Georgia Koumará (born 1991)
Georgia Koumará was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and studied music composition at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre. She currently lives and works in Cologne.
Georgia Koumará’s website states:
In her music she is interested in exploring the relationships that occur between conceptual, perceptual and actual measurable time, as it is formulated thought different ontological interpretations, from the process of performance and listening. Thus, by creating, developing and combining different sonic processes, she strives to achieve continuous flux and energy and intricate multi layered textures.
Walk in and find your Supper! is a 2016 composition for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and soloist. It is based on a children’s game “Huckle Buckle Beanstalk,” which involves hiding an object that others need to find. The instrumentalists and soloist portray characters in this game.
The score (which is shown in another YouTube video of the work) contains numerous instructions for the instrumentalists to look at each other and express certain emotions as if deceiving, rebelling, being relaxed or sad, and to speak certain lines or phrases, some in German and some in English. Most of the score is very precisely notated, but towards the end is an extended section of improvisation.