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Costas Tsougras Editor

Eva Mantzourani is musicologist and music analyst. Her academic qualifications include a PhD from King's College, London; a MMus in Music Theory and Analysis and a MMus in Historical Musicology from Goldsmiths, University of London; a BMus from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her teaching includes lecturing positions at Kingston University, City University London, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Canterbury Christ Church University and The Open University. She has published work on musicological topics and the music of Skalkottas. She has authored The Life and Twelve-Note Music of Nikos Skalkottas| (2011), and edited Polish Music Since 1945 (2013). She is the editor of the Nikos Skalkottas Critical Edition, published by Universal Edition (Vienna).

Costas Tsougras (musicologist – composer) is Assistant Professor of Systematic Musicology and Music Analysis at the School of Music of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His academic qualifications include a PhD and a BMus from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His PhD research involves the adaptation of the Generative Theory of Tonal Music for the analysis of Y. Constantinidis ‘44 Greek Miniatures’ (2003). He is the editor of Musical Pedagogics, the Greek Society for Music Education scientific journal. He has published theoretical and analytical work at international and Greek journals (JIMS, Musicae Scientiae, Polyphonia, et.al.), and conference proceedings on GTTM, cognitive and computational models, and Greek contemporary music. His compositions have been performed and recorded by acclaimed musicians and ensembles. In 2012 his music represented the Greek Composers’ Union at the ISCM World Music Days in Belgium.

Petros Vouvaris is Associate Professor in Music Form and Analysis at the Department of Music Science and Art of the University of Macedonia, Greece. His academic qualifications include a DMA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA; a MMus from the University of North Carolina–Greensboro, USA; and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He has presented papers on music analysis and piano pedagogy at conferences and seminars in Greece, Cyprus, Serbia, Netherlands, and the USA, while his articles have been published in both Greek and American journals. He is a member of the board of directors of the Hellenic Musicological Society and an active piano performer.