Konstantine Vlasis is an environmental composer, audio researcher, Leifur Eiríksson Foundation Fellow, and Fulbright-NSF Arctic Research Fellow. His public talks and performances center on the ways that sound and listening mediate our experiences of changing landscapes, and how music can...
Read MoreKonstantine Vlasis is an environmental composer, audio researcher, Leifur Eiríksson Foundation Fellow, and Fulbright-NSF Arctic Research Fellow. His public talks and performances center on the ways that sound and listening mediate our experiences of changing landscapes, and how music can be a form of climate communication and environmental storytelling. As a 2024 Fulbright-National Geographic Award recipient, Vlasis will produce an immersive audio story called “When Glaciers Sing," which traces the human ecology of glaciers in Iceland through natural sounds, cultural songs, and local voices. As he learns more about Icelandic peoples’ relationship to glaciers, Vlasis aims to uncover untold stories related to the history of these icy landscapes, and the ways that music remains a crucial source for environmental knowledge. His contemporary audio series will resonate a timely story about the meaning of sound, the power of song, and the urgency of listening to glaciers today.
In addition to his audio-based research, Vlasis remains an active composer and performer. His music blends complex rhythmic structures, minimalist textures, and sound design to create environmentally conceptual and immersive pieces. In this regard, Vlasis explicitly builds his works upon pre-existing musical textures created by nonhuman entities, soundscapes, and natural phenomenon. Vlasis is a Ph.D. candidate in music and sound studies at New York University, and a performing member of the percussion quartet, APEX Percussion.
