kostas tiliakos, oboe - evgueni tchougounov, piano

lumina concert series

kostas tiliakos, oboe

evgueni tchougounov, piano

contemporary works by greek composers

program

minas alexiadis (1960): folk cadenza no.5 for english horn solo (2013)

anastassis philippakopoulos (1969): syrna for solo oboe (2000)

dinos constantinides (1929): rhapsody ii for oboe and piano (1977, rev. 1998)

aris carastathis (1957): intimations for oboe and piano (1992)

theodore antoniou (1935): five likes for solo oboe (1969)

1. like a dirge
2. like a study
3. like a diaulos
4. like a polymorphia
5. like a cadence

a native of athens, greece, kostas tiliakos has been principal oboe in the greek national opera orchestra in athens since 1997, where he previously held the solo english horn position. an avid lover of contemporary music, kostas has been a member of the hellenic ensemble for contemporary music since 1990 and has premiered and recorded works by contemporary composers. he also recorded solo and chamber music works on wandelweiser (germany), lyra and irida classics (greece) and has been broadcast on radio and television throughout europe.  internationally, he has appeared as soloist throughout europe, africa, canada and the us. parallel to his studies in music, kostas studied biology at athens university from where he also received a ba in european cultural studies. he received his mmus in oboe performance from the university of wisconsin (uw), madison under marc fink where he was a paul collins wisconsin distinguished fellow.  he also studied with didier pateau, claude chieulet, paul dombrecht, and hansjörg schellenberger. beginning fall 2013, kostas is the new visiting associate professor of oboe at uw-madison, following marc fink’s retirement.

evgueni tchougounov has a ph.d. in piano performance (university of montreal), where  he studied with marc durand, and a ph.d. in music education (moscow state pedagogical university). he is currently a lecturer at the department of music of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 .  before coming to canada, he worked as a lecturer in methodology and psychology of music education at the music faculty of moscow state pedagogical university. upon arrival and the outset of his doctoral studies, he taught piano performance at the faculty of music of the university of montreal and at the mcgill conservatory of music.

dr. tchougounov is regularly performing as a concert pianist, both as a soloist and collaborator and choir conductor with different programs in u.s.a, canada, russia, and switzerland.  many of his solo and chamber music recitals were presented in the famous recitals halls such as: carnegie weill recital hall (new york, 2010), pollack hall and redpath hall (mcgill university, montreal, 2009, 2006), salle claude champagne (université de montréal, 2002-2008), rachmaninoff hall of moscow conservatory (russia, 1998), chapelle historique du bon-pasteur (montreal, 2010), live radio lac recital hall (geneva, switzerland, 2000).  a sensitive artist and a critically acclaimed pianist he possesses a rare musicality, which unmistakably charms his audiences around the world.