UC San Diego

Understanding, examining, and observing the creative processes of any piece of art, guide us to a profound insight of the creators thoughts and ideas. In my opinion, Jani Christou was one of the most imaginative and creative composers of the 20th century. His profound knowledge in Philosophy and music, and his radical, fearless musical voice, interconnected an additional layer to his latest pieces, like Anaparastasis I and III ( The Baritone and The Pianist). In Anaparastasis III, which is the focus of this thesis, Christou plays between the “ common”, “traditional”, “ expected” and “dictated “ rolls of/between the performers, the soloist, conductor and the audience. At the same time, he is carefully choreographing and directing the visual aspect of his musical materials. To him, every detail matters and each component plays a significant role toward the perception of this piece. Here, I observed and analyzed the piece, by following the footprints of his creative processes. Creating needs a genuine, especial, multi angled, focused “care”, which I am aiming to point out, its fundamental role in this research and in particular in the creation of this piece.