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Georges Aperghis
Person · male · Greece · Athens · born 1945 · recording since 1992
Greek composer of contemporary music living in France
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Also known as Georges Aperghis · Γιώργος Απέργης · George Aperghis · 喬治斯·阿珀斯
Timeline
14 events▣ Album 9✦ Award 3◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1940s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Simulacre 1 / A bout des bras / Les Sept crimes de l'amour / Cinq couplets / Il gigante Golia / 280 mesures pour clarinette
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: Simulacre 1 / A bout des bras / Les Sept crimes de l'amour / Cinq couplets / Il gigante Golia / 280 mesures pour clarinette
Album
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2000s
· Album
Album: Machinations, spectacle musical pour quatre femmes et ordinateur
Album
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography148 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1372994004
Biography
Georges Aperghis (Greek: Γιώργος Απέργης; born 23 December 1945) is a Greek composer working primarily in the field of experimental music theater but has also composed a large amount of non-programmatic chamber music.
Career
Aperghis worked with Pierre Schaeffer and Iannis Xenakis and founded the music and theater company ATEM (Atelier Théâtre et Musique). He was a "composer in residence" in Strasbourg, France.
In 2011 he was the first recipient of the Mauricio Kagel Music Prize. Aperghis is honored with the 2015 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Contemporary Music for his reinvention of music theater, using sound, gesture, space and technology and involving performers in the compositional process.
Personal life
He was born in 1945 to Greek artists Irini and Achilleas Aperghis. He lives in France and was married to actress Édith Scob until 2019 when she died.
Listening
UbuWeb Sound Poetry: George Aperghis featuring Récitations for solo voice 1977-1978
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 9 | 81.7th |
| Studio albums | 9 | 90th |
| Awards recorded | 3 | 95.4th |
| Timeline events | 14 | 90.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 33 | 71.4th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (9 release groups · 9 studio albums)
Albums · 9
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 58:28
1Simulacre 19:452Cinq couplets20:063Sept crimes de l'amour5:104280 mesures pour clarinette9:515Il gigante Golia7:576A bout de bras5:392000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 38:09
1Récitation 10: left part, 1st version0:522Récitation 51:103Récitation 132:404Récitation 10: left part, 2nd version0:535Récitation 73:526Récitation 8: central part, vertical version1:137Récitation 10: right part2:308Récitation 14:279Récitation 8: right part, vertical version2:2110Récitation 114:2911Récitation 10: left part, 3rd version1:0512Récitation 94:0013Récitation 8: left part, vertical version0:4814Récitation 32:0415Récitation 123:5916Récitation 141:462002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 58:32
1Die Hamletmaschine-Oratorio: I. Familienalbum22:362Die Hamletmaschine-Oratorio: II. Das Europa der Frau5:183Die Hamletmaschine-Oratorio: III. Scherzo7:314Die Hamletmaschine-Oratorio: IV. Pest um Buda, Schlacht um Grönland16:115Die Hamletmaschine-Oratorio: V. Wildharrend / In der furchtbaren Rüstung / Jahrtausende6:56Machinations, spectacle musical pour quatre femmes et ordinateur
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 51:35
1Machinations : I4:152Machinations : II4:363Machinations : III9:114Machinations : IV1:105Machinations : V2:536Machinations : VI8:257Machinations : VII8:078Machinations : VIII4:199Machinations : IX4:4810Machinations : X3:512006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 43:11
1Récitation 13:332Récitation 21:493Récitation 31:584Récitation 47:405Récitation 52:376Récitation 63:227Récitation 73:488Récitation 82:279Récitation 92:5810Récitation 102:1111Récitation 112:5012Récitation 123:1113Récitation 133:4014Récitation 141:072010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:16:09
1À tombeau ouvert20:402Les secrets élémentaires16:383Printmusic15:164Pièce pour jeunes pianistes2:505Simata20:45Contratemps / SEESAW / Parlando / Teeter-totter
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:03:37
1Contretemps21:082SEESAW11:293Parlando17:054Teeter-totter13:552021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:06:13
1Lopsided Sob6:512Ruinen8:543Schattentheater6:554P.S.8:425The Only Line12:076Deux cents quatre-vingt mesures11:247Tag ohne Nacht11:20Georges Aperghis: Lignes de fissure
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 56:18
1Ligne de fissure - For cimbalom solo8:482Merry go round - For accordion solo11:023Sur le fil - For cimbalom solo8:444Tingel Tangel: Prologue1:125Tingel Tangel: Intermède I0:176Tingel Tangel: I - "Masques"2:297Tingel Tangel: Intermède II0:348Tingel Tangel: II - "Premier Amour"3:529Tingel Tangel: III - "Speakerine"3:0610Tingel Tangel: IV - "Équilibristes"4:3911Tingel Tangel: Mélodrame4:2612Tingel Tangel: V - "Pas à pas"2:5313Tingel Tangel: VI - "Salto mortale"4:16
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Georges Aperghis head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 9 | 81.7th |
| Studio albums | 9 | 90th |
| Awards recorded | 3 | 95.4th |
| Timeline events | 14 | 90.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 33 | 71.4th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Mauricio Kagel Music Prize | won | |
| 2015 | BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award | won | |
| 2021 | Ernst von Siemens Music Prize | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Der_Komponist_Georges_Aperghis_in_seinem_Pariser_Atelier_02.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c4c26b09-3b2d-46d4-bdbc-9653db21b9b2discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c4c26b09-3b2d-46d4-bdbc-9653db21b9b2core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1355279genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1355279seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Aperghisbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Aperghis
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Wikidata: Q1355279 · MusicBrainz: c4c26b09-3b2d-46d4-bdbc-9653db21b9b2
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