1. KOSMAS GIANNOUTAKIS composer / sound artist b. 1985 in Thessaloniki Greece
Straßganger Straße 82, 8052, Graz, Austria Tel +43/681/812/647/33 giannoutakiskosmas@hotmail.com www.kosmasgiannoutakis.eu
EDUCATION
2014-2017 Master studies in computer music, Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics IEM.
2009-2012 Master of Music, instrumental composition and computer music, University of Music Freiburg.
2007-2008 Erasmus Program, percussion and composition, University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar.
2003-2009 Bachelor in Music composition, University of Macedonia.
2003-2007 Piano diploma, Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
• “Excellence in Art, Design and the Production of Sound”, “klingt gut!” Symposium on Sound 2016,
Hamburg, Germany.
• Financial support for international artistic project 2016, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz,
Austria.
• Research scholarship for the development of the meta-composition concept 2016, Federal Ministry of
Science, Research and Economy, Austria.
• "Si15 Best Student Submission Award" 2015, 2nd International Symposium on Sound and Interactivity,
Singapore.
• Financial support for international artistic project 2015, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz,
Austria.
• Advancement scholarship 2015, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria.
• Miscellaneous Grant 2014, The Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation, Inc.
• E.T.A. Hofmann Stiftung fellowship 2009-2010, University of Music Freiburg.
• State Scholarships Foundation (I.K.Y.) fellowship 2007-2008, Erasmus Program.
• Composition competition 2005, 3rd
prize, University of Macedonia, and Ionian University.
RESIDENCIES
• Vorort_2_draußen Symposium & Kunstfestival, Artist-in-Residence Programm, Starzach-Börstingen,
Germany.
• Artist in residence, Conlon Foundation Residency Project 2015, Gaudeamus Foundation, Utrecht,
Netherlands.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Recurrent Neural Networks as Generative Music Systems. Manipulation of network plasticity by artificial
Neuromodulators.
• Formalization and Integration of Digital Signal Processing algorithms, installative, performative and
compositional components under the term “Neuromorphic Music“.
• Game based performance practice with acoustic means. Participant artist in the project GAPPP,
Gamified Audiovisual Performance and Performance Practice, Programme for Arts-based Research
(PEEK), FWF-Program 2016.

2. FESTIVALS AND CONCERTS
2016
• Self-sustaining play. TRANS – Denken in Klängen, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz, Austria.
• Sonic current. “The Digital Body” International Exhibition, Bucharest International Dance Film Festival,
Romania.
• Klangströme Börstingen – Timelife. Vorort_2_draußen Symposium & Kunstfestival, Starzach-Börstingen,
Germany.
• Contraction point. XXI Colloquio di Informatica Musicale – FESTIVAL SPAZIOMUSICA, Cagliari, Italy.
• Contraction point. 42nd International Computer Music Conference, HKU University of the Arts Utrecht
and Gaudeamus Muziekweek. Utrecht, Netherlands.
• Self-sustaining play. GAPPP: Gamified Audiovisual Performance and Performance Practice research
project. CUBE IEM, Graz, Austria.
• Sonic current. Begehungen Chemnitz 2016 – TA LÄRM, Germany.
• Contraction point. Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium 2016, Canada.
• Sonic current on a twisted surface. Junge SIGNALE 2016, MUMUTH, Graz, Austria.
• Contraction point. Klingt gut! Symposium on Sound 2016, Hamburg, Germany.
• Timelife. Festival Oodaaq 2016, Rennes, France.
• Contraction point. REAL/UNREAL, BEAST FEaST 2016, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
• Verschränkte Spielräume. IEM, Graz, Austria.
2015
• Contraction point. inSonic2015, aesthetics of spatial audio in sound, music and sound-art, ZKM
Karlsruhe.
• Contraction point. ZEPPELIN 2015 Ars Electroacustica, Dures pedres precioses, Barcelona, Spain.
• Timelife. GENERATE! Festival für elektronische Künste 2015, Shedhalle Tübingen – Forum für
zeitgenössische Künste, Germany.
• Ascending and descending. Disklavier research project 2015, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht,
Netherlands.
• Timelife. Soundislands Festival/2nd International Symposium on Sound and Interactivity 2015,
Auditorium School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
• Contraction point. next_generation 6.0 2015, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.
• Contraction point. Open CUBE 2015, IEM, Graz, Austria.
• Ascending and descending. prattica-E 2015, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz, Austria.
• Timelife. Poetry in visual, ART-MAP 2015, Gallery of City Museum of Aveiro, Portugal.
• Game performance with M. Rumori's interactive sound installation Paris Flaneur .Klangräume Finissage
2015, esc medien kunst labor, Graz, Austria.
• Computer music performer, SCAN, interactive composition – and improvisation-Project 2015, Klangforum
Wien with PPCM-Students, MUMUTH, Graz, Austria.
• Timelife. Open CUBE 2015, IEM, Graz, Austria.
2014
• Metabolism. Game piece for ensemble. 7th international workshop for young composers 2014,
Divertimento ensemble, Latvia.
• The Vanishing. Mezzo soprano and chamber orchestra. XXIX Summer Sounds Festival 2014, Avanti!
Chamber Orchestra, Porvoo, Finland.
• Stratum. Percussion, double bass, clarinet and live electronics. 4th Avaton Music Festival 2014, Theatro
Ena, Limassol, Cyprus.
• Mexico city. Music for the short film Augenblick No. 25 by T. Wiesinger. Klangbild 2014 Musik Visualisiert,
Kammertheater E-Werk Freiburg, Germany.

3. 2013
• Looking backward. Game piece for ensemble. EUROMicroFest 2013, ensemble chronophonie, E-Werk
Freiburg, Germany.
2012
• Recombination. Oboe and percussion. OHNE MICH-Konzert 2012, ensemble recherche, Morat-Institut
Freiburg, Germany.
• Sound bomb game. Interactive sound installation. Tag der offenen Tür 2012, Musikschule Konstanz,
Germany.
• Portrait concert. Various instrumental and live-electronics pieces, mechanical sound installation. HfM
Freiburg, Germany.
• Physical computing improvisation with mechanical sound instruments. HfM Freiburg, Germany.
2011
• Innen-Außen-Außerhalb. Oboe and live-electronics. next_generation 4.0 2011, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany.
• Quadratstudie for metallic objects. Mechanical sound installation. Kammerkonzert Elektronische Musik
2011, HfM Freiburg, Germany.
• Antiparathesi. Flute, trumpet and percussion. Music for the short film Maggi by M. Schwitte. TONSPUREN
2011, ensemble chronophonie, Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln, Germany.
• Antiparathesi. Flute, trumpet and percussion. Music for the short film Maggi by M. Schwitte. TONSPUREN
2011, ensemble chronophonie, Kommunales Kino Freiburg, Germany..
• Ablauf. Two pianos. Ensemblekonzert Junge Komponisten 2011, HfM Freiburg, Germany.
• Mexico city. Music for the short film Augenblick No. 25 by T. Wiesinger. SOYUZ_21 2011, Zurich,
Switzerland
2010
• Mexico city. Music for the short film Augenblick No. 25 by T. Wiesinger. Musik-Bilder-Szenen 2010,
Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany.
• Mexico city. Music for the short film Augenblick No. 25 by T. Wiesinger. Musik-Bilder-Szenen 2010,
Kumedi Kopfbahnhof, Riegel am Kaiserstuhl, Germany.
• Diadroes. Electroscoustics. Anakata festival 2010, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• Diadroes. Live-electronics performance. Music Village 2010, Agios Lavredios, Greece.
• Cypriot rocks. Electroacoustics. Electroacoustic music days 2010, Corfu, Greece.
ARTISTIC TALKS AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Rotesofa Artist talk, Kunstort eleven artspace, Starzach-Börstingen, Germany.
• Presentation of Contraction point. Canadian Music Center, Toronto, Canada.
• Lecture “Sound Synthesis with Recurrent Neural Networks”, HfMT Hamburg, Germany.
• Artistic talk, Klingt gut! Symposium on Sound 2016, Hamburg, Germany.
• Lecture “Cybernetic Sound Games”, REAL/UNREAL, Birmingham, UK.
• Lecture “Cybernetic Sound Games”, Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, Germany.
• Lecture “Cybernetic Sound Games”, STEIM, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Lecturer, seminar and workshop "Composition - Electronic Music", University of Macedonia, Department
of Music Science and Art.
• Tutor, Studio for Electronic Music and Acoustics selma, 2010-2012, HfM Freiburg.
PEER-REVIEW AKTIVITY
• 2016 International Conference on Live Interfaces, University of Sussex Brighton, United Kingdom.