Nikos Xanthoulis

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Nikos Xanthoulis (b. 1962) is a Greek composer and trumpeter.

Principal trumpet player in the Greek National Opera (1984-), Professor of trumpet, Harmony and counterpoint in the Athens Conservatory (1983-), Tutor of the Greek Open University(2004-) Researcher

Nikos Xanthoulis was born in Larissa, Greece in 1962. He studied trumpet with Anastasios Kypreos at the Athens Conservatory graduating with an “A” Certificate in 1983. He was also awarded the coveted “First Prize” at the conservatory for his achievement on performance examinations. During the same year, he became a member of the European youth Orchestra and played under conductors as Claudio Abbado and Yuri Simonof. Dr. Xanthoulis also studied Advanced Theoritical Subjects and Composition in the Athens Conservatory with Menelaos Palandios, Diamantis Diamantopoulos and Pericles Koukos. He was awarded the degree Doctor of Music from the Music Academy of Sofia, Bulgaria with his dissertation on the “Polyphony of 1800”. He also holds a degree in Political Science from the “Padion” University. He is the principal trumpet player in the Athens Opera for the last twenty-three years and performs as a soloist and member of numerous ensembles throughout Greece. He is also the professor of trumpet at the Athens Conservatory and serves as professor at the “Open University” Greece. He has also studied Harpsichord at the Vignanelli School of Athens (diploma) with Margarita Dalmati. Many concerts featuring performances and compositions by N.Xanthoulis have been broadcast on Greek and Bulgarian radio programs. Two children’s operas were premiered by the Athens Opera (1998) and the Messinian Theatre (1999) to critical acclaim and commercial success. Dr. Xanthoulis has been invited by four American universities and the Music University of Tien Jin, China, in 2000 and 2001 for recitals and lectures on Greek music from the Antiquity till nowadays. His investigation and translations on the theory of the ancient Greek music was presented in lecture at the Boston University in 2003 at the Concordia University (Montreal), and in Ottawa. He composed the music for the Aeschylian tragedy “Eumenides” which was presented in the frame of the EPIDAURUS FESTIVAL (August 2004). He has released three personal CDs and participated in two more CDs (published in Italy and Germany). The KEDROS edition published his symphonic tales “The selfish giant” (Oscar Wilde)(book and CD recorded in Montreal) which it was a “best seller” between the children’s books in Greece till September 2005 and the "Happy Prince"(2007. book and CD) . As a soloist he has performed with many Orchestras and in various Festivals (Ferenc Liszt Orchestra in the Athens Festival, International Festival of Sarajevo, Tashkent Symphony orchestra, Philharmony of Sofia, Tien Jin Symphony Orchestra in China, Thessalonica State Orchestra, Camerata Orchestra, National Symphony Radio Orchestra). The well-known Edition “Daedalus- Zacharopoulos” published his treatise on Ancient Greek Music in 2006.

1 Main compositions
2 Books and Theoretical Treatises
3 Cds production
4 See also

[edit] Main compositions

- Concerto for trumpet and orchestra(1995, Editions ORPHEUS) - Fantasia for trumpet and piano (Editions ORPHEUS, 2005) - "The tear of the moon "children's opera(Greek National Opera 1999) - "The Selfish Giant" children's opera(Kalamata Municipal Theater 2000) - "Ismini" of Ghiannis Ritsos for violin and piano (Kalamata Municipal Theater 2001) - Fantasia preludio e fuga for piano and strings (Dimitris Papatheodorou,piano, Radio Orchestra of Modern music, Athens 2002) - "O Plythintikos Arithmos" on the poetry of Kiki Dimoula (Athens, 2002) - Concerto for 2 guitars and string orchestra (Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stelios and Vassilis,Athens 2003) - Eumenides of Aeschylus, incidental music( Epidaurus, Herodion 2004) - Concerto for 4 horns and symphony orchestra (Athens 2005) - "The Happy Prince"(2007) symphonic tale for symphony orchestra, soprano, baryton and narrator

[edit] Books and Theoretical Treatises

Trumpet Technic (Athens 1985)
Prout, Richter and Gedalge three theoreticians of the fugue in the 2nd half of the 19th century. (Doctoral dissertation Sofia Bulgaria, 1993)
The art of breathing (Athens 1996)
Techne Mousikes" Cleonides, Aristoxenus, Anonymous Bellerman:

The Ancient Greek Music Theory - introduction and translation into modern Greek by Nikos Xanthoulis (Daedalus-Zacharopoulos, Athens 2006)

[edit] Cds production

Personal: -"Works by Greek Composers for Trumpet" (Athens, 1993) -"The Selfish Giant" a symphonic tale for symphony orchestra, children's choir and two singers ("Kedros" Athens, Montreal 2004)]]] -"O Plythintikos Arithmos" on the poetry of Kiki Dimoula (Athens, 2002)]]] -"An Anthology of Compositions" (Athens 2003)]]] -Happy Prince,a symphonic tale for symphony orchestra, children's choir and two singers (Kedros Athens 2007)]]

collections: -"Tribute to Astor" (Milano,2001) -"Music for Brass" (Agora 1999)]]] -