Dr. Epameinondas P. Fasianos (Epa Fassianos) is a Greek Composer of Electroacoustic and Ambient Music. He was born in Athens in 1982. He has attended both the University of York (MA in Music Technology) under the supervision of Professor Andy Hunt and the University of Sussex (MA in Composition for Media and Film and MPhil in Musical Composition) under the supervision of Professor Ed Hughes. His BA in Greece was in Informatics and Computer Technology. He has also obtained his Piano Diploma in 2003 with Professor Dimitris Toufexis. In parallel, he has obtained the Diplomas in Harmony, Counterpoint and Fugue respectively. He holds a PhD Degree in Acousmatic Music Composition. He obtained his PhD from the University of Manchester (NOVARS Research Centre), under the supervision of Professor David Berezan. His area of interest was: Creating works of Acousmatic Music based on aspects of Greek Culture (Religion, Traditional Greek Instruments, Mythology).
His works have been selected and performed in the following festivals of Electroacoustic Music:
2021 ICMC 2021 – International Computer Music Conference
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile – Santiago – Chile
2020 MISE-EN MUSIC FESTIVAL
Greenpoint Hall (Brooklyn) – New York City – United States
2020 NYCEMF 2020 – New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival
New York University and the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture – New York City – United States
2020 MUSLAB 2020 – La Muestra Internacional de Música Electroacústica
Lisboa Incomum – Lisbon – Portugal
2020 Frontwave New Music Festival 2020
Palm Beach Atlantic University: Music, Dance & Fine Arts (PBA) – West Palm Beach – Florida – United States
2020 Musiques & Recherches: An Acousmatic Spatialized Concert
Espace Senghor – Centre Culturel d'Etterbeek – Brussels – Belgium
Sound Diffusion by: Professor Annette Vande Gorne
2020 TAMA Music Festival
Meisei University – Tokyo – Japan
2019 Days of Electroacoustic Music
Athens Conservatory – Athens – Greece
2019 Leeds Festival “Echochroma XVIII”
Leeds Beckett University (Leeds School Of Arts) – Leeds – United Kingdom
2019 IFEM 2019 BRATISLAVA: INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC – «Winner Takes All...» Festival
Experimental Studio Bratislava – Bratislava – Slovakia
2019 ICMC 2019 / NYCEMF 2019
New York University – New York City – United States
2019 SONIC ARTS FORUM
University of Huddersfield – Huddersfield – United Kingdom
2019 DIFFRAZIONI FIRENZE MULTIMEDIA FESTIVAL 2019
Le Murate PAC (Progetti Arte Contemporanea) – City of Firenze – Italy
2019 DIALOGUES FESTIVAL 2019
The University of Edinburgh – Edinburgh – Scotland – United Kingdom
Sound Diffusion by: Professor Pete Stollery
2018 The Concert of Laureats of the Electroacoustic Music Competition: MUSICA NOVA 2018
Divadlo Inspirace – Prague – Czech Republic
2018 WOCMAT 2018 Conference: Electroacoustic Music Concert
National Chiao Tung University – Hsinchu City – Taiwan
2018 ECOS URBANOS 2018
Escuela Superior de Música – Mexico City – Mexico
2018 MISE-EN_PLACE Bushwick Open Studio Festival of New Electroacoustic Works
Bushwick Open Studios (Brooklyn) – New York City – United States
2018 EASTN – DC 2018: European Art – Science – Technology Network for Digital Creativity
University of Manchester (NOVARS Research Centre) – Manchester – United Kingdom
2018 MANTIS Sonification Festival and Symposium 2018
University of Manchester (NOVARS Research Centre) – Manchester – United Kingdom
2017 Matera Intermedia Festival 2017
Conservatory Duni – Matera – Italy
2017 Music and Space Study Day – Royal Music Association
University of Manchester (NOVARS Research Centre) – Manchester – United Kingdom
2017 Electroacoustic Music Composers Forum
University of Manchester (NOVARS Research Centre) – Manchester – United Kingdom
2015-2018 MANTIS Festival Series
University of Manchester (NOVARS Research Centre) – Manchester – United Kingdom (Autumn 2018, Autumn
2017, Spring 2017, Autumn 2016, Spring 2016, Autumn 2015 & Winter 2015)
2014 NOVARS Research Centre MATINÉE Series
University of Manchester (NOVARS Research Centre) – Manchester – United Kingdom
2014 Sines & Squares Festival
University of Manchester (NOVARS Research Centre) – Manchester – United Kingdom
Epa Fassianos's work Chromatocosmos has been awarded the First Prize in Category A in MUSICA NOVA 2018 Competition of Electroacoustic Music in Prague, Czech Republic, as well as the Third Prize in MUSICWORKS 2018 Electroacoustic Music Competition in Toronto, Canada.
In 2019, Epa Fassianos's work ElectroSantouri was accepted in ICMC (International Computer Music Conference 2019) – NYCEMF (New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival 2019), New York City, United States of America. Moreover, the same work received an Honorary Mention in ARS ELECTRONICA FORUM WALLIS Swiss Contemporary Music Festival 2019 (Leuk, Switzerland).
In 2019, he became a member of the Hellenic Association of Electroacoustic Music Composers (ESSIM), Greece.
In 2020, he became a member of the International Computer Music Association (ICMA), United States.
In 2020, he also became a member of the Japanese Society for Sonic Arts (JSSA), Japan.
