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Pressemitteilung from Wed, 11/29/2017

Awarding of the DAAD Prize to Fanis Gioles

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This year's DAAD prize will be awarded to percussion student Fanis Gioles from Prof. Cornelia Monske's class. The prize of the German Academic Exchange Service is awarded annually to foreign students with "special academic achievements and remarkable social and intercultural commitment".

The award ceremony will take place on December 2 as part of the prizewinners' concert "Elsewhere" by Prof. Cornelia Monske.
"Elsewhere" is a journey through the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, from ancient Greece in Homeric times, to Venezuela's traditional maraca rhythms, the dances of Shiva in India and the sacred lake 'Mono' in the Sierra Nevada. Using maracas, flower pots, his body and his voice, Fanis Gioles will perform pieces by John Cage, Giacinto Scelsi, Vinko Globokar, Pierluigi Billone and Frederic Rzewski.
The event starts at 7.30 pm, admission is free Venue: Frappant e.V., Zeiseweg 9, 22765 Hamburg

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