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Haris Vrondos is a modern Greek Composer.

Biography
Haris Vrondos was born in 1951 in Vytina. In 1963 he started studying guitar in the Lefkada music school. Later, he would move to Athens and take piano lessons Eleni Zioga. At the same time he would also follow the seminars of Günter Becker about electronic music, that would result in the actual start of his career as a composer. The lessons of G.A. Papaioannou on counterpoint will complete his musical education.

He worked as a columnist and musical critic for the Greek newspaper Rizospastis from 1974 to 1976, continuing to write also on the Greek magazines Tipo, Mousiki, To Dentro, Kritiki kai Keimena, High Lights. Beyond these writings he also published four books containing essays and texts about music.

In 1982 he started to collaborate with the Greek National Radio (with the First Programme and the Third Programme) for the presentation and the production of musical and musicological transmissions. In 28 years of collaboration with the Hellenic Radio he reached over 3000 hours of broadcasting.

In 1983, together with other artists, they founded the magazine Nisos that printed musical cassettes with the music and the poetry of the artists affiliated to the journal. The action of the group was enriched by the many shows and recitals that they were doing in the city of Athens and in the close cities.

His relevance in the Greek musical scene brought him to be member of the board of the Union of the Greek Composers (from 1987 to 1990).

Musical Career
His work can be divided into three periods:

1. 1969-80: a period that comprehends the amateur phase and the experimentation. It includes the works from Αυτοκτονίες (1969) until Μονόλογο (1981). 2. 1982-86: this period is characterised by works of mixed nature (Proti Simfonia, 1982, Mavri Mousiki, 1985, and Deuteri Simfonia, 1986) and stylistically emphasises the ned of romanticism through elements of modernism. 3. 1986 until present: this period is marked by the compositions of the operas: Οι Δαιμονισμένοι (The Possessed), Αλκιβιάδης (Alcibiades), Ρέκβιεμ Αχμάτοβα (Requiem), Η Δίκη (The Trial), Ιδανικοί αυτόχειρες (Idanikoi Autoxeires) and the cantata Ιουλιανός ο Παραβάτης (Julian The Apostate''). In this last period Vrondos searches for his personal style.

Xaris Vrondos has composed music for associations like The Athens Concert Hall Association, ALEA III, the University of Boston, the Greek Ballet, the Union of Greek Composers, the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the Paris-Sorbonne University. He also made live concerts with his works of chamber music (Προοδευτικός Σύνδεσμος Υμηττού, 1980 - Ωδείο Athenaeum, 1995 - Εθνική Πινακοθήκη, 1996 - Μουσείο Μπενάκη, 2002 και 2006), whereas also his soloist and orchestral works have been played in Greece and Abroad. Starting from 2014 he has been organising plays, presenting and writing pockets operas and chamber music.

Cantatas

 * 1976 - Περιμένοντας τους βαρβάρους, inspired from the poem of Konstantinos Kavafis Waiting for the Barbarians.
 * 1997 - Ιουλιανός ο παραβάτης, comprehending two poems of Konstantinos Kavafis.
 * 2005 - Εμβατήριο Μαγιακόφσκι, comprehending a poem of Vladimir Majakovskij.

Operas

 * 1986 - Οι δαιμονισμένοι, based on the novel Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. - libretto of Alexandros Adamopoulos.
 * 1988 - Σφιγξ (The Sphynx) - later singed by Ioanna Sfekas-Karvelas.
 * 1997 - Η δίκη, based on the novel The Trial by Franz Kafka.
 * 2000 - Αλκιβιάδης, based on the Alcibiades.
 * 2003 - Ρέκβιεμ Αχμάτοβα, with poems of Anna Achmatova and X. Vlavianou.
 * 2007 - Η Γυναίκα της Ζάκυθος, with text of D. Solomou.
 * 2008 - Ιδανικοί αυτόχειρες, one act pocket opera.
 * 2011 - Το ατύχημα, one act pocket opera.
 * 2011 -  Η καριέρα, one act pocket opera.
 * 2012 - Η παγίδα, one act pocket opera.
 * 2013 - Η Μεταμόρφωση, based on the novel The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
 * 2015 - H Επέτειος
 * 2016 - O Εραστής, based on the play The Lover by Harold Pinter.

Ballet

 * 1983 - Never Return
 * 1993 - Το πηγάδι της αυγής

Electronic mixes

 * 1969 - Αυτοκτονίες
 * 1974 - Πρό-θεσις
 * 1976 - Περιμένοντας τους βαρβάρους
 * 1977 - Μονόλογος Ι
 * 1988 - Σφιγξ

Vocals

 * 1976 - Δύο τραγούδια
 * 1978 - Τέσσερα τραγούδια
 * 1984 - Wall Street 
 * 1989 - Εξομολόγηση, from the opera Οι δαιμονισμένοι.
 * 1992 - Serenity, based on Four Quartets by T.S.Eliot.
 * 1993 - Marina, based on Ariel Poems by T.S.Eliot.
 * 1995 - Απολείπειν ο Θεός Αντώνιον
 * 1995 - Τέσσερα τραγούδια
 * 1996 - Συναυλία
 * 1997 - Τρία ελληνικά τραγούδια
 * 1999 - Le cimetière marin, based on the same titled work of Paul Valery.
 * 2001 - Le Jeune Parque, based on the same titled work of Paul Valery.
 * 2004 - Τέσσερα τραγούδια
 * 2004 - Δύο τραγούδια
 * 2006 - Φυσάει
 * 2009 - Του θηρίου
 * 2009 - Ο στρατιώτης ποιητής
 * 2010 - ΄Ενα κορμί στο διαμέρισμα
 * 2012 - ΄Ενα τραγούδι σε ποίηση Σαπφώς

Orchestra

 * 1974 - Σπουδή για έγχορδα
 * 1976 - Τετράδιο
 * 1982 - Πρώτη Συμφωνία
 * 1985 - Μαύρη μουσική (Black Music for Voice and Orchestra) - later singed also by Ioanna Sfekas-Karvelas.
 * 1986 - Δεύτερη Συμφωνία
 * 1992 - Δυτικά
 * 1996 - Διπλό κοντσέρτο
 * 2003 - Μονόλογος
 * 2007 - Κοντσέρτο για πιάνο και ορχήστρα

Chamber Music

 * 1981 - Θηραϊκή γη
 * 1983 - Συμφωνική σπουδή
 * 1993 - Σερενάτα
 * 1995 - Τρίο
 * 1995 - Κουαρτέτο
 * 1999 - Κουαρτέτο εγχόρδων
 * 2000 - Οι ποιητές τώρα φεύγουν

Solo Works

 * 1981 - Άλμπουμ
 * 1981 - Μονόλογος Ι
 * 1994 - Σουίτα αρ. 1
 * 1994 - Σουίτα αρ. 2
 * 1995 - Μονόλογος ΙΙ
 * 1998 - Σπουδή
 * 1998 - Νυχτερινή άσκηση

Music for Theatre, Cinema and Television

 * 1978 - Οι γυναίκες σήμερα, documentary (Popi Alkouli)
 * 1981 - Επικίνδυνο παιχνίδι, film (Giorgos Karypidis)
 * 1982 - Anametrisi, film (Giorgos Karypidis)
 * 1987 - Το καλοκαίρι της Μήδειας, film (Mpampis Plaitakis)
 * 1987 - Ιωάννης Ζαμπέλιος, radio show (Giorgos Xatzidakis)
 * 1988 - Τα πρόσωπα της Μαγδαληνής, TV show (Kostas Xronopoulos)
 * 1996 - Los títeres de Cachiporra, play based on the work of Federico Garcia Lorca.

Books

 * 1982 - Diabolus in Musica (Gutenberg, Αthina)
 * 1997 - Χαμηλή γη (Nefeli)
 * 1999 - Για τον Νίκο Σκαλκώτα (Nefeli)
 * 2005 - Μετρονόμος για μικρές και μεγάλες αρρυθμίες (Nefeli)
 * 2013 - Ιδανικοί αυτόχειρες (Panas music, edition including 2 CD with the original compositions of the opera)