May Roosevelt Thereminist – Producer – Composer

Living Postcards |

| 20 September 2015

May Roosevelt

Thereminist – Producer – Composer
Lives and works in Thessaloniki, Greece
Classically trained in violin
Red Bull Music Academy Participant. London, 2010

SELECTED SOLO PERFORMANCES

March 2012 | Polytechno. Corfu, Greece
February 2012 | Xanthi Cultural Hall. Xanthi, Greece
January 2012 Node Festival. Lausanne, Switzerland
June 2011 Miscelanea. Barcelona, Spain
April 2011, | 4FashionShake III. Athens, Greece
November 2010 | BIOS. Athens, Greece
September 2010 | Reworks Festival. Thessaloniki, Greece
May 2010 | Moving Silence Festival. Athens, Greece
March 2010 | Koç University. Istanbul, Turkey
February 2010 | Old Blue Last. London, UK
January 2010 | Mylos Club. Thessaloniki, Greece
June 2009 | Athens Biennale. Athens, Greece
May 2008 | Veria Cultural Hall. Veria, Greece

LECTURES

January 2010 | “The theremin” SAE Institute Athens. Athens, Greece.

Composer, musician and producer May Roosevelt has just released her new album: “May Roosevelt: Music to the poetry of Dinos Christianopoulos” on the IANOS label.
The album consists of 10 musical compositions, inspired by the poetry of Dinos Christianopoulos, in which the composer dovetails her music with the simultaneous recitation of the poems by the poet himself; thus, Roosevelt highlights the emotional resonance of his poetry, through her own musical interpretation.
Her compositions, based on the piano, are enriched by the theremin, the most characteristic feature of May Roosevelt’s music. Lyrical melodies, elements of Greek folk music and Byzantine church hymns are blended, echoing the literary pseudonym of the poet: “Christianopoulos”, and capturing both the confessional aspect of his poetry and his existential angst.