From Solo Writing to Large-Scale Productions

List of Works

Catalogue of Works.

Title Year Scored For Duration
1 Ode til lyset (Ode to Light) 2025 alto, mixed choir and chamber ensemble with a site-specific light installation at Næstved’s harbour 8′40″
2 Sound of Shanghai (上海之声) 2024 – 2025 Kunqu soprano, Chinese orchestra, guzheng orchestra, ruan orchestra, jazz trio, female choir, children’s chorus, electronic sounds and field recordings 23′
3 Naval Symphony 2016 – 2017 soprano, tenor, children’s choir, mixed choir (S-A-T-B) and symphony orchestra (3-3-3-3 / 4-3-3-1 / percussion [4], piano / strings) 12′30″
4 Ulmer Oratorium 2013 – 2014 10 soloists, philharmonic orchestra, brass orchestra, mixed adult choir, children’s/youth choir, bell orchestra, construction workshop ensemble, eleven percussionists in various formations, electronics and sound reinforcement system 60′
5 Autosymphonic 2010 – 2011 symphony orchestra, car orchestra (80 vehicles), 120 car-players (120 percussionists), choir, children’s/youth choir, pop band vocal ensemble, percussion octet, electronics, and 360° spatial sound reinforcement system 60′
6 Autotrio 2010 automobile trio, fourteen car-musicians and electronic sounds 5′10″
7 Airdance 2009 an automated electromechanical orchestra 3′30″
8 Aquanauten 2007 vocal ensemble 25′
9 En Plo 2007 contrabass clarinet, double bass, electronics and loudspeaker orchestra 11′
10 Spiegel:eye 2006 for 9 instruments, 11 loudspeakers and electronic sounds 8′
11 Strophes 2003 – 2004 11 vocal soloists, instrumental ensemble, loudspeaker ensemble and electronics 20′
12 hydor ~ chronos 2002 / 2004 electroacoustic music and art video 14′
13 Antique 2001 narrator, electroacoustic music and video 14′20″

«The name Marios Joannou Elia is associated with the spectacular in the music scene.»

Ein Mann fürs Monumentale · Augsburger Allgemeine