"Lefteris Papadimitriou is the winner of the inaugural 2009 CeReNeM/HCMF Scholarship."

Lefteris Papadimitriou is the winner of the inaugural 2009 CeReNeM/HCMF Scholarship. The scholarship covers three years tuition fees for doctoral study at Huddersfield with stipend and enables him to work closely with HCMF's Artistic Director, Graham McKenzie.

Lefteris Papadimitriou was born in Greece and is a graduate at the music department of the University of Athens where he studied composition with Iannis Ioanidis. He was the winner of the 2006 Gaudeamus prize for his composition for piano and orchestra "Black and white". He was awarded a commission from the Asko/Schoenberg Ensemble, Amsterdam 2008 and participated in the 2007 "Acanthes" composition workshops under Michael Jarell, Marco Stroppa and Yan Maresz.

He has written many works for instruments and various electronic media, which have been performed in Greece and abroad. Together with Marios Tsagaris he performs live electronic works and improvisations with laptops. http://www.lefterispapadimitriou.com/

The Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM) at the University of Huddersfield aims to conduct and disseminate research of the highest international standing into composition, contemporary performance, and new technologies. CeReNeM promotes discourse between departmental staff and visiting artists by supporting the creation and presentation of work through residencies, publications, workshops, seminars and concerts.

CeReNem website: http://www.hud.ac.uk/mh/music/cerenem/

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