Dionysis Boukouvalas - composer
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Works for large ensembles are not indexed.
For Voice as an instrument see Vocal.
In each instrument, works are listed by perceived importance.
 

PIANO

Solo
  • For Mary (4-7/2011) [5'30'']
  • A book of music (7/2023 - )
  • Postcards (8/2024 - )
  • Becoming You (5/2016) [3'30'']

 Multiple
  • Fantasy on a theme by Steve Reich (4/1999) piano 6 hands [5'30''] (collaboration with Steve Reich)
  • Three pieces for piano four hands (3-5/2021) [15']
  • Prelude (9/2002) two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart [2']

Chamber
  • Landscapes (9/2022 - ) piano and guitar
  • Diary (1/2022) suite for musical saw or violin or viola and piano [13']
  • Letters to Stefania (1-2/2022) suite for flute and piano [11']
  • Suite for violin and piano (6/2023) [10']
  • Dear Eva, April 14, 1965 (12/2022 - 3/2023) suite for cello and piano [8']
  • Bagatelles (12/2023 - ) bouzouki and piano
  • Aubade (3-4/2023) a) piano trio, b) clarinet, cello and piano [4'30'']
  • Sunbeams (3/2012) a) viola or violin, clarinet and piano, b) violin, bass flute and piano [2'30'']
 
songs for voice and piano: see Vocal
 

 
 GUITAR

Solo
  • Postcards (4/2024 - )
  • Reveries (4/2024 - )
  • Preludi (5/2024 - )
  • Anima (6/2024) [ca. 3']
  • For Demos (3/2024) [4'] (also for two guitars)
  • Danza (6/2024) [3']
  • Bertini, Henri, Etudes op. 29, nrs. 11 & 13 (02/2024) transcriptions for solo guitar [3']

Multiple
  • Nothing is more beautiful than a good guitar (1/2024 - ) two guitars
  • For Demos (3/2024) two guitars [4'] (also for solo guitar)

Chamber
  • Landscapes (9/2022 - ) piano and guitar
  • Postscript (4/2023) flute and guitar [4']
  • Invocación al amor (2/2024) a) cello and guitar, b) cello and two guitars [2']
  • Horizonte triste (02/2024) accordion or bayan and guitar [3'50'']

songs for voice and guitar: see Vocal



WOODWINDS

FLUTE
  • Letters to Stefania (1-2/2022) suite for a) flute and piano, b) flute and guitar [11'] Version a requires a flute with b foot.
  • Postscript (4/2023) flute and guitar [4']
  • Étude (9/2013) alto flute, clarinet, violin and double bass [30'']

 
CLARINET
  • Aubade (3-4/2023) clarinet, cello and piano (original for piano trio) [4'30'']
  • Sunbeams (3/2012) viola (or violin), clarinet and piano [2'30'']
  • Étude (9/2013) alto flute, clarinet, violin and double bass [30'']



STRINGS

VIOLIN
  • Partita (7/2023) solo violin (also for musical saw) [6']
  • Suite for violin and piano (6/2023) [10']
  • Diary (1/2022) suite for violin and piano [13']
  • Aubade (3-4/2023) piano trio (also for clarinet, cello and piano) [4'30'']
  • Sunbeams (3/2012) a) violin or viola, clarinet and piano, b) violin, bass flute and piano [2'30'']
  • The hand [Το χέρι] (7/2003 - 2/2004, text: Nikos Engonopoulos), tenor, violin and viola [3'30'']
  • For Ryuichi (4/2023) string trio [5'30'']
  • Étude (9/2013) alto flute, clarinet, violin and double bass [30'']
  • Exploration of an inner landscape (4-6/2023) string quartet (also for string orchestra) [11']
  • Loneliness does not exist [Μοναξιά δεν υπάρχει] (5/2001, 12/2012, text: Nikiforos Vrettakos), female voice and string quartet (or piano or two guitars) [2']
  • Chemins Fermés (6-10/2003) four violins, cello and double bass [9']

 
VIOLA
  • Diary (1/2022) suite for viola (or violin or musical saw) and piano [13']
  • Sunbeams (3/2012) viola, clarinet and piano (original for piano trio) [2'30'']
  • The hand [Το χέρι] (7/2003 - 2/2004, text: Nikos Engonopoulos), tenor, violin and viola [3'30'']
  • For Ryuichi (4/2023) string trio [5'30'']
  • Exploration of an inner landscape (4-6/2023) string quartet (also for string orchestra) [11']
  • Loneliness does not exist [Μοναξιά δεν υπάρχει] (5/2001, 12/2012, text: Nikiforos Vrettakos), female voice and string quartet (or piano or two guitars) [2']
 

CELLO
  • Dear Eva, April 14, 1965 (12/2022 - 3/2023) suite for cello and piano [8']
  • Invocación al amor (2/2024) a) cello and guitar, b) cello and two guitars [2']
  • For Ryuichi (4/2023) string trio [5'30'']
  • Aubade (3-4/2023) a) piano trio, b) clarinet, cello and piano [4'30'']
  • Anti-Pygmalion [Αντιπυγμαλίων] (8/2001, text: Dionisis Romas), tenor and cello [2']
  • Exploration of an inner landscape (4-6/2023) string quartet (also for string orchestra) [11']
  • Loneliness does not exist [Μοναξιά δεν υπάρχει] (5/2001, 12/2012, text: Nikiforos Vrettakos), female voice and string quartet (or piano or two guitars) [2']
  • Chemins Fermés (6-10/2003) four violins, cello and double bass [9']

 
DOUBLE BASS
  • Étude (9/2013) alto flute, clarinet, violin and double bass [30'']
  • Chemins Fermés (6-10/2003) four violins, cello and double bass [9']



OTHER
(alphabetically)

ACCORDION
  • Horizonte triste (02/2024) accordion or bayan and guitar [3'50'']


BAYAN
  • Xenia (7/2003) solo [6']
  • Horizonte triste (02/2024) accordion or bayan and guitar and guitar [3'50'']
 

BOUZOUKI
  • Bagatelles (12/2023 - ) bouzouki and piano
 

ELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Reveries nr. 5: à Séguin (7/2024) [ca. 5']. Originally for solo guitar, it can also be played by electric guitar with clean sound.


HARP
  • Songs for voice and harp: see Vocal


MUSICAL SAW
  • Partita (7/2023) musical saw (also for violin) [6']
  • Diary (1/2022) suite for musical saw (or violin or viola) and piano [13']


ORGAN
  • Réjouissez-vous! (6-7/2007, text: Apollinaire, Rimbaud & Aragon), female chorus (or vocal ensemble) and organ (live or pre-recorded) [10']