STERNA (2010) for Clarinet and String Quartet

Commissioned by the Pharos Arts Foundation
World premiere: 24 November 2010, Pharos Arts Foundation, The Show Factory, Nicosia, Cyprus. 

Performers: Elias String Quartet with Cristo Barrios (clarinet)

Score sample here: 
http://athinodorou.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Sterna-sample.pdf

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Sterna

Christina Athinodorou - STERNA for Clarinet Quintet

RYAX for Solo Piano 
(2018)

Marianna Georgiou, piano 

World première - 2 October 2022
Markidion Municipal Theatre
Paphos, Cyprus

Sound/Video: Hook Recording Art Studio

Ryax

Christina Athinodorou - RYAX for Solo Piano

Composed in 2006 - commissioned by the Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra

Recording: Live performance at the Pallas Theatre Nicosia, on 3 November 2023
Performed by: Cyprus Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Kyriaki Kountouri

Christina Athinodorou - NAKED BRANCHES I - for String Orchestra

X- ÎLE 
for ensemble 
(2016, 2024)

"X-île: Exile, or an island, any island, X island."

Instrumentation: 9 players 
Oboe, Bassoon, Trombone, Percussion (Vibraphone, 5 Temple-Blocks low to high, Suspended Cymbal, Crotales, Grancassa, Snare Drum, 2 Tom-toms, Small Splash Cymbal), Piano, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Double-Bass

World première of 1st version: 26 April  2017, 29th Biennale Zagreb 
Festival Ensemble| Aleksandar Kalajdžić, conductor | Filip Fak, piano 
Croatian Music Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

World première of the 2nd version (*RECORDING): 11 November 2024, 12th New Music Festival, Center of Cypriot Composers | Ergon Ensemble | Konstantinos Terzakis, conductor
Casteliotissa Medieval Hall, Nicosia, Cyprus

Score sample: https://athinodorou.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/X-ILE-score-sample.pdf

Christina Athinodorou - X-ÎLE for Ensemble

Sample of Christina ATHINODOROU's short vocal drama "Un Silence Extraordinaire" for amateur choir and instrumental ensemble, composed in 2023.

The work was commissioned by the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence and premiered by the Ensemble C Barré and EV'AMU. 

Instrumentation: Saxophone (Soprano/Baritone -1 player), Cimbalom, Harp, Accordion, Violoncello + SAB choir

Text:
Lines chosen from the chapters 26-30 from Jules Verne’s “Un Voyage au centre de la Terre” in French,
combined with parts from the Third Psalm of David (from the Book of Psalms) in Ancient Greek.

Full duration: 9-10 min.


Christina Athinodorou - UN SILENCE EXTRAORDINAIRE for choir and instrumental ensemble (sample)

Pausilypon for String Quartet was composed in 2007 in Athens. 
The title (pronounced “pafsilipon”) refers to “the end of sorrow”, or to “the one who brings the ending of sadness”. 

View a score sample at: https://athinodorou.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Athinodorou-Pausilypon-2007-String-Quartet.-SAMPLE.pdf

Duration: 13-14 min. 

World première: Quartetto Maurice
25 September 2025
* Live recording of concert organized by the Centre of Cypriot Composers 
at the ARTos House, Nicosia

Christina Athinodorou - PAUSILYPON for String Quartet

Christina Athinodorou
Intermède pour une mer jamais vue (2012)
For Symphony Orchestra

**Excerpts from live performance in Salle Pleyel, Paris
Orchestra National d'Île-de-France
Cond. Yoel Levi

Éditions Durand, Paris

Intermede Pour Une Mer Jamais Vue

C.Athinodorou - INTERMÈDE POUR UNE MER JAMAIS VUE for Symphony Orchestra  (Excerpts)

Commissioned by Amici di Sentieri Selvaggi

Premiered by the ensemble SENTIERI SELVAGGI, dir. Carlo Boccadoro
Live recording at the 
FESTIVAL MITO SETTEMBRE MUSICA 2008
Italy

Aktaì (Ancient Greek for “coasts” or “seashores”) aims to form a soundworld that links to coastline changes based on the shapes the land takes and on the different depths of the water.

Athinodorou,Christina

Aktai

Athinodorou - AKTAI  for flute, clarinet, vibraphone, violin, violoncello and piano

SAXUM - I thought my heart had turned into stone, until....]
for Alto Saxophone and Piano
(2006)

Duo Disecheis
David Brutti - Saxophone
Filippo Farinelli - Piano

Score sample at: 
athinodorou.com/wp-content/upload…-SCORE-SAMPLE.pdf

Saxum

C. Athinodorou - SAXUM [I THOUGHT MY HEART HAD TURNED INTO STONE, UNTIL..]  - for alto sax & piano

Year of composition: 2019 
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double-bass and piano 
DissonArt Ensemble
Conducted by the composer

"EROT(ONDE)AS" was conceived as the musical pairing of the Rotunda of Galerius, the striking monument in Thessaloniki, Greece. 
The piece, one of the eight Soundscapes Compositions was commissioned by Onassis-Stegi as part of the Interfaces Project, co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union.

More information on the project:
www.onassis.org/whats-on/soundscapes-compositions

Erot[Onde]As

Christina Athinodorou - EROT(ONDE)AS   for eight instruments

Christina Athinodorou (b.1981)

SIMUL : LUMINI, SOMBRI
for Clarinet in A, Violoncello and Piano
Composed in 2004

Performers: 
Richard Russell (clarinet)
Reinoud Ford (cello)
Lefki Karpodini (piano)

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Simul:Lumini,Sombri

Christina Athinodorou - SIMUL: LUMINI, SOMBRI - for Clarinet in La, Cello and Piano

VOTRYS 
for Symphony Orchestra 
(2014)

World premiere: 25 August 2014, Grafenegg Festival, Austria Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, conducted by the composer.

This recording:
Création française: Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée, dir. Pablo Heras-Casado, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

Votrys

Christina Athinodorou - VOTRYS  for Symphony Orchestra

VIRGULES for Solo Accordion (2009)

Michael Bridge, Accordion
Live performance at the Canadian Composers' Centre, Toronto, Canada
January 2018

Virgules is a work strongly linked to the concept of breath, translating breath as a ‘comma’ (virgule in French).
A work in three movements, it integrates the zooming technique, starting from small commas as vocal inflections, then employing the air button as a comma tail, and eventually - inspired by the virgule stroke in painting - forming mass sound commas with clusters that result in single tones.

To view a score sample click:
http://athinodorou.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Athinodorou-Christina-VIRGULES-2009-For-Solo-Accordion-score.SAMPLE.pdf

Virgules

Christina  Athinodorou - VIRGULES  for Solo Accordion

Christina Athinodorou is a  composer whose catalogue exceeds 70 works, spanning solo, chamber, orchestral, vocal, electronic, operatic, and multidisciplinary projects. Her music is characterized by a meticulous attention to pacing, internal rhythm and  treatment of light.

Her orchestral works, including Votrys (2014), Intermède pour une mer jamais vue (2012), Alma (2012), and Quatre Silences (2008), have been performed by ensembles such as Tonkünstler Orchester, Athens State Orchestra, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, and Orchestre National d’Île-de-France, receiving critical acclaim for their “captivating” qualities. Recent symphonic works include Sails (2018) and Thérapía (2024).

In opera, Christina has explored the vocal drama through commissions like Ma Mèr(e) Méditerranée (2019–20, La Monnaie) and Un Silence Extraordinaire (2023, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence).  Significant ensemble and chamber works include Aktaí, Olkàs,  En Root,  where extended teachniques  and gesture play a crucial role., while other such as De l'Âme and  thou Art with me evoke meditative, ethereal atmospheres. 

Born in the historic town of Paphos in Cyprus , trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (BMus, MMus) in London, Christina also studied in various settings in France , before completing a PhD at the Royal Holloway, University of London.  She occasionally conducts, teaches, and has been Composer-in-Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, CAMAC, and Cité des Arts. She is based in Cyprus and Paris, working internationally.
 
Browse full catalogue of works :
www.athinodorou.com

Christina Athinodorou | composer

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