
Iacovos Chaliasas Archive
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Iakovos Haliasas began his musical studies at the age of 13, studying classical guitar with the Greek-Italian Stefanos Stangvali (1933-1937). He studied at the Hellenic Conservatory with M. Varvoglis Advanced Theory, Composition and Orchestration, and piano with Aliki Lykoudis and Kostas Sfakianakis. He graduated with degrees in Harmony (1946) and Counterpoint - Fugue (1948). In 1953 he won the State Scholarship Foundation's Composition Competition for Abroad. However, he continued his studies in Greece, studying the newest styles and contemporary musical trends. Alongside the composition, he wrote a number of musical articles in magazines ("Music", "Free Letters", "Lyric Cosmos"), while he collaborated on the encyclopedia "Helios" (1975). His works have been performed in Greece and in many countries abroad. From 1970 he was a member of the Board of the Union of Greek Musicians, from 1981-87 general secretary and from 1988-92 its vice-president. In 1981 he received the 2nd Prize in the 1st Panhellenic Music Composition Competition and in 1982 a distinction in the 2nd Choral Composition Competition in Trento, Italy. He wrote works for orchestra, concertos, chamber music, choral works, music for ballet, songs, etc., most of them in free polytonic or atonal writing. His most important works are: "Three Symphonic Sketches", "Horizons", "Symphony no. 1" (for large orchestra), "Adagio", "Diptych" (for string orchestra), "Concerto" (for piano and orchestra) etc.