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George Tsouyopoulos (Γιώγος Τσουγιόπουλος) (11 October 1930 - 18 March 2018) was a Greek composer, architect, civil servant and intellectual.

Life and Career
George Tsouyopoulos was born in Athens in 1930, attending school at the 'B' (Second) Gymnasium in Athens. He read music at the Athens Conservatoire, where he graduated in 1954, before continuing his musical studies in Milan, then in Zurich (where he studied under Paul Hindemith), and finally at the University of Munich. Between 1956 and 1959 he composed pieces in a wide range of musical formats, which were performed in Germany and Greece. In 1958, he turned to pursue a career in architecture, completing a degree in architecture and town-planning at the Technische Hochscule in Munich in 1965, before going on to work in a number of architects firms in Munich. In 1975, after the fall of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 he returned to Athens, where he held a variety of leading roles in social and cultural organisations. He was a member of the Scientific and Administrative Board of the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE). From 1984 to 1986 he was Chair of the Board of the Greek television channel ERT2, and Chair of the Artistic Committee of the Athens State Orchestra. From 1986 he was Director of the Representation of the European Union in Greece, until his retirement in 1992. He served as Board Member of the National Bank of Greece from 1996 to 2004.

He was married twice, first to Nelly Tsouyopoulos (nee Saveriadou), and after their divorce, to Flora (nee Leoussis).

Publications

 * 1) 'Anmerkungen zur geistigen Produktion', in Die verhinderte Demokratie: Modell Griechenland, edited by Marios Nikolinakos and Kostas Nikolaou (Frankfurt, 1969)
 * 2) Το ελληνικό αστικό κέντρο (The Greek Urban Centre), vol. 1 (Athens, 1984) and vol. 2 (Athens, 1981)

Musical Works
The following works are available on the CD 'Georges Tsouyopoulos, Music 1957-1965', Athens Musical Society, CD 9011, Athens 2004: The work 'Music for Wind Quintet' is available on the CD 'From the Greek Musical Avant-garde of the 20th Century', published by the National Bank of Greece.
 * 1) 'Concerto for Orchestra' (1955 rev. 1957)
 * 2) 'Sonata for Solo Viola' (1957)
 * 3) 'Music for Percussion Instruments' (1959)
 * 4) 'Sinfonietta da Camera - for Eight Instruments' (1957)
 * 5) 'Serenata for Female Voice, Flute, Guitar, und Viola' (1957)
 * 6) 'Three Toccatas for Piano' (1958 (I and II), and 1965 (III))

Other works:
 * 1) 'Second String Quartet' (recorded in Baden Baden 1958)
 * 2) 'Two Madrigals for Female Voice with Orchestral Accompaniment' (first performed in 1959 in Zurich)
 * 3) 'Three Fragments for Choir and Orchestra' (first performed in Athens in 2006)