Varvara GYRA was born in Ioannina, Greece, and has been living in Paris, France, since 1998. She studied the guitar in Paris with Roland Dyens and Francis Kleynjans, graduated from the Ecole Normale de Paris and has been awarded scholarships by the Academy of Athens and the Onassis Foundation. She holds a Ph. D. in Musicology (University of Paris VIII) and her thesis is on the work of the Greek 20th century composer Jani Christou. She has recorded three CDs, won four international prizes and performed in various countries all over the world.
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Séance -Contrasting Paths to Modernism: Bartók, Skalkottas and Christou 2.E.3 : Compositional Praxis and Historical Time in the Late Works of Jani Christou
