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3rd Prize to Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award 2023
University of Illinois Urbana – Champaign, for the work “Magna Carta Libertatum” for flute, clarinet, harp, vibraphone, violin, viola, violoncello (University of Illinois 2023)

Honorable mention to “Eine Stimme steht im Dunkel” International Composition Competition 2023
Univeristy of Vienna, for the work “Frage” for choir and piano (Vienna 2023)

1st Prize to 4th International Composition Competition in Vienna 2023
for the work “Mare Imbrium” for chamber ensemble (Vienna 2023)

1st Prize to 7th International Composition Competition in Manhattan 2023
for the work “Never-ending rain” for piano (June 2023)

Lina Tonia in Universal Edition: The works of the composer are now published by Universal Edition
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Lina Tonia: Composer of the Year 2020
New York World Music Awards from The Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists (FAMSPA)

2nd Prize to GEDOK International Composition Competition 2020
for the 150th anniversary of Ida Dehmel, for the work ALMA for soprano, clarinet and piano, Munich, September 2020

New Interviews:
Stars Illustrated Year Book, November 2020, Times Square Press, New York
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Stars Illustrated Magazine, August 2020, Times Square Press, New York
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Upcoming Interview:
Stars Illustrated Magazine, January 2021, Times Square Press, New York
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1st Prize winner to the XII INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION FRANCISCO ESCUDERO
for the work “The sea of rains” for accordion, piano, violin and cello, September 2019
http://www.hauspoz.org/index.php/es_ES/concurso-fco-escudero/edicion-2019

New Edition!
The Theory of Music published by Panas music
Η θεωρία της Μουσικής (Τεύχος 1,2,3) από τον εκδoτικό οίκο Παπαγρηγορίου – Νάκας

New Interview!
“Composer Lina Tonia on the quest for uniqueness and going beyond Greek borders”
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Upcoming Events

September 17, 2023 19.30
“Sirènes des mondes invisibles” for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola and violoncello – world premiere
Commissioned by Court Circuit ensemble
Direction: Jean Deroyer
Théâtre L’ Échangeur
59 avenue du Général de Gaulle
93170 Bagnolet
Paris

September 27, 2023 19.30
“Magna Carta Libertatum” for flute, clarinet, harp, vibraphone, violin, viola and violoncello – USA premiere
27th Annual Award Concert of the Salvatore Martirano Memorial Award
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
University of Illinois,
Urbana – Champaign
USA

October 16, 2023
“Onirodrama” for violin, violoncello and piano
Female Composers Week
Department of Music Studies
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Athens
Greece

October 24, 2023 20.30
“Maria Callas” chamber opera in one act for mezzo-soprano, narrator, flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin and violoncello
Theatre Melina Mercouri, Kalamaria,
Thessaloniki
Greece

March 29, 2024
“Ganymede” for large orchestra – world premiere
Athens State Orchestra
The Athens Caoncert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Concert Hall
Athens
Greece

Past Events

December 7, 2022
Mare Nubium (for orchestra) – world premiere
Delaware Symphony Orchestra, conductor James Allen Anderson
Puglisi Orchestra Hall, Delaware (USA)

November 6, 2022 – world premiere
Six songs for female choir, piano, and three violoncellos
Melina Merkouri Theatre, Kalamaria (Greece)

July 6, 2022
The sound of Ganymede (for accordion and organ) – world premiere
Brandneu Festival
Kassel, Germany

May 7, 2022
Fos – Hymn for Europe (for soprano and string orchestra) – world premiere
Camerata Europea, conductor Maria Makraki, soprano Sophia Kyanidou
Athens Conservatoire, Amis Garoufalis Concert Hall
Athens, Greece

March 18, 2022
Oceanus Procellarum (for orchestra) – world premiere
Thessaloniki State Orchestra, conductor Zoi Tsokanou
Megaron Concert Hall of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece

February 18, 2022
Radiation belts (for two violins) – world premiere
Electron Emissions (for two violins and violoncello) – world premiere
violin I: Rezarta Krugia violin II: Mimi Mouratidou violoncello: Michalis Kontos
The President of the Hellenic Space Center, Prof. Ioannis Daglis, and composer Lina Tonia will open the event giving talks about the sounds of space and the musical compositions that will be presented.
Β & Μ Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music
Athens, Greece

October 12, 2021 20:00
Alma (for soprano, clarinet and piano)
Marcia Lemke-Kern: Sopran, Pamela Coats: Klarinette, Jennifer Hymer: Klavier
BKA Theater, Berlin, Germany

October 10, 2021 21:00 
Dialogues (for flute, violin and piano)
Festival di Musica Contemporanea, Aula Magna Collegio Ghislieri
Pan Trio (flauto: Alessandra Giura Longo / violino: Nadine Galea / pianoforte: Silvia Belfiore) 

Pavia, Italy

October 2-3,2021
Presentation of lecture “The Spiral Movement and the Golden Ratio in the Sound of Space” at the International Conference on Music & Sounds
London, United Kingdom

October 22, 2020
Onirodrama III for cello and guitar
Snim festival, Echoraum, Vienna

October 24, 2020
Alma for soprano, clarinet and piano
Hamburgh

November 6, 2020
Alma for soprano, clarinet and piano
Hamburgh

October 9, 2019, 19.30
U_topia III for two percussionists (world premiere)
Neopercusion ensemble
Foundation Juan March, Castello 77, Madrid
https://www.march.es/actos/101612/

October 26, 2019, 20.00
U_topia II for flute, clarinet, accordion, violin & cello
Via Nova ensemble
Nowa Synagoga w Gdańsku, ul. Partyzantów 7, Poland
http://neoarte.pl/program/

November 12, 2019, 20.00
U_topia III for two percussionists
Neopercusion ensemble
Madrid Actual-Ritmo Vital
Teatro GALILEO, Madrid

December 13, 2019, 19.00
U_topia II for flute, clarinet, accordion, violin & cello
Via Nova ensemble
Konzerthalle, Fischmarkt 7 Erfurt, Germany
http://ensemblevianova.de

April 9, 2019
New work for violin, cello and piano (world premiere)
Kopleff Recital Hall at Georgia State University, USA