Dimitri Georgaras is an Ottawa-born composer, sound artist, and instrument builder. He has recently completed a degree in electrical engineering and electroacoustic music composition, with his passion lying in the intersection of the two. Dimitri's compositional voice is informed by deconstructing the fundamentals, limitations, and chaotic behaviours of analog electronics and digital signal processing, creatively exposing their musical potential through composition and performance. Recent works include both acoustic and electronic feedback, spectral processing of acoustic piano, and micro-cassette based sound installations. Since 2018, Dimitri has performed regularly in the Kingston area and has presented works for the Tone Deaf Festival and Juvenis Festival.
In the summer of 2018, Dimitri was awarded the Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowship in which he conducted a research project for the Queen's University Sonic Arts Studio, exploring the history and application of electronic feedback as a compositional technique. Along with realizing and performing seminal feedback compositions by David Tudor and Ralph Jones, he designed and built a dedicated feedback instrument comprised of original circuitry, intended for live performance.
For his dedication to the composition program and excellence in electroacoustics (composition, research, performance, and production), Dimitri was the recipient of the Istvan Prize in Electroacoustics (2020) and the Graham George Memorial Scholarship in Composition (2020).
After a fruitful education of composition, live performance, and sound installations, Dimitri has returned home to Ottawa, eager to bring his passion and new ideas to the Ottawa electroacoustic scene.