Efstratios Minakakis
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Education and Training
Efstratios studied piano, theory, and composition at Atheneaum Conservatory, Princeton University, New England Conservatory, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Awards and Recognition
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at the University of Pennsylvania
Louis Krasner and Toru Takemitsu Award in Composition at the New England Conservatory
Nitze and Hallstead Prizes for Composition, Dean’s Scholar Award, George Crumb Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania
Efstratios Minakakis
Division: College
Department: Faculty, Music Theory; Composition
Stratis Minakakis is a composer and conductor whose creative work engages issues of memory, cultural identity, and art as social testimony; it also explores the rich possibilities engendered by the interaction between arts and sciences.
As a conductor, he has directed and coached numerous chamber music and orchestral ensembles in contemporary repertory, including works by Milton Babbitt, Katherine Balch, Henri Dutilleux, György Ligeti, Fabien Levy, Eric Maestri, John Mallia, Katarina Miljkovic, Dimitris Minakakis, Joan Arnau Pamiès, Y. A. Papaioannou, and Iannis Xenakis.
Also active in the field of music theory, his recent work focuses on interpretive analysis of the late string quartet manuscripts by Beethoven. This line of work builds upon the pioneering research of violinist Nicholas Kitchen on the expressive markings and articulations of Beethoven manuscripts. Other areas of interest include early Modernism, and the music of Xenakis and Ligeti.
He is the recipient of numerous artistic prizes, grants, and academic awards from institutions such as the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, the New England Conservatory, the Takefu International Festival in Japan, the Fondation Royaumont in France, the Center for Mediterranean Music in Greece, the Greek Composers Union, and the International Society for Contemporary Music. He currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Curriculum Vitae
Efstratios studied piano, theory, and composition at Atheneaum Conservatory, Princeton University, New England Conservatory, and the University of Pennsylvania.
- Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at the University of Pennsylvania
- Louis Krasner and Toru Takemitsu Award in Composition at the New England Conservatory
- Nitze and Hallstead Prizes for Composition, Dean’s Scholar Award, George Crumb Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania
Affiliated Departments and Programs
Music Theory