THEODOROS LOTIS

Theodoros Lotis studied the guitare, flute, music analysis and composition in Greece, Belgium and England. His music has been performed at festivals and conferences in Europe, Australia, Americas and Asia, and has received a number of awards and distinctions at Bourges 2000 in France, Sculpted Sound Composers Competition 2000 in UK, Metamorphoses 2000 and 2002 in Belgium, Luigi Russolo 2000 and 2002 in Italy, CIMSP 2001 in Brasil and Jeu de Temps 2002 in UK/Canada . He was awarded the first prize at the Concours International de Spatialisation pour l’Interprétation des Ouevres Acousmatiques, Espace du Son 2002 by Musiques et Recherches, in Brussels, sponsored by the Fonds Européen des Sociétés d’Auteurs pour la Musique. He has done commissioned work for Musiques et Recherches (1997 and 2000), Sculpted Sound Composers Competition (2000), and Amici della Musica di Cagliari (2001) in Italy.
Having produced several instrumental works and collaborated with artists from various disciplines (dance, theatre, video) his current endeavours in music are focused on spectrum, timbre, sonic space and light.
He has completed a PhD in Music at the City University, London (supervision: Prof. Denis Smalley), thanks to grants from the British Academy (Arts and Humanities Research Board), and the Foundation A.S. Onassis. Theodoros Lotis has been teaching electronic composition at Goldsmiths College, University of London (2001-2003), the Technological and Educational Institute of Crete (2003-2004) and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2004-2005), Greece. He is currently lecturing at the Ionian University of Corfu, Greece. He is founding member of the Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Association and the Hellenic Society of Acoustic Ecology.