Vassos Nicolaou

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Vassos Nicolaou (b. 1971, Cyprus) is a Cypriot composer. He studied at the Academies of Music in Cologne and Frankfurt, the Paris Conservatory and IRCAM, working with York Höller, Marco Stroppa, Marc-André Dalbavie, Philippe Leroux and Beat Furrer. He has also participated in master-classes at Centre Acanthes, International Eötvös Institute and Aldeburgh with Louis Andriessen, Tristan Murail, Jonathan Harvey, Peter Eötvös and Brian Ferneyhough. Vassos Nicolaou has been the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships from institutions such as the German Academy Villa Massimo (Rome Prize 2015), International Ensemble Modern Academy, Herrenhaus Edenkoben (upon recommendation of Peter Eötvös), Athens Megaron, the Weimar Academy of Music – (Franz Liszt Fellowship) and the Cité des Arts in Paris. In 2005 he was awarded the “Bernd Alois Zimmermann Prize” from the City of Cologne. In 2007 a jury which included Pierre Boulez and Wolfgang Rihm selected Nicolaou for the prestigious “Giga-Hertz-Special-Award” and for the following two seasons he was a composing fellow at ZKM in Karlsruhe. In 2008 he was awarded the Tremplin commission by the reading panel of IRCAM and Ensemble intercontemporain. In 2009 he was composer-in-research at IRCAM and creator-in-residence at the Tokyo Wonder Site. Ranging from solo instrumental pieces to large orchestral works, Nicolaou's compositions have been commissioned and performed by some of the world’s leading ensembles including the Ensemble Moder

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albums

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Vassos Nicolaou: 15 Klavieretüden & Frames

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New Music (Edition Ruhr Piano Festival, Vol. 31) [Live]

Nicolaou: Duo for Double-bell Horn and Piano

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15 Klavieretüden & Frames

Schwerpunkt

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Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr 2013: Neue Musik (Live)

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Études for Piano (2008-2016)

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Vassos Nicolaou's Album

Kreuzungen

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disc 1

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VA - Ircam 2009

Travelling Pieces

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