performer, are inherently unstable and constantly moving, come with their own logic of unfolding, presuppose a particular body-instrument relationship, and call for a new kind of listening attention. He is interested in the formal implications of these sounds, and in integrating these implications into the concept of the work. His compositional approach points to a shift from an interval-based and gestural activation of sound to an encapsulation of timbre that pulls us toward the interior space of sound. His writing is the result of extended research on idiosyncratic aspects of the mechanism of acoustic instruments and aims to develop a new form of lived space. His works often call for long durations and extreme musical specialisation, pushing against traditional concert formats of new music.