Apostolos Loufopoulos

Apostolos Loufopoulos studied music at the Ionian University, Greece (Music Degree) and at City University, London (PhD in Music). His main musical interests include the composition of electroacoustic music and research on the manipulation of sound via electronic means, but also the inter-contextual approach to music and the convergence between musical genres. Over the past decade, his music has been performed internationally in renown festivals of contemporary music (such as ICMC, Synthese, L’Espace Du Son and others) and has received a number of awards at international competitions such as Αrs Electronica (Austria), Bourges (France), Noroit (France), Metamorphoses (Belgium), Space of Sound (Belgium), Franco Evangelisti (Italy), Musica Nova (Czech Republic). Since 2004 he lives in Athens-Greece and works as a freelance composer at his private studio. He also lectrures on the creative use of sound technology at the TEI of Ionian Islands, Department of Sound Technology and Musical Instruments (www.teiion.gr). He has participated in academic research projects regarding the study of environmental sound (post-doctoral research at Ionian University, 2006-2008) and attended a number of international conventions on a variety of thematic subjects, regarding musical research. He is a founding member of HELMCA (Greek Union of Composers of Electroacoustic Music, www.essim.gr) and the Greek Society for Acoustic Ecology.