Constantine Koukias (born 1965) is a Greek-Australian composer. Constantine Koukias is an Australian composer. He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms. In 1993 he was commissioned by the Sydney Opera House Trust in association with REM Theatre to compose Icon, a large-scale music theatre piece for the 20th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House.

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  • Constantine Koukias (born 1965) is a Greek-Australian composer. Constantine Koukias is an Australian composer. He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms. In 1993 he was commissioned by the Sydney Opera House Trust in association with REM Theatre to compose Icon, a large-scale music theatre piece for the 20th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House. In 1995 he composed and directed Medea for the State Theatre of South Australia. In 1997 his Incantation II for soprano and digital delay won the International Valentino Bucchi Vocal Prize in Rome and in 2004 he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship. His work Prayer Bells, which draws on traditions of Latin, Hebrew and Byzantine chant, was performed at the Melbourne Federation Festival in 2001. Constantine has composed and directed several large-scale operas, including Days and Nights with Christ, To Traverse Water, MIKROVION, The Divine Kiss, and Tesla - Lightning in His Hand, first performed in 2003. Music theatre works include Orfeo, Rapture - Sonic Taxi Performance, Schwa – The Neutral Vowel, Antigone and The Da Ponte Project. Constantine has been the recipient of numerous International commissions and awards. His design credits include the internationally acclaimed Odyssey and Medea. He is currently working on his large scale opera Olegas, about eminent Tasmanian wilderness photographer the late Olegas Truchanas. Koukias is a graduate of both the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
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