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Evangelia Rigaki
Evangelia Rigaki (born 28 July 1980) is a Greek composer.

Life
Rigaki was born in Volos, Thessaly, Greece. She studied composition at the University of Leeds and at Royal Holloway, University of London where she was awarded a Ph.D. in 2007 (under the supervision of Philip Cashian and Tansy Davies). She has held several composition residencies at Aldeburgh (including the Britten-Pears Young Artist residency in 2008), as well as a Fellowship for post-doctoral research at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2008), an Arts Council UK and SPNM Composition Residency (2009), and composition residencies at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (2010) and Die Neuköllner Oper (2010). In 2010 she joined Trinity College Dublin’s Department of Music. There she established and led the MPhil in Composition programme and curated the activities of the Music Composition Centre, as well as organising an international conference on Composition in the 21st Century (2014) and serving as Head of the Music Department.

Music
In her music Rigaki explores aspects of theatricality in instrumental theatre, experimental music theatre, dance and performance art while also regularly engaging with ancient Greek mythology. Her works often form artistic reactions to socio-political developments, such as the economic crisis post-2008 (Ode to Depth; AntiMidas, or, Bankers in Hades), the abortion discussion in Ireland (The Pregnant Box), or the Irish direct provision system and the plight of immigrants (This Hostel Life). Many of her pieces push extended techniques to new limits and require performative activities beyond playing their instruments from the instrumentalists (While the World Misbehaves, the Baby Must Hide in the Beehive is scored for “six dancing percussionists”). Others experiment with innovative spatial arrangements and leave the audience freedom to individualise their receptive experience (The Pregnant Box, This Hostel Life). In more recent operatic works (The Gift, Old Ghosts) Rigaki plays with structural or stylistic references to musics of the past.

Rigaki has worked for many years with the Scottish poet W. N. Herbert and more recently started collaborating with the Irish playwright Marina Carr.

Selected Works
The following list is based on Rigaki’s CMC profile and her Trinity College Research Profile.

Opera and Music Theatre

 * ·        Bumblepuppy (libretto: W. N. Herbert; 2008)
 * ·        Poios Ekane Pipi sto Missisipi (2008)
 * ·        Little Instruments of Apprehension (W.N. Herbert, Darren Ellis; 2009)
 * ·        Hadith Al Rouh (Gesprekken Van De Ziel) (Sjaron Minailo after Oum Kulthum; 2009)
 * ·        Exiles (Constantine Cavafy; 2009)
 * ·        Lullabaloo (W. N. Herbert; 2010)
 * ·        Professional Suicide (Tamsin Collison; 2011)
 * ·        Ode to Debt (W. N. Herbert; 2012)
 * ·        AntiMidas, or, Bankers in Hades (W. N. Herbert; 2013)
 * ·        The Pregnant Box (W.N. Herbert & Catherine Conlon; 2014)
 * ·        Monsieur Jean & Monsieur Jean (2015)
 * ·        While the World Misbehaves, the Baby Must Hide in the Beehive (W. N. Herbert; 2018)
 * ·        This Hostel Life (E. Rigaki after Melatu Uche Okorie; 2019)
 * ·        The Gift (Marina Carr; 2020)
 * ·        Old Ghosts (Marina Carr; 2023)

Vocal and Choral Works

 * ·        The Dress I Wear (2007) for voice and mixed choir
 * ·        Poli (2007) for voice, viola da gamba and lute
 * ·        Antonius is Forsaken by His God (2009) for choir
 * ·        Departed (2012) for solo voice
 * ·        Music (2016) for choir
 * ·        Lost Ships List (2018) for flute and piano
 * ·        Pomegranate (2019) for solo voice
 * ·        Crushbar (2023), video installation

Instrumental Works

 * ·        Taking Place In The Vaults Beneath… (2006) for piano
 * ·        Chiaroscuro (2005) for chamber ensemble
 * ·        Tempt My Better Angel (2007) for chamber ensemble
 * ·        …But Only Water (2008) for prepared percussion
 * ·        String Quartet (2008)
 * ·        Tutare (2009) for four table players and four percussionists
 * ·        Dyarchia (2010)
 * ·        To Be Elsewhere (2011) for piano trio
 * ·        Evocation (2012) for string trio
 * ·        Taste I/II/III (2018) for flute
 * ·        Otmen (2018) for piano
 * ·        Playthings (2018) for flute
 * ·        In The Oubliette (2018), virtual reality installation
 * ·        Bridging the Blue (2019), virtual reality installation
 * ·        If Words Are Water (2020) for percussion ensemble