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Name: Prof. Dimitri Nicolau
Skills: Composer, Conductor, Teacher, Writer
Address: Rome 00186, Italy
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Composer, stage director, conductor, musicologist and professor Dimitri Nicolau was born in Keratea (Greece) and naturalized Italian, he resides and works in Rome. Besides his musical studies in Greece and in France he has done researches in the vast field of popular music with particular interest in the Mediterranean and Balkan area. In 1967 his opposition to the regime of the Greek colonels got him political asylum from the Italian state.

Graduated also in cinematography in the Experimental Center of Cinematography in Rome (C.S.C ) he has practiced this profession for some years without yet interrupting composition, collaborating with different directors. He has frequented the faculty of Modern Letters in Rome University. Fundamental for his artistic formation is the relationship with the theory and the Collective Analysis of Massimo Fagioli in Rome.

From 1959, the year in which he begins to compose, he reaches today a catalog of over 290 compositions including 3 Operas, 5 Symphonies for large Orchestra, numerous Concerts for Soloist and Orchestra, many works for plucked string orchestra, for soloist and chamber ensembles, many works for Voice, ballet music. Besides that, he has composed sound tracks for cinema, television and radio, music and songs for infancy and over a 100 scores for the prose theater.

His music exploits masterly each instrument's (or voice's) potential, often with most unusual tone and playing techniques. Many of his works show an intense theatrical quality. His works have been performed at many musical centers throughout Europe, North Africa, U.S.A., Canada, Japan, China, South America, Australia. For the complete catalogue of his works please visit his site : www.dimitrinicolau.it

 

Name: Dimitri Nicolau
Skills: composer, conductor, teacher
Phone: +39 06 6893587
Fax: +39 06 6893587
Address: via Grottapinta 14, Rome 00186, Italy
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Dimitri NICOLAU Composer, stage director, conductor, musicologist and professor Dimitri Nicolau was born in Keratea, Attica. He also studied Modern Literaturre and Philosophy at Rome University, and Cinema technique at the Rome Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He has taugh harmony, composition and theatrical singing voice. His music exploits masterly each instrument (or voice) potential, often with most unusual tone colours and unusual playing techniques. Many of his works exhibit an intense theatrical quality. His works have been performed at many musical centres throughout Europe, North Africa, U.S.A., Canada, Japan, at Italian festivals like: "Incontri Musicali Romani", "Nuova Consonanza", "Danzaricerca", "Musica 900", "Nuova Musica Italiana alla RadioUno", "Il Politecnico Musica", "Teatro del Opera", "Rassegna Intern. di Musica Contemporanea", "Abruzzo Rossini Festival", etc., Also at festivals in: Greece, England, Poland, Holand, Spain Germany, France, Roumania, Sweden, Belgium, Egypt, U.S.A , Canada, Japan,Australia etc. .

 

 


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