Biography:

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Venezuelan-American composer, pianist, and conductor of European descent [Spain & Greece]. She began her musical studies at the age of three in the city of Caracas, Venezuela. While still very young, her family moved to Paris, France. In Paris, Sylvia studied at L’École Martenot de Paris with Pura Penichet, and later at l’Université Sorbonne de Paris, France. Back in Venezuela, she received her Bachelor of Arts and Music diploma from the Universidad Central de Venezuela [1987]. While already touring as a young Concert pianist artist since the 80’s. In 1990, she moved to the United States to continue her postgraduate studies. She has two Master’s degrees with Cum Laude mention, the first in Piano Performance [1993], and a few years later, her second Master in Music Theory and Composition, both from the University of Miami. After, she continued her doctoral studies in Music at Boston University, USA.

 

Earlier in 2006, Constantinidis studied Music Composition with Czech-American composer Ladislav Kubik in Prague, Czech Republic.  She also studied Orchestral Conducting in England, with George Hurst & Rodolfo Saglimbeni [2009-2012]. And, back in England, she studied composition, for several years, with British Composer Malcolm Singer from the Guildhall School of Music.

 

During her study years, Sylvia received masterclasses with great artist pianists including: Dimitri Bashkirov , Paul Badura-Skoda, Walter Blakenheim, Abraham Abreu, Gilbert de Greeve, Judith Jaimes, Maria Joao Pires, Stephen Hough, Tamas Ungar, And artist Jose Feghali, winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

 

Since 2019, Sylvia is an Artist-Fellow of the US Department of State. She has received a large number of awards and citations for her artistic work. Among others: The Global Music Award, two ASCAP awards, the “Note Music Award 2003” for her three children’s operas and a Latin Grammy nomination. She has participated as a pianist, composer and conductor in concerts and musical festivals in Puerto Rico, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, France, England, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, the United States, Canada, Mexico, South Korea and Venezuela. Artist in Residence of the “Artists for Peace” Foundation. She is considered an ambassador of Latin American Classical Music, for her interest in the study, dissemination and performance of this repertoire worldwide.

 

Constantinidis has also premiered and recorded repertoire by a variety of contemporary composers. Her recorded discography includes: -“PIANO LATINOAMERICANO”,  -“CHANSON DE NOEL”,  -“VENEZUELAN MODERNISM”,  -“POUR LES ENFANTS”,  -“ENRIQUE GRANADOS: VALSES POETICOS”,  -“ERM MASTERWORKS OF THE NEW ERA vol. 14”,  -“SYNTHESIS 2 BERLIN URBAN ARTS”,  -“MUSIC FOR PIANO DE SALON FEDERICO VILLENA”,  -“U.M. SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL”,  -“VENEZUELAN DANCES SIGLO XIX”,  -“SYLVIA PAR ELLE MEME”, -“SONG OF PEACE”.  -“ALBERTO GINASTERA CENTENNIAL” dedicated to the Argentine composer and the CD -“ANTONIO ESTEVEZ: 17 Children’s Pieces” these last two baptized at the XIX Latin American Festival 2016.

 

Sylvia is also a visual and multimedia artist. Her multimedia work uses a technique of her invention which she calls “KlingerFarbenGraphs”. Her first Klingerfarbengraph-exhibition dates to 2017. It was part of an international collective exhibition sponsored by the US Department of States, “Young Leaders of America” program. Other Klingerfarbengraph-exhibitions includes the Festival Art-Basel Miami 2017 –Kroma Gallery- ArtBasel circuit and shows, in Colombia, Argentina, USA and Europe. Since 2009, Sylvia belongs to the National Board of NACUSA -National Association of Composers of the USA-. She is also member of the Board of Directors of the Venezuelan Society of composers since 2012. Earlier in 2006, Constantinidis created the OMORFIA ENSEMBLE of Contemporary Music. She is also Executive Director and founder of the NEWARTMUSIK Project since 2010. In February 2018 Constantinidis won the Bronze Medal at the Global Music Award, an important international recognition previously won by the Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel.

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Constantinidis list of grants, honors and awards includes:

  • “Global Music Award”, Bronze Medal. Category: Protest Music. With the song and music video “Venezuela te Veremos Renacer” by Sylvia Constantinidis.[3] March 3, 2018.
  • “Artist Cultural Ambassador”. “YLAI -Young Leaders of America- Professional Fellows Program Reverse Exchange” – U.S. Department of State Program. USA, Jan. 2018.[4]
  • “Artist-in-Residence”. Visual Arts Multimedia & Sound Installations. Kroma Arts, USA, 2017.
  • “Artist-in-Residence” –Fundacion Artistas Por La Paz -Venezuelan Foundation, 2016.[5][6][7]
  • “Venezuelan Composer Delegate” ISCM World Assembly. ISCM-World New Music Days South-Korea. 2016.
  • “Urban Arts Berlin Award”. Composition Visions included in International Compilation CD Synthesis, Recording Series, Vol 2. Berlin, Germany. July 2015. [8]
  • “Venezuelan Composer Delegate” ISCM World Assembly. ISCM-World New Music Days Slovenia. 2015.
  • “Venezuelan Composer Delegate” ISCM World Assembly. ISCM-World New Music Days Poland. 2014.
  • Educator of Note Honorable Mention. Young Patronesses of the Opera 20th Anniversary. South Florida, 2014.
  • “Venezuelan Composer Delegate” ISCM World Assembly. ISCM-World New Music Days Kosice, Bratislava, Vienna. 2013.
  • Fellow US Artist-Projects. United States Artist Program. Nominated by the Broward County Cultural Division. Florida, USA, 2012.
  • ASCAP-PLUS AWARD –Concert Music-, ASCAP, 2010.
  • 10th Latin Grammy, Nomination Best Classical Contemporary Composition for Macondo Poems on the ERM Masterworks of the New Era vol. 14. 2009.
  • ASCAP-PLUS AWARD –Concert Music-, ASCAP, 2009.
  • “International Award: ERM Media”. Composition Macondo Poems included in International Compilation CD Masterworks of the New Era Recording Series, Volume 14, Jan 2007.
  • “Excellence in Teaching Practices Award”, Miami Dade College, Learning Innovations, April 2007.
  • “Featured Author”, at the Miami International Book Fair. Three publications of Music Works for piano: Rubi & Stone Op.23, Suite Infantil Op.11, Impressions Op.13. Miami Dade College. Miami, 2006.
  • “Golden Apple Grant”, Miami Dade College, May 2005.      
  • “Grant Award”, “THE EDUCATION FUND”, Opera Adventure Project Disseminator Award. -Adapter Janet Duguay Kirsten at Claude Pepper Elementary School MDCPS Pdf,p. 3. May 2006.   [13]
  • “Grant Award”, “THE EDUCATION FUND”, Opera Adventure Project Disseminator Award.-Adapter Alina Mustelier at Claude Pepper Elementary School MDCPS [13] [9] Pdf,p. 5. May 2004. [12]
  • “Educator of Note Award 2003”, Music Educator of the Year Award, “Ethel and W. George Kennedy Family Foundation” and the Young Patronesses of the Opera, the Florida Grand Opera. For creatively motivating and inspiring young children in the field of music education, promoting the Opera field and the creation of Three Children Operas (original composition works), 2003. [10]   [11]  [015]  [016]
  • Teacher of the Year Nomination, SouthHialeah Elementary Community School, Aug, 2003.
  • START GRANT, The Washington Department of Education. Grant Participant, Music and Technology, Nov.2001-Jan. 2003.
  • “Grant Award”: GFWC Hialeah Womans Club. Conductor, String Youth Orchestra Program, Dec. 2002.
  • Grant: “THE EDUCATION FUND” Opera Adventure Project Dissemination, May 2002.  [14]
  • “Grant Award”, “THE EDUCATION FUND” Opera Adventure Project, Jan 2001.
  • “Guest Speaker, United States Congress. -Congressional Advocacy on Music Education, organized by MENC- Music Educators National Conference. Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. March 8, 2000.
  • “Grant Award -MDCPS” Conductor, String Youth Orchestra Program, Nov. 1999.
  • “Artist in Residence Grant”: Consejo Nacional de la Cultura CONAC, Venezuela, 1993.
  • “Artist in Residence Grant”: Consejo Nacional de la Cultura CONAC, Venezuela, 1992.
  • “Artist in Residence Grant”: “Paloma O’Shea”, Santander, Spain, Piano Master Classes, 1992.
  • Scholarship: “TCU/ Cliburn Piano Institute”, Fort Worth, Texas, Summer Master Classes, tuition, 1992.
  • Scholarship: “Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho”, Venezuela, Graduate Studies: Master, Full Tuition, 1991-1993.
  • Scholarship: Canford Summer Music Festival, England, tuition scholarship, 1991.
  • Scholarship: Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho, Venezuela, Undergraduate studies, full tuition. 1990.

CREATIVE WORKS:


–List of all works by Genre. 

–List of all works by opus chronological order.

– Complete list of recordings & sound lounge. (- for new works made in reading sessions, rehearsals and concerts-) 

– Complete list of CD’s & Sound Lounge

–Sound Sculptures list & Gallery

-ARTWORKS

-GALLERY

WRITINGS & PUBLICATIONS:

 

  • Constantinidis, Sylvia (2012). “Space and Time Continuity: On My 13 Etudes Pour L’Orchestre.” Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG, Germany. 2012 / ISBN 978-3848427086

 

  • “Research Recital Paper: Piano Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Mignone, Prokofiev”. University of Miami, May 1993.    [19]   

 

 

  • “Start Method”, a collection of educational materials for piano, strings, voice, solfege, music theory and ear-training.
  • Constantinidis, Sylvia. “La Contemporaneidad en la Obra Para Piano de Antonio Estevez.” Revista Cultural Carohana No. 20, June 1, 2016. Universidad Pedagogica Experimental Libertador, Barquisimeto, Venezuela. [12] Pdf. P. 46-49. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
 
  • Constantinidis, Sylvia. “ISCM-Young Composers Award: A Commission Opportunity for Young Composers.” ComposerUSA. vol 1, no. 1.National Association of Composers of The United States NACUSA. USA. Summer 2015. [13] Pdf. P. 8. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
 
  • Constantinidis, Sylvia. “Mozart, Cervantes and The Greek Satire”. Polygon. Volume 1, Issue 1. Electronic publication of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Department, Miami-Dade College, Hialeah Campus, Florida, USA. January, 2006.
  • Constantinidis, Sylvia. Founder & Senior Editor in Chief. “Polygon”. First Issue. Volume 1, Issue 1. An electronic publication of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Department, Miami-Dade College, Hialeah Campus, Florida, USA. January, 2006. [14] Retrieved January 23, 2017.
 
  • Constantinidis, Sylvia. Senior Editor. “ComposerUSA”. NACUSA. Summer 2015.[15] Pdf. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
 
  • Constantinidis, Sylvia. Senior Editor. “ComposerUSA”. NACUSA. Summer 2016.[16] Pdf. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
 
  • Constantinidis, Sylvia. Senior Editor. “ComposerUSA”. NACUSA. Summer 2017.[17] Pdf. Retrieved September 27, 2017.

-“El Madrigal en Venezuela”. (-The Venezuelan Madrigal-). UCV: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. 1984. [directed by Dr. Isabel Aretz,]  / [Key Words: Musicology / LatinAmerican Music / World Music.]

-“Investigacion Sobre Las Diversiones: Manifestacion Folklorica Navidenha de la Isla de San Pedro de Coche”. (-A Research into “Las Diversiones”: A Christmas Folkloric Form from the Island of San Pedro de Coche-). UCV: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.1985-1986. / [directed by Dr. Isabel Aretz,] /  [Key Words: Musicology / EthnoMusicology /  LatinAmerican Music / Venezuelan Folklore / World Music.]

-“La Orquesta de Instrumentos Latinoamericanos Odila: Medio de Rescate de las Expresiones Espontaneas y Valiosas del Folklore”. (-ODILA, The LatinAmerican Instruments Orchestra: A Medium to Rescue Values and Folkloric Expresions-). UCV: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. 1985. [directed by Dr. Isabel Aretz,] /  [Key Words: Musicology / EthnoMusicology /  LatinAmerican Music / Venezuelan Folklore / World Music.]

-“La Literatura Pianistica de Salon de Federico S. Villena: Una Manifestacion del Eclecticismo Musical de Venezuela durante el Siglo XIX”. (-The Federico S. Villena’s Salom Pianistic Literature, a manifestation of Musical Eclecticism in Venezuela at the 19th Century-). UCV: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. 1986-1987. [directed by Prof. Walter Guido] / [Key Words: Musicology / LatinAmerican Music / Venezuelan Classical Music / World Music.] / (-This material has been used at the Musicology Program at Universidad Central de Venezuela.

-“The Life and Music of Heitor Villalobos”, University of Miami, 1993. [Key Words: Musicology / Latin American Music.]

-“Music For My Toddler”. Kindermusik Experiences of Miami. 1997. [Key Words: Music Education / Early Childhood.]

-“Music and the brain high functions development”. Florida International University, 1998-1999. [directed by Dr. Michael Wagner] /  [Key Words: Music Education / Music Cognition.]

-“Three Contemporary Music LatinAmerican Women Composers: Tania Leon, Adina Izarra and Beatriz Lockhart”. University of Miami, 2004. [Key Words: Musicology / Women Studies / Music Theory and Composition / World Music.]

-“Venezuela 20th Century Music: Modesta Bor”, 2005. [Key Words: Musicology / Women Studies / Music Theory and Composition / World Music.]

“Venezuelan Women Composers”, 2004. [Key Words: Musicology / Women Studies / Music Theory and Composition / World Music.]

-“Uirupuru: An Insight into Villalobos’ Orchestral Compositional Process”, University of Miami. 2005. [Key Words: Musicology / Latin American Music / Music Theory / Music Composition]   

-“Mozart, Cervantes and the Greek Satire”. Polygon. Volume 1, Issue 1. Electronic publication of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Department, Miami-Dade College, Hialeah Campus, Florida, USA. January, 2006.

-“The Akadinda, African Music Instrumental Heritage”. Boston University., 2006. [directed by Dr. DeQuadros] / [Key Words: Musicology / World Music.]

-“A Historical Perspective of Music Education in Venezuela: From the Colonial Period to the present: A Preliminary Study.” May 2008. Boston University, 2007-2008. [directed by Dr. Patrick Jones] / [Key Words: Music Education / Latin American Music.] / Lecture presented at the LAMS: “LATIN-AMERICAN MUSIC SEMINAR”, Holloway , University of London. London, UK. May 17, 2008.

-“Alberto Ginastera’s Piano Music: Ambiguity and Other Compositional Devices”. Boston University, 2007. [Key Words: Musicology / Music Theory / Music Composition / Latin American Music.]

-“Beethoven Sonata Op. 101: A Study”. Boston University, 2008. [Key Words: Musicology / Music Theory / Music Composition.]

-“Schubert: ‘Dass Sie Hier Gewesen!’. A Portrait Analysis”. Boston University, 2008. [Key Words: Musicology / Music Theory / Music Composition.]

-“Schumann’s Novelette No. 1: A Story of Passion and Romance”. Boston University, 2008. [Key Words: Musicology / Music Theory / Music Composition.]

-“Musically Induced Higher Brain Functions Development: The Future of Music Education”. Boston University, 2007-2008. Lecture presented at the Boston University Regional Seminar in Music Education, Armstrong Atlantic State Savannah, Georgia. February 2009. [Key Words: Music Cognition / Music Education / Higher Brain Functions.]

-“The Blues” (Complete Educational online course). Boston University. 2010. [Key Words: Musicology / American Music / Popular Music]

-“Choral Music & Music Education in Venezuelan “. Boston University, 2009-2011. [Key Words: Music Education / Venezuelan Music / World Music.]

-“The Housatonic at Stockbridge: An American Pioneer. Charles Ives’s Compositional Approach, Music Aesthetics and Spirituality”. Boston University, 2011. [Key Words: Musicology / American Music / 20th Century Music.]

-Constantinidis, Sylvia.”La Contemporaneidad en la Obra Para Piano de Antonio Estevez.”  (-Contemporary Musical Composition Techniques in Antonio Estevez’s Piano Music-).Revista Cultural Carohana No. 20, June 1, 2016. Universidad Pedagogica Experimental Libertador, Barquisimeto, Venezuela. [12] Pdf. P. 46-49. [Key Words: Musicology / Music Theory / Music Composition / Latin American Music.]

-Constantinidis, Sylvia. “ISCM-Young Composers Award: A Commission Opportunity for Young Composers.” ComposerUSA. vol 1, no. 1.National Association of Composers of The United States NACUSA. USA. Summer 2015. [13] Pdf. P. 8. Retrieved September 27, 2017.

  • Guest Speaker, “The Importance of Music Education Programs in the Schools”. United States Congress. -Congressional Advocacy to the Senators Representative of the State of Florida. Organized by MENC- Music Educators National Conference. Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. March 8, 2000.

 

  • “The Opera Adventure” 12Th Annual Impact II Idea Expo Conference: Ideas for Educators”. The Education Fund. Miami, USA. Nov. 3, 2001.

 

  • “The Opera Adventure”.13Th Annual Impact II Idea Expo Conference: Ideas for Educators. The Education Fund. Miami, USA. Nov. 9, 2002.    [28]

 

  • “The Opera Adventure: Integrating Opera in the Classroom. A Multidisciplinary Approach”. Young Patronesses of the Opera/ MDCPS: Annual Conference-Workshop for Music Educators”. Miami, USA. Oct. 2002.    [29]

 

  • “The Opera Adventure: How to Create and Produce and Opera in the Classroom” The Young Patronesses of the Opera, Florida Grand Opera and Miami-Dade County Music Educators Association -Teachers’ Workshop-. October 17, 2003.     [30]

 

  • “Hispanic Art & Music of the XIX and XX Century”. International Festival of The Arts. Miami Dade College. USA. Nov. 2, 2004.

 

  • “Culture and Culture Shock”. Miami Dade College. USA. Feb. 8, 2005.

 

  • “Jews Artists: Life, Work and Survival During World War II” Holocaust Remembrance Week Series. Miami Dade College. USA. March 28–31, 2005.

 

  • “I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Poetry and Writings from the Concentration Camps”. Holocaust Remembrance Week Series. Miami Dade College. USA. April 13, 2005.

 

  • “Ethiopian Jewry”. Lecture followed by concert by the ‘Bahalachin Tradition Ensemble’ from Ethiopia. Miami Dade College. USA. Sept. 15, 2005.

 

  • “Music of the United States”. Constitution Day Series. Miami Dade College. USA. Sept. 22, 2005.

 

  • “Latin American Visual Arts and Classical Music”. Hispanic Heritage Month. Miami Dade College. Oct. 18, 2005.

 

  • “What Is Culture?”. MDC International Festival of The Arts. Miami Dade College. USA. Nov. 7, 2005.

 

  • “The Aesthetics of Western Art and Music”. MDC International Festival of The Arts. Miami Dade College. USA. Nov. 8, 2005.

 

  • “LatinAmerican Modern Art”. MDC International Festival of The Arts. Miami Dade College. USA. Nov. 10, 2005.

 

  • “African-American Women Musicians”. Black History Month Series. Miami Dade College. Miami, USA. Feb 21, 2006.   [31]

 

  • “Jazz Roots”. Black History Month Series. Miami Dade College. Miami, USA. Feb 27, 2006.    [32]

 

  • “Learning about Global Citizenship: An Approach for The Humanities, Music and The Fine Arts Curriculum”. Miami Dade College Conference Day. Miami, USA. March 2, 2006.    [33]

 

  • “The Mural Project: Applied Arts in the Humanities Curriculum” Miami Dade College Conference Day. Miami, USA. March 2, 2006.     [34]

 

  • “Latin-American Women Composers: Lecture-Recital”. MDC Women’s History Month. Miami Dade College. USA. March 30, 2006.

 

  • “Macondo Poems: A Portrait of Surrealism and Descriptive Nationalism in Contemporary Music”. Prague Conservatory of Music. Czech Republic. July 9, 2006.

 

  • “Piano Latinoamericano: Lecture Recital”. College of Music Society National Conference. CMS Fund. San Antonio, Texas, USA. Sept. 2006.   [35]

 

  • “Hispanic Women in Music: Lecture Recital”. Hispanic Heritage Month. Miami Dade College. USA. Oct. 17 & 18, 2006.

 

  • “Introducing Culture Throughout Music”. MDC International Festival of The Arts. Miami Dade College. USA. Nov. 8, 2006.

 

  • “Music, Humanities and Mathematics: Mathematics Across the Curriculum”. Miami Dade College Conference Day. Miami, USA. March 1. 2007. Retrieved Jan. 23, 2017.  [36]    [37]

 

  • “Music Education in Venezuela from the Colonial Period to the Present”. Latin America Music Seminar. University of London. London, UK. May 17, 2008.  [38]    [SC2008-LAMS-PDF]

 

  • “Musically Induced Higher Brain Functions Development”. MEA / BU Regional Seminar. Music Education Dept. Boston University. Savannah Georgia, USA. Jan. 28, 2009. 

 

  • “La SVMC en el Siglo XXI: Vision, Plan y Desarrollo”. (Presenters: MariaNela Arocha Bernal & Sylvia Constantinidis). IV Congreso de Composicion Musical. XVII Festival Latinoamericano de Musica Contemporanea. Caracas, Venezuela. Mayo 23, 2012. [39]

 

  • “Trends and Explorations of Venezuelan Contemporary Music”. Italian-American Contemporary Music Festival. Conservatorio della Musica. Citta di Castello, Italy. July 2012.

 

  • “The SVMC and The Venezuelan Contemporary Music Scene”. ISCM WMD 2015 Conference. Slovenia. Sept. 30, 2015.   [40]

 

 
  • Miranda, Ricardo y Tello, Aurelio. (2011). “La Musica en Latinoamerica : La Busqueda Perpetua : lo propio y lo universal de la cultura latinoamericana.” Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores. Direccion General del Acervo Historico Diplomatico. Mexico, pp. 279.   [41]    [RMyAT_PDF]
 
  • Pinto, Juan C. (2012). “Sylvia Constantinidis” in: “Art Music of Venezuela”. Blog. Oct 5, 2012.   [42]. [47]
 
  • “Sylvia Constantinidis”. Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music. Volume 15, No. 2. 2009. USA. pp. 28-30. [IAWM2009] . 
 
 
  • “NoteWorthy”. Notations Magazine. Canadian Music Center. Spring 2013, Vol. 20, no. 1: pp. 8. Toronto, ON, Canada. May, 2013.   [44]
  • Pfitzinger, Scott. (2017). “A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students.” Rowman & Littlefield. Mar 1, 2017. Pp : 17, 52, 61, 107, 209, 299, 502. (ISBN 1442272252, 9781442272255)
  • “Texturalismus”. (Bibliographic citation: “Maria Silvia Castillo Constantinidis – Treize études pour l’orchestre. PDF bei Scholary Repository, Miami”).   [45]

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