Yiannis Loukos

(*1985) is a composer, pianist and sound artist. His work focuses on the relationship between noise and music in different social contexts and is expressed through installations and spacial symphonies. He works with sound production around time-based media with a focus on visual arts, film and theatre. Since 2010, he has been collaborating with contemporary artists, music ensembles, dance performances and film directors. In 2021, he was a resident at ZK/U centre in Berlin (supported by the Robert Bosch Foundation) where he developed the project Drone Symphony subsequently presented at Hosek Contemporary gallery in Berlin. In September 2021, he received the sound award at the Drama Short Film Festival for the film Last Visit by Spiros Alidakis. In 2022, in collaboration with the artist-performer, An Educational Album that launched at Het Hem museum in Zaandam with the support of the Mondriaan Funds. His compositions have been presented across Europe, including at the 47th Darmstädter Ferienkurse in Germany, 2014; the 10th Contemporary Music Conference at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall in Greece, 2019; and the Impuls 12th International Ensemble and Composers Academy for Contemporary Music, in Graz, Austria, 2020. He is a current recipient of the ARTWORKS, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship in 2022.

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CULTURE MOVES EUROPE GRANT, Music grant by Goethe-Institut, November 2023, Berlin, Germany
AADK SPAIN FELLOWSHIP, Music Fellowship at AADK, November 2023, Blanca, Murcia, Spain
LIBURNIA FILM FESTIVAL AWARD FOR BEST SOUND, Sound for Ana Bilankov’s short film ‘El Shatt, Chasing the Sun’, 21st Liburnia film Festival (LFF), August 2023, Opatija, Croatia
ARTWORKS FELLOWSHIP, Art grant from Stavros Niarchos Foundation, September 2022, Athens, Greece
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT GRANT, 'Mondriaan Fonds' for 'An educational Album' in collaboration with Natasha Papadopoulou, 03-06.2022, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
HONORARY DISTINCTION FOR THE BEST SOUND, Sound for Spiros Alidaki's short film 'Last Visit', 44th Drama International Film Festival, September 2021, Drama, Greece
RESEARCH GRANT, 'Mondriaan Fonds' for 'An educational Album' in collaboration with Natasha Papadopoulou, 01-06.2021, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
FELLOWSHIP, Z K/U (Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistik) for 'Drone Symphony', 04 - 06.2021, Berlin, Germany
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT GRANT, Actors of Urban Change by Mit.Ost for 'Drone Symphony,
04 - 06.2021, Berlin, Germany
PIANO PERFORMANCE AWARD, Piraeus Administration State, 2002, Piraeus, Greece

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