Evangelia Rigaki

Evangelia Rigaki is a Greek composer.
==Life==
Rigaki was born in Volos, Thessaly, Greece. She undertook doctoral studies under the supervision of Philip Cashian and Tansy Davies at Royal Holloway, University of London where she was awarded a Ph.D. in composition in 2007. Subsequently she held several composition residencies at Aldeburgh (including the Britten-Pears Young Artist residency in 2008), as well as a Fellowship for post-doctoral research at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2008), an Arts Council UK and SPNM Composition Residency (2009), and composition residencies at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (2010) and Die Neuköllner Oper (2010). She also participated repeatedly in the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music. In 2010 she joined Trinity College Dublin’s Department of Music. There she established and led the MPhil in Composition programme and curated the activities of the Music Composition Centre, as well as organising an international conference on Composition in the 21st Century (2014) and serving as Head of the Music Department.
==Music==
In her music Rigaki explores aspects of theatricality in instrumental theatre, experimental music theatre, dance and performance art. Her works often form artistic reactions to socio-political developments, such as the economic crisis after 2008 (AntiMidas, or, Bankers in Hades), or the Irish direct provision system and the plight of immigrants (This Hostel Life). Pieces like This Hostel Life push extended techniques to new limits while also experimenting with innovative spatial arrangements, leaving the audience freedom to individualise their receptive experience. In more recent operatic works (such as The Gift) Rigaki plays with structural or stylistic references to musics of the past.
Rigaki has worked for many years (2008-2018) with the Scottish poet W. N. Herbert and more recently (since 2020) started collaborating with the Irish playwright Marina Carr.
==Selected works==
The following list is based on Rigaki’s Irish Contemporary Music Centre Ireland profile and her Trinity College Dublin Research profile.
===Opera and music theatre===
* Bumblepuppy (libretto: W. N. Herbert; 2008)
* Little Instruments of Apprehension (W.N. Herbert, Darren Ellis; 2009)
* Hadith Al Rouh (Gesprekken Van De Ziel) (Sjaron Minailo after Oum Kulthum; 2009)
* Exiles (Constantine Cavafy; 2009)
* Lullabaloo (W. N. Herbert; 2010)
* Professional Suicide (Tamsin Collison; 2011)
* Ode to Debt (W. N. Herbert; 2012)
* AntiMidas, or, Bankers in Hades (W. N. Herbert; 2013)
* The Pregnant Box (W.N. Herbert & Catherine Conlon; 2014)
* Monsieur Jean & Monsieur Jean (2015)
* While the World Misbehaves, the Baby Must Hide in the Beehive (W. N. Herbert; 2018)
* This Hostel Life (E. Rigaki after Melatu Uche Okorie; 2019)
* The Gift (Marina Carr; 2020)
* Old Ghosts (Marina Carr; 2023)
===Vocal and choral works===
* The Dress I Wear (2007) for voice and mixed choir
* Poli (2007) for voice, viola da gamba and lute
* Antonius is Forsaken by His God (2009) for choir
* Departed (2012) for solo voice
* Music (2016) for choir
* Lost Ships List (2018) for flute and piano
* Pomegranate (2019) for solo voice
* Crushbar (2023), video installation
===Instrumental works===
* Taking Place In The Vaults Beneath… (2006) for piano
* Chiaroscuro (2005) for chamber ensemble
* Tempt My Better Angel (2007) for chamber ensemble
* ...But Only Water (2008) for prepared percussion
* String Quartet (2008)
* Tutare (2009) for four table players and four percussionists
* Dyarchia (2010)
* To Be Elsewhere (2011) for piano trio
* Evocation (2012) for string trio
* Taste I/II/III (2018) for flute
* Otmen (2018) for piano
* Playthings (2018) for flute
* In The Oubliette (2018), virtual reality installation
* Bridging The Blue (2019), virtual reality installation
* If Words Are Water (2020) for percussion ensemble
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Category:Greek composers
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