Born in Athens on 12 March 1938; Dimitri Terzakis is a Greek-German composer. He studied at the conservatory in Athens and from 1965 to 1969 composition with Günter Bialas at the Musikhochschule München. From 1990 to 1994 he taught at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf, and afterwards until 2003 as professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar and at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig. His music starts from monody and from the modes of Byzantine and ancient Greek music and works with microintervals; his output comprises operas, orchestral and choral works, chamber music and organ pieces. In the Cybele catalogue his music is heard on Incontri – Encounters (2000), played by Christiane Lorenz and Thomas Leander.
Dimitri Terzakis
Composer
