Ioannis Mitsialis was born in 1978 in Athens, Greece. His early music studies in piano and theoretical music education were pursued at the Hellenic National Conservatory. He went on to complete his Bachelors of Music at the Ionian University, Music Department, with a dissertation in music composition. In 2008, he was awarded a scholarship from the Hellenic State Scholarships’ Foundation (IKY) and he moved to Germany, where he graduated with a Masters in Composition from the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre with Peter Michael Hamel in 2010. In 2013, he graduated from the University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” in Leipzig, having acquired the highest title awarded by German universities, the “Meisterklassenexamen” in Composition, with Dr. Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf. In December 2021, he completed his PhD in Composition at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) with Roger Reynolds. Mitsialis has worked regularly with many important teachers, notably Clarence Barlow in The Hague and Anargyros Deniozos in Athens. He has also attended seminars and workshops with the following composers: Hans-Jürgen von Bose, Gunther Schuller, Edith Canat de Chizy, Nikolaus Brass, Adriana Hölszky, Georgios Apergis, Steven Kazuo Takasugi, Anargyros Deniozos, Philippe Leroux, Raphaël Cendo, Hans Thomalla and Hilda Paredes.
Mitsialis works in a number of different genres (symphonic, chamber, vocal and solo music) and his compositions have been performed repeatedly in the USA, Canada, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Greece. Ensembles and soloists which he has collaborated with include Palimpsest, ECCE, Kommas, Schallfeld, Loadbang, Greek Ensemble of Contemporary Music, Barbara Lüneburg, Paul Hübner, Mari Kawamura, Kyle Adam Blair, Ramón Gardella and Andreas-Rolandos Theodorou. Conductors such as Steven Schick, Christian Ludwig, Theodore Antoniou and Jean-Phillip Wurtz have performed Mitsialis's work. In addition, some notable occasions for these performances include June in Buffalo Music Festival 2018, Etchings Festival 2017 and the Banff Pianist-Composer Collaborative residency.
In 2009, Mitsialis won the Annemarie und Hermann Rauhe Prize for his piano trio “Interaktionen” in Hamburg.
Mitsialis works in a number of different genres (symphonic, chamber, vocal and solo music) and his compositions have been performed repeatedly in the USA, Canada, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Greece. Ensembles and soloists which he has collaborated with include Palimpsest, ECCE, Kommas, Schallfeld, Loadbang, Greek Ensemble of Contemporary Music, Barbara Lüneburg, Paul Hübner, Mari Kawamura, Kyle Adam Blair, Ramón Gardella and Andreas-Rolandos Theodorou. Conductors such as Steven Schick, Christian Ludwig, Theodore Antoniou and Jean-Phillip Wurtz have performed Mitsialis's work. In addition, some notable occasions for these performances include June in Buffalo Music Festival 2018, Etchings Festival 2017 and the Banff Pianist-Composer Collaborative residency.
In 2009, Mitsialis won the Annemarie und Hermann Rauhe Prize for his piano trio “Interaktionen” in Hamburg.
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