Theodoros Lotis
Theodoros Lotis studied the guitar, flute, music analysis and composition in Greece, Belgium and the UK. He has completed a PhD in Music at the City University in London (England, UK) thanks to grants from the British Academy (Arts and Humanities Research Board), and the Foundation AS Onassis.
Having produced several instrumental works and collaborated with artists from various disciplines (dance, theatre, video) his current endeavours in music are focused on spectrum, timbre, sonic space and light. His music has been performed at festivals and conferences in Europe, Australia, America and Asia. He was commissioned by Musiques & Recherches (Belgium, 1997, 2000), Sculpted Sound (UK, 2000), Amici della Musica di Cagliari (Italy, 2001), and Visiones Sonoras (Mexico, 2007). He has received a number of awards and distinctions at Bourges (France, 2000), Sculpted Sound Composers Competition (UK, 2000), Métamorphoses (Belgium, 2000, ’02), Luigi Russolo (Italy, 2000, ’02), CIMESP (Brasil, 2001), and Jeu de temps / Times Play (JTTP, Canada, 2002) competitions. He was awarded the first prize at the Spatialization competition L’Espace du son 2002 organized by Musiques & Recherches (Belgium, 2002).
Theodoros Lotis has been teaching electronic music composition at Goldsmiths College, University of London (2001-03), Technological and Educational Institute of Crete (2003-04) and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece, 2004-05). He is currently lecturing at the Ionian University (Corfu, Greece). He is founding member of the Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers Association (HELMCA) and the Hellenic Society for Acoustic Ecology.
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Theodoros Lotis has received awards at the following contests
- Concorso internazionale Luigi Russolo di musica elettroacustica, Varèse (Italy): 2000, 2002
- Concours biennal de composition acousmatique Métamorphoses, Ohain (Belgium): 2000, 2002, 2004
- Concurso Internacional de Música Eletroacústica de São Paulo (CIMESP), São Paulo (Brazil): 2001
- Jeu de temps / Times Play (JTTP), Canada: 2003
