Aggelos Mastrantonis
Aggelos Mastrantonis (GR) -composer, violinist- studied composition at Ionian University. In 2017 he obtained a Master’s Degree in composition with distinction from the Reid School of Music of University of Edinburgh. He owns a PhD in composition at the University of Edinburgh supervised by Peter Nelson and Dr. Gareth Williams.
He has collaborated with the Greek Ensemble of Contemporary Music, Red Note Ensemble, Edinburgh Quartet, Ov Off -Nefeli Stam., Edinburgh University String Orchestra and the Reid School of Music Ensemble of Contemporary Music. Aggelos has been awarded the first prize at the Emre Araci Composition Competition 2016 for his work ‘Stygian Reflections’ for string orchestra, and the first prize at the competition of Workshop for Young Greek Composers 2014 organized by GCU for his work ‘Carthago Delenda Est’ for Ensemble. Aggelos organized and co-curated events during Dialogues Festival 2019, as part of the annual Innovative Learning Week of University of Edinburgh, co-funded by the Edinburgh College of Arts. He has worked as a music copyist for the Greek National Radio & Television Broadcast (ERT) and as a composition tutor at the University of Edinburgh and University of Macedonia.