Theodore Antoniou

Professor Emeritus of Music | antoniou@bu.edu

Graduate, National Hellenic Conservatories, Athens; Studies at Hochschule für Musik and Siemens Studio for Electronic Music, Munich; International Music Courses, Darmstadt. Professor Antoniou received the Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching by Boston University in 1991, Music Award from the Greek Academy of Arts and Letters in 1997, and the prestigious 1998 Music Award from the Hellenic Union of Music. Awards for composition include Richard Strauss Prize, Munich, 1964. Commissions from Koussevitsky and Fromm Foundations and city of Munich for the Olympic Games, 1972. Recipient, National Endowment for the Arts Composers Fellowship and John Simon Guggenheim Grant. Conducted Tonhalle, Bayerische Rundfunk, National State Orchestra of Athens, National Opera Orchestra of Greece, Utah Symphony, and Nouvelle Symphonie, French National Broadcasting System. Former faculty member, Stanford University, University of Utah, and Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. Director, Contemporary Activities, Berkshire Music Center. Published by Bärenreiter Verlag and G. Schirmer. Artistic Director, Alea III. Present position, 1978.