About me

About Me

Me:

“Music for me is a path towards freedom, an area I wander into when I am searching for answers, a mirror that reflects the most irrational, intuitive and raw parts of the human psyche, unfolding our true, authentic selves.”

MY MUSIC

Roxani composes music that ranges from chamber, orchestral, vocal music as well as audiovisual works for film, dance, text and theater. Her music makes use of warm sound and emotional quality. One of her main interests is the exploration of  the wider relationships between music and an extra musical source such as poetry, dance, visual art, nature etc. The concept behind each of her works is the starting point of her creative process and this usually defines the construction and derivation of musical material such as timbre, melody, harmony, structure etc.
 

The amalgamation of different styles of music such as minimalism, classical romantic, contemporary and jazz music is also distinguishable in her compositions. In her concert works she explores the creative role of timbre as well as the combination of modality/tonality with contemporary extended technniques.  She is interested in the ways in which acoustic instruments can sound like electronics and these two sound worlds could be combined. Improvisatory approaches which could reflect and unravel the most hidden, intuitive parts of the human psyche  consist a great part of her compositional process.

EDUCATION

Roxani Chatzidimitriou (1992-) is a Greek composer. Her compositional work includes more than 60 pieces for orchestra, ensembles, electroacoustic music and music for film, theatre and contemporary dance. She embarked her music studies at the National Conservatory of Athens where she studied Music Theory, Harmony and Piano Performance. In 2013 she was awarded the professional diploma as piano soloist with excellence and the second Award for Outstanding Performance. She holds a bachelor degree in Applied Music Studies from the Department of Music Art and Science at the University of Macedonia (2011 – 2015). She continued her studies in the Music Department of Ionian University where she studied Composition for Film, Theatre and Performing Arts in a postgraduate level (2015-2017). She has also completed with distinction a postgraduate degree in Music Composition in the Royal Holloway University of London (2016 – 2017) under the supervision of Mark Bowden. She has attended composition classes with Lina Tonia and jazz piano and orchestration classes with Stavros Lantsias and Grigoris Simadopoulos.

COMPETITIONS/AWARDS

Her composition “Zero Star Cognac” for orchestra won the first prize in the the “International Composition Competition “Ruth Crawford Seeger Prize 2024” in Chicago, Illinois,USA. In October 2011 Roxani received the Second Prize for her piece “As much as you can” for choir in the National Composition Competition organized by North College of Greece. In July 2016 she has been selected to participate in the final round of the International Composition Competition “Antonin Dvorzac” held in Prague (July, 2016). She has also been selected between 12 finalists composers, among 154 participants, in the final round of the International Animated Film Music Competition organized by Megaron -Athens Concert Hall. Her music for the animation “The leaf of the Poplar” by Eirini Vianelli was projected in Megaron – Athens Concert Hall on May 17th 2017. In July 2019 Roxani received the First Prize for her piece “Alive” for piano, cello and violin in the 2nd International Composition Competition at ACT in Thessaloniki, Greece. In October 2019 the film “So what?” of Dimitra Margaritidou, on which Roxani composed the original soundtrack, won the prize for best documentary at Athens Marathon International Film Festival.

PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS AND PERFORMANCES

Roxani has participated in the composition workshop “music for stage” in Music Village (August, 2019) with the composers Periklis Liakakis and Nikos Kypourgos, as well as in the composition workshop in the Festival Mixtur with the composers Michael Obst and Stefano Gervasoni (April, 2019). She has also been selected to participate in the composition workshop for orchestral pieces from young composers and conductors by Thessaloniki City Symphony Orchestra (November, 2018). Roxani has also presented her orchestral piece “Zero Star Cognac” in the BSO Composer’s Day 2019 with the lead Composer Sally Beamish in Bournemouth, England (March, 2019). Her orchestral piece was also recorded by the ERT National Symphony Orchestra with the Conductor Zoe Zeniodi in Radiomegaro (January, 2019). She has also attended many composition lectures and seminars in London presented by the composers Edmund Finnis, Marco Stroppa, Jonathan Cole, Vasco Hexel, Errollyn Wallen, Michael Finnissy, Orlando Garcia, Aaron Holloway and Harry Gregson Williams among others (2017 – 2018). She has also participated as a composer in the workshop for the performance of Aperghis’s Énumérations, by a group of musicians, actors and dancers, under the guidance of the composer Nicolas Tzortzis (Stegi and Athens Conservatoire, March, 2020). Roxani also participated in the Contemporary Music Lab at the European University Cyprus (Cyprus, May 2022), where her piece “Aliferous” for solo flute was premiered. She was also selected to participate as a composer in the Lamp Composition Academy in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (Canada, June 2023), where she attended lectures by Ana Sokolovic, Philippe Leroux and Dinuk Wijeratne. Her piece “Impulse” for three bass clarinets and percussion was premiered in the final concert of the Academy.

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Roxani  is now living in Athens where she teaches music in Conservatories and collaborates as a composer with ensembles as well as with artists in the fields of  film, theatre and dance. In January 2021 she released her debut album ‘Chronographies’ with nine of her compositions that are influenced by the synergy of different art forms like contemporary dance and moving image.

Teaching

Piano, music theory & composition tutor in Musical Praxis  Conservatory (Athens, 2021 – 2024) & Neo Odeio Alimou (Athens, 2019 – 2021)

Piano & composition tutor in Kite Music School (London, 2018-2019)

Piano & composition tutor in MMQ Piano Studio (London, 2018-2019)

Piano Tutor in St Cyprian’s Greek Orthodox Primary Academy (London, 2018-2019)

Piano, music theory & composition private tutor (2013 – 2021)

Performance

Pianist in  hotels & piano bar restaurants

repertoire: background music (film music, jazz ballads, tangos)

Composition

Freelance music composer

Collaborations with:
Ert Symphony Orchestra, El Systema Greece (Lullaby Project, Blending Melodies Project), Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Cosmote TV, film and theater directors Dimitra Margaritidou, George Kouroutzidis, Giannis Fasois, Efi Meravoglou, the ensemble “Cinema Paradiso Project”, the composer Theodore, the tenor John Ellis amongst others.

Me:

“Music for me is a path towards freedom, an area I wander into when I am searching for answers, a mirror that reflects the most irrational, intuitive and raw parts of the human psyche, unfolding our true, authentic selves.  It is like a white light, whose colors could be seen only through the prism of the listener. “

MY MUSIC

Roxani composes music that ranges from chamber, orchestral, vocal music as well as audiovisual works for film, dance, text and theater. Her music makes use of warm sound and emotional quality. One of her main interests is the exploration of  the wider relationships between music and an extra musical source such as poetry, dance, visual art, nature etc. The concept behind each of her works is the starting point of her creative process and this usually defines the construction and derivation of musical material such as timbre, melody, harmony, structure etc.

The amalgamation of different styles of music such as minimalism, classical romantic, contemporary and jazz music is also distinguishable in her compositions. In her concert works she explores the creative role of timbre as well as the combination of modality/tonality with contemporary extended technniques.  She is interested in the ways in which acoustic instruments can sound like electronics and these two sound worlds could be combined. Improvisatory approaches which could reflect and unravel the most hidden, intuitive parts of the human psyche  consist a great part of her compositional process.

EDUCATION

Roxani Chatzidimitriou (1992-) is a Greek composer. Her compositional work includes more than 60 pieces for orchestra, ensembles, electroacoustic music and music for film, theatre and contemporary dance. She embarked her music studies at the National Conservatory of Athens where she studied Music Theory, Harmony and Piano Performance. In 2013 she was awarded the professional diploma as piano soloist with excellence and the second Award for Outstanding Performance. She holds a bachelor degree in Applied Music Studies from the Department of Music Art and Science at the University of Macedonia (2011 – 2015). She continued her studies in the Music Department of Ionian University where she studied Composition for Film, Theatre and Performing Arts in a postgraduate level (2015-2017). She has also completed with distinction a postgraduate degree in Music Composition in the Royal Holloway University of London (2016 – 2017) under the supervision of Mark Bowden. She has attended composition classes with Lina Tonia and jazz piano and orchestration classes with Stavros Lantsias and Grigoris Simadopoulos.

COMPETITIONS/AWARDS

Her composition “Zero Star Cognac” for orchestra won the first prize in the the “International Composition Competition “Ruth Crawford Seeger Prize 2024” in Chicago, Illinois,USA. In October 2011 Roxani received the Second Prize for her piece “As much as you can” for choir in the National Composition Competition organized by North College of Greece. In July 2016 she has been selected to participate in the final round of the International Composition Competition “Antonin Dvorzac” held in Prague (July, 2016). She has also been selected between 12 finalists composers, among 154 participants, in the final round of the International Animated Film Music Competition organized by Megaron -Athens Concert Hall. Her music for the animation “The leaf of the Poplar” by Eirini Vianelli was projected in Megaron – Athens Concert Hall on May 17th 2017. In July 2019 Roxani received the First Prize for her piece “Alive” for piano, cello and violin in the 2nd International Composition Competition at ACT in Thessaloniki, Greece. In October 2019 the film “So what?” of Dimitra Margaritidou, on which Roxani composed the original soundtrack, won the prize for best documentary at Athens Marathon International Film Festival.

PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS AND PERFORMANCES

Roxani has participated in the composition workshop “music for stage” in Music Village (August, 2019) with the composers Periklis Liakakis and Nikos Kypourgos, as well as in the composition workshop in the Festival Mixtur with the composers Michael Obst and Stefano Gervasoni (April, 2019). She has also been selected to participate in the composition workshop for orchestral pieces from young composers and conductors by Thessaloniki City Symphony Orchestra (November, 2018). Roxani has also presented her orchestral piece “Zero Star Cognac” in the BSO Composer’s Day 2019 with the lead Composer Sally Beamish in Bournemouth, England (March, 2019). Her orchestral piece was also recorded by the ERT National Symphony Orchestra with the Conductor Zoe Zeniodi in Radiomegaro (January, 2019). She has also attended many composition lectures and seminars in London presented by the composers Edmund Finnis, Marco Stroppa, Jonathan Cole, Vasco Hexel, Errollyn Wallen, Michael Finnissy, Orlando Garcia, Aaron Holloway and Harry Gregson Williams among others (2017 – 2018). She has also participated as a composer in the workshop for the performance of Aperghis’s Énumérations, by a group of musicians, actors and dancers, under the guidance of the composer Nicolas Tzortzis (Stegi and Athens Conservatoire, March, 2020). Roxani  also participated in the Contemporary Music Lab at the European University Cyprus (Cyprus, May 2022), where her piece “Aliferous” for solo flute was premiered. She was also selected to participate as a composer in the Lamp Composition Academy in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (Canada, June 2023),  where she attended lectures  by Ana Sokolovic, Philippe Leroux and  Dinuk Wijeratne. Her piece “Impulse” for three bass clarinets and percussion was premiered in the final concert of the Academy.

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Roxani  is now living in Athens where she teaches music in Conservatories and collaborates as a composer with ensembles as well as with artists in the fields of  film, theatre and dance. In January 2021 she released her debut album ‘Chronographies’ with nine of her compositions that are influenced by the synergy of different art forms like contemporary dance and moving image.

Teaching

Piano, music theory & composition tutor in Μusical Praxis Conservatory (Athens, 2021 – 2024) & Neo Odeio Alimou (Athens, 2019 – 2021)

Piano & composition tutor in Kite Music School (London, 2018-2019)

Piano & composition tutor in ΜΜQ Piano Studio (London, 2018-2019))

Piano tutor in St Cyprian’s Greek Orthodox Primary Academy (London, 2018- 2019).

Piano, music theory & composition private tutor (2013 – 2020).

Performance

Pianist in bars, hotels & piano bar restaurants

repertoire: background music (film music, jazz ballads, tangos)

Composition

Freelane music composer

Freelance film composer

Collaborations with:

Ert Symphony Orchestra, El Systema Greece (Lullaby Project, Blending Melodies Project), Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Cosmote TV, film and theater directors Dimitra Margaritidou, George Kouroutzidis, Giannis Fasois, Efi Meravoglou, the ensemble “Cinema Paradiso Project”, the composer Theodore, the tenor John Ellis amongst others.