Emilios Riadis
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Emilios Riadis (13 May 1885- 17 July 1935) was a Greek composer. He was born in Thessaloniki
, Greece. He had his first music lesson in harmony and piano with a friend of Wagner’s, Dimitrios Lalas. He also studied at the Munich Academy from 1908-1910. He studied form, instrumental and fugue with Walburnn, piano with Mayer-Schrey and choral singing with Becht and Stitch.
After finishing at the academy he moved to Paris
and studied under Charpentier
and Ravel (1910–1915). This was when he started appearing as the composer Riadis because he took the ending of his mother’s maiden name, which was Elefteriadis. He was temporarily arrested at the beginning of World War I
and resulted to his permanent move back to Thessaloniki
. In 1915 he became a professor at the State Conservatory of Salonica. It is rumored that he was the sub-director, however there are no records indicating this.
Most of his works were for the stage, orchestra and chamber, but Riadis was famous for his songs. His songs were “distinguished by an expressive melodic line, somewhat oriental in its intervallic pattern; his harmonization’s are in the French manner”. Most of his works, however, remained unfinished. He also gave a few lectures during the 1920s. In 1921/22 he lectured on Chinese music, in 1924 on Mozart and in 1926 on Ancient Egyptian music. Riadis won the National Award for Arts and Letters in 1923.
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
, Greece. He had his first music lesson in harmony and piano with a friend of Wagner’s, Dimitrios Lalas. He also studied at the Munich Academy from 1908-1910. He studied form, instrumental and fugue with Walburnn, piano with Mayer-Schrey and choral singing with Becht and Stitch.
After finishing at the academy he moved to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and studied under Charpentier
Gustave Charpentier
Gustave Charpentier, , born in Dieuze, Moselle on 25 June 1860, died Paris, 18 February 1956) was a French composer, best known for his opera Louise.-Life and career:...
and Ravel (1910–1915). This was when he started appearing as the composer Riadis because he took the ending of his mother’s maiden name, which was Elefteriadis. He was temporarily arrested at the beginning of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
and resulted to his permanent move back to Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
. In 1915 he became a professor at the State Conservatory of Salonica. It is rumored that he was the sub-director, however there are no records indicating this.
Most of his works were for the stage, orchestra and chamber, but Riadis was famous for his songs. His songs were “distinguished by an expressive melodic line, somewhat oriental in its intervallic pattern; his harmonization’s are in the French manner”. Most of his works, however, remained unfinished. He also gave a few lectures during the 1920s. In 1921/22 he lectured on Chinese music, in 1924 on Mozart and in 1926 on Ancient Egyptian music. Riadis won the National Award for Arts and Letters in 1923.