Lambros Pigounis is a composer and sound artist based in Athens, whose practice encompasses contemporary classical and electroacoustic composition, sound art, experimental performance, and interdisciplinary collaboration. His work explores sound as both a musical and physical medium, often bringing electroacoustic practices into dialogue with theatre, dance, visual art, and performance.
He studied violin and music theory at the Greek Conservatoire in Athens and, between 1998 and 2001, studied electroacoustic composition at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. During this period, he pursued additional studies with composers Jonathan Harvey, Javier Alvarez, Jonty Harrison and Ambrose Field. He subsequently completed an MA in Electroacoustic Composition at City University London, under the supervision of Simon Emmerson and Denis Smalley. His further studies include seminars and masterclasses in computer algorithmic composition and improvisation on violin for theatre and dance.
Pigounis’s work has been presented internationally at festivals, theatres and arts institutions across Europe, including Laban Dance Festivals, Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, Mercat de les Flors, Athens Digital Arts Festival, Moving Silence Festival, Tanz im August, HAU Hebbel am Ufer and the Ibsen Festival, among others. His practice includes collaborations with musicians, directors, choreographers and interdisciplinary artists, as well as commissions for theatre, dance and film.
His recent work includes Micropolitics of Noise, a long-duration sound art performance commissioned by the Marina Abramović Institute and NEON, as well as commissions from HAU Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin and Rimini Protokoll. He has also worked as a Visiting Artist at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Pigounis teaches at SAE Athens Institute of Technology. His current artistic research focuses on the ethics and politics of sound in acoustic ecology, with particular interest in the role of the human agent in electroacoustic performance and the development of interactive compositional models.