{"id":2160,"date":"2026-03-30T12:02:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:12:40","slug":"takis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/takis\/","title":{"rendered":"Takis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Takis is a new composition by Maria Pelekanou, exploring thematic about memory, identity, sound spaces. Written specifically for Ensemble New Babylon, the piece blends electronic contemporary textures with live elements, creating an immersive sonic experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A work for oboe \u2013 live electronics and recorded instruments on 6 loudspeakers. Takis is a little boy with a good heart, pure and sensitive. He loses his father at a very young age, which costs him dearly, as the two were very close. Since then, he has lived and worked for others, neglecting his own desires and needs. Others take advantage of him, and eventually he is betrayed by his family. Takis&#8217; life is a lie. The work is allegorical. Each person in Takis&#8217; life who betrays him corresponds to a recorded instrument (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, English horn, vibraphone).<br>His only reality is himself (oboe) and his destiny (live electronic music).<br>Dedicated to my father Dimitris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maria Pelekanou \u2013 Takis (World Premiere) \u2013 Ensemble New Babylon \u2013 Bremen, 2025\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R7OJefzgyCE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Location: ZfK Bremen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Date: March 22, 2025 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensemble: Ensemble New Babylon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Performers: Benjamin Fischer &#8211; Oboe \/ English horn <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isabelle Raphaelis &#8211; Flute <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tobias Hamann &#8211; Vibraphone <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nayoung Cheong &#8211; Clarinet <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria Pelekanou &#8211; Live Electronics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5 Video and Editing by Roman Ohem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfa7 Best experienced with headphones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scores<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Takis-score.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Takis-score.png 691w, https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Takis-score-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Takis-Spectroanalysis-1024x391.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Takis-Spectroanalysis-1024x391.png 1024w, https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Takis-Spectroanalysis-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Takis-Spectroanalysis-768x293.png 768w, https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Takis-Spectroanalysis-1140x435.png 1140w, https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Takis-Spectroanalysis.png 1437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Takis is a new composition by Maria Pelekanou, exploring thematic about memory, identity, sound spaces. Written specifically for Ensemble New Babylon, the piece blends electronic contemporary textures with live elements, creating an immersive sonic experience. A work for oboe \u2013 live electronics and recorded instruments on 6 loudspeakers. Takis is a little boy with a good heart, pure and sensitive. He loses his father at a very young age, which costs him dearly, as the two were very close. Since then, he has lived and worked for others, neglecting his own desires and needs. Others take advantage of him, and eventually he is betrayed by his family. Takis&#8217; life is a lie. The work is allegorical. Each person in Takis&#8217; life who betrays him corresponds to a recorded instrument (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, English horn, vibraphone).His only reality is himself (oboe) and his destiny (live electronic music).Dedicated to my father Dimitris. Location: ZfK Bremen Date: March 22, 2025 Ensemble: Ensemble New Babylon Performers: Benjamin Fischer &#8211; Oboe \/ English horn Isabelle Raphaelis &#8211; Flute Tobias Hamann &#8211; Vibraphone Nayoung Cheong &#8211; Clarinet Maria Pelekanou &#8211; Live Electronics \ud83c\udfa5 Video and Editing by Roman Ohem. \ud83c\udfa7 Best experienced with headphones. Scores<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[29,44,26,42,40,45,25,9,41],"class_list":["post-2160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-works","tag-ableton","tag-clarinet","tag-contemporary-music","tag-english-horn","tag-ensemble-new-babylon","tag-flute","tag-live-electronics","tag-music","tag-oboe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2160"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2167,"href":"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions\/2167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariapelekanou.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}