Vasiliki Legaki’s output focuses on the spatiality of sound materials, considering space as a compositional dimension of expression in music. At one point, sound is conceived as a textural source which creates trajectories of energy in the space, competent to be spotted and followed by the listener. On the other hand, sounds are contemplated as identities in a narrative frame that centres a dramatic plot, distinguishing them into characters and roles, and placing them in conflicting situations, offering a theatrical approach to listening to the work. These qualities of sound, as source and as identity, mainly examine the relations between time, space and motion.    Moreover, her works integrate the spatialisation and movement of the performers into the space emphasising both the “source space aesthetics” and “the dramaturgy of sound” informed by interdisciplinary theories of Fractals. Legaki is interested in creating multi-layer and multi-focus environments, mixing classical composition with electronics and acousmatic approaches, where audience can explore in a macrostructure level, as well as in its minor details.

 

  Vasiliki is a Greek composer within a wide range of settings, from symphony orchestra, chamber music, solo to acousmatic music and sound installations. Her works have been performed in Europe, US, Latin America and Canada by diverse musicians and ensembles, including the ensembles Klangforum Wien & PPCM II, Trio Accanto, BBC Singers, Riot Ensemble, Zone Expérimentale, AleaIII, and Mdi Ensemble and the soloists Xuefei Yang (classical guitar), Belle Chen (piano), Hsiang-ting Tseng (marimba), and Janne Valkeajoki (accordion). Her music has gained recognition in several competitions and festivals, such as the artistic and multimedia competition of Hellenic Public Power Corporation Meets the Art 2022 (“Rotations” for 13 loudspeakers/Sound Installation, first prize), the 32nd International Composition Competition of AleaIII 2016, Boston, USA (“The Passage” for seven bassoons, first prize and audience prize), Sorodha International Composition Competition, Antwerp (“43 Sunsets” for solo marimba, finalist), Atemporánea Festival 2023 (Buenos Aires, Argentina), the Musical Βridge Βetween Onassis Foundation and Panteion University of Athens 2021, Impuls Academy 2017 (Graz, Austria), Darmstadt Summer Festival 2018 (Germany), 30th Music Bienalle Zagreb  2019 (Croatia), OutHear New Music Week 2019 (Larissa, Greece), Park Lane Group 2016 (London, UK). Vasiliki has studied musicology and music composition (BMus, MMus) at Royal Holloway, University of London. Currently, she is a PHD student at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki under the supervision of professors Dimitri Papageorgiou, Panayiotis Kokoras, and Georgios Kitsios.