Stavros Markonis

Stavros Markonis is a film composer based in Athens and Rotterdam. After studying composition in Greece (Ionian University) and UK (University of York), he specialized in composing for film and television in the Netherlands - it is in the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Nederlandse Film Academy that he completed his studies.

Considering the music/sound environment as one of the main factors that lead to the final audiovisual result and define it in a great extent, he works on every single project not only following the steps that he trusts as a ritual but also being "present" and willing to adapt to new circumstances.

What do these mean? He never imagines his music as a whole at the beginning of each project. He starts by picking elements (musical and non) which serve different aspects of the storytelling and playing around them. From using location sounds to conceptual arrangements, he takes it as far as the conditions allow. The merge of these choices will result in his music.