Yiannis Tsirikoglou

Yiannis Tsirikoglou is a Greek composer, performer and sound artist born in Larissa in 1981. He moved to Thessaloniki in 2000 and later studied Sonology at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, including work on algorithmic synthesis, spatial composition and the mathematical modelling of sound. His practice uses Max/MSP software, electronic interfaces, objects and instrumental materials to develop immersive and open-ended musical forms.

He is one of the founding members of Eventless Plot, the Thessaloniki-based electroacoustic trio formed in 2002 with Vasilis Liolios and Aris Giatas. Its projects combine prepared and acoustic instruments, objects, analogue synthesizers, field recordings and digital processing within a practice the musicians describe as semi-composition, balancing organised materials with decisions made in performance. Tsirikoglou also works in the duo Duel Protocol with Auris Bavarskis, experimenting with interactive systems, light feedback and unusual control interfaces.

Beyond concert performance, he has composed sound for film, dance and installation, including multichannel works concerned with sound motion and spatial perception. Eventless Plot's Structures (CS279) was issued by Creative Sources in 2014, with Tsirikoglou contributing guitar, objects, percussion and electronics. His other recorded work with the trio includes projects for Another Timbre, Aural Terrains, Edition Wandelweiser and Dinzu Artefacts.