Tsangaris Manos
Born in 1956 in Düsseldorf. He studied composition and new music theatre with Mauricio Kagel and percussion in the class of Christoph Caskel at the Cologne Academy of Music. His compositions have been performed at such events as the Festival of New Chamber Music in Witten, International Theatre Festival in Belgrade, Musik-Biennale in Berlin, Biennale in Venice, Donaueschinger Musiktage, musica viva in Munich, and produced at opera theatres in Cologne, New York, Munich, Berlin, Dresden and Bielefeld. Since 1990 his installations and visual projects are regularly presented in international galleries. Authorial exhibitions of Tsangaris’ have been shown at the Diocesan Museum in the Archbishopric in Cologne and the Art Galery in Odense, Denmark. Since 1986 his poems have also been published by Thürmchen of Cologne and Radius of Stuttgart. He has toured extensively in Europe, North America and Asia. In 1991 he was invited to Moscow by the Russian Composers’ Union. In the same year he was awarded the scholarship of Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, followed by the Schloss Solitude scholarship (Stuttgart, 1993/94) and the prize of the Academy of Art in Berlin (1997). He has lectured at the summer academy in Civitella d’Agliano (Italy, 1991), Ny Musikk in Oslo and Stavanger (2002), KlangKunstBühne at Berlin’s Art Academy, the Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt (2004–2012) and as part of the European Centre of Art, in Dresden (2007–08). In 2009 he was given the title of professor by the Music Academy in Dresden. He is a member of the Academy of Art in Berlin (since 2009) and the Academy of Art of Saxony (since 2010). His works are published by Edition Peters.
S e l e c t e d w o r k s: Studie for actor and light (1978), Stuhlgang (Meta) for two actors, objects and light (1980),“ö” for three reciters, noises and light (1980), Molto Molto for conductor and light (1980), o.T. for bass clarinet, voices, objects, light and unprepared spectator (1980), Blaues Kreuz for two actors (1981), Monde for soprano, soundtrack and ensemble (1983), Schütten! for four actors (1985), Tafel 1– Wiesers Werdetraum for two or three vocalists at a table, walkman, radio, mobile light sources and Fadenorgel (1989), Tafel 2 for house wall, voices, orator, mobile instrumentalists (around 30 persons in total), soundtrack, mobile sound sources, Fadenorgel, monitors and construction machinery (1991), Shellbum Album for piano (1992), Fadenwerk for piano, tuba, bells and objects (1992), winzig, theatrical-musical miniatures for limited number of spectators (1993–…), grüns, sonometric work for three pianos, video and performers (1993), Nachtstück mit Fensterfor soprano and ensemble (1994), An die Vorweltfor grand ensemble, two reciters, soloist-conductor and light (1996), Wünschkonzert for ensemble (1996), Tafel 3 for soprano, trumpet, objects, percussion, Fadenorgel and light (1997), Kugelbahn, spatial installation (1997), Three Miniaturesfor three female voices (1998), Wittenau Blufor two sopranos, baritone, violin, shruti box and percussion (1998), Fadenorgel, inter active sound installation for sound-light pendulum (six suspended CD players) (1998), Three Places for soprano saxophone, piano, percussion and mobile speakers (1998/99), in situ for trumpet, small percussion and regulated light sources (1999), Glockenturm for five bells and belfry (1999/2000), RELIEF, ODER DIE BUCHSTABENREVOLTE, spatial poetry for female reciter, instruments, silent actors, stage installation, soundtracks, text projection and light sources (2000), Initium for two sopranos, organ, registrants (with percussion) and percussion (2000), Haben Sie Zeit? for reciters and instruments (2000), Tafel N, version of Tafel 1 for any number of performers (2001), SCHICHTWECHSEL: Wie gehts Ihnen?, spatial poetry for female reciter, lyric soprano, ensemble, text projection and light (1999/2000), Orpheus, Zwischenspiele, “Stationentheater ” for soprano, mezzosoprano, small orchestra, letter projection, 15 performers, at least 50 extras, Fadenorgel, lift, metro trains and light (2002), Ansage for solo flute (2003), 2 + 1 (Zwischenreich) for soprano, organ, percussion and light (2004), Drei Räume Theater Suite, theatrical-musical miniatures for limited number of spectators (2004), Die Döner-Schaltung, theatricalmusical miniatures for limited number of spectators (2004), Ich bin nur scheintot for chamber choir, electronically edited voices, after Hans Christian Andersen’s diaries (2004–05), Labor 4, works for soprano, ensemble, performers, tableaux, installations and drawings (2005), Vom Außen und Innen der Städte, music theatre (2006), Die Sonne so breit wie ein Menschenfuß, landscape for mobile and stationary light sources at night (2007), Memento (Lots Weib), music theatre (2007), Botenstoffe. Orestie, “Stationentheater ” (2007), Vivarium – Travel, Cooking, Zoo…for movement in space, voices, instruments and light (2011–12).
