Welcome
My name is Wilma-Irini Giannacidis and I was born in 2007 in the “Beethoven city” Bonn in Germany. I have German/Dutch and Greek roots through my parents.
At the age of 6 I started painting analog and digital, writing fantasy stories, making music on the harp, piano and synthesizer, later composing on these instruments and for wind and symphonic orchestras. You can listen to a small part of these compositions on my YouTube channel TheEpicLifeOfWilms.
“When I make music, I can let a story with unlimited possibilities play out in my mind.” (Wilma)
Composing & Scores
How it all started: I first started composing on the harp at the age of 6, later the piano and synthesizer. Over the years I have learned several major composition programs such as Sibelius Ultimate, DORICO PRO, Cubase and electronic programs. My composition styles range from jazz on the harp, contemporary music, electronic music, improvisation, new age, classical to Film composition, all with and without vocals. I have also written scores for wind and symphony orchestras.
I wrote my first orchestral composition “The Fairytale of Fireflies” at the age of 9 and can be found on my YouTube channel under Videos. The Premiere was in Cologne in 2017 under the direction of Ms. Ulla Grümmer, lecturer at the Rheinische Musikschule Köln and the “University for Music and Dance” Cologne.
I took part in a Youth music competition in 2017 and 2020 (12 y.) for the first time with my own composition “The Icedragon”, a musical story, and won 1st prize in the “Harp Solo” category.
For many years I was a student at the “Rheinische Music school” in Cologne in composition with Ms. Ulla Grümmer, the composer Mr. Henrik Albrecht and in the composition workshop with Mr. Thomas Taxus Beck, head of the composition department in Cologne. As a result, I had several performances of my compositions at the departmental concert “To do”, at the contemporary youth festival “Zett Emm”, as well as at various district concerts and regional concerts in Bonn and Cologne and i was a scholarship holder in the preparatory study program in composition in Cologne. “Fantastic Fungis”, which was premiered in 2023 at the Cologne Contemporary Youth Festival by the Cologne Youth Symphony Wind Orchestra under the direction of conductor Michael Rosinus, provides a brief insight into a wind orchestra composition.
Many of my compositions have not yet been published. Among them are also large audio orchestrations and scores for symphony orchestra.
All in all, this hobby takes a lot of time, creativity and attention to detail.
Performances & Orchestra
At the age of 5, I started learning the troubadour, hook harp and concert harp with the renowned harpist Konstanze Jarzcyk at the “Beethoven Music School” in Bonn and continued my lessons at the age of 14 with the harpist Marie-Claire Junke at the “Music school” in Bad Honnef and attended Joel von Lerber’s master class there. I won 1st prize twice in the “Youth Music Competition” in the “Harp Solo” category. At the age of 9, I played my concert harp for a year and a half in the KIO, the Cologne Improvisation Orchestra, at the Cologne University of Music and Dance under the tutelage of Angelika Sheridan. There were exciting performances at the “Contemporary Music Festival” and in churches every year. I have also performed with the Bonn-Frechener Harp Ensemble and district concerts Performances with the harp, piano and composition at summer and winter concerts were also included every year. At the major event “The stage is set for Beethoven” I was allowed to play the grand piano 2023 in Bonn’s city center.
The joy of music was there. At the age of 7 I learned piano with the pianist Markus Krebel, the well-known jazz musician Markus Schinkel and finally with the renowned pianist Susanne Kessel. I learned to play the synthesizer on my own.
One of my compositions, which I wrote for a large symphony orchestra, “TO INFINITY AND BEYOND ” was performed by Dr. Walther Pelzer, board of Directors of DLR e.V. (German Aerospace), on 24.8.2023 at an international space evening of DLR German Aerospace e.V. Bonn, Germany at the Grand Kameha Hotel Bonn in front of an international audience from government, ministry, industry and space travel.
Musicians
I have been able to create projects with a few well-known musicians, e.g. with the WDR Funkhausorchester soprano Jana-Marie Gropp.
She sang to my composition: “The Temple of Eclipse” and can be found on the YouTube channel. A vocal narration to one of my fantasy stories, called “Lost Pinehunter”. A magical voice!
With the Bonn harpist Marie-Claire Junke, a former tenor, Mr. Igor Berdyshev, I was able to realize my composition “My Younger Self”. The recording took place in the Hansahaus Studio Bonn, where ABBA had already recorded a single. Furthermore, I had the honor to make music together with a violist, Mr. Evgeny Klenov, and to record my composition “THE SWORD OF PHOENIX” in the Green & Blue Recording Studios Bonn. My harp composition “Recuerdos”, which I composed in the Spanish style for the flamenco dancer and dance school La Cati Dance from Düsseldorf, has a special dedication.
The musicians can be heard with me on YouTube. My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@theepiclifeofwilms483
Art
In my analog and digital painting, I have developed several styles, from realism, cosmic art, comic and naive painting. I combine several drawing materials and digital techniques. I often compose electronic music to complete the feeling of the painting. The composition “THE OBSERVER” is one of them. The pictures in my YouTube videos were painted by me.
During my internship in 2021 at the German Aerospace Center in Cologne, in “Material Physics in the Universe” department, I was asked to design a LOGO for the MAPHEUS research rocket, which deals with the MeGraMa experiment.
I am also always happy to accept commissioned work. I have designed a collection for little and big cuddly friends that will be available for purchase on my product page in the next few months. But that remains a secret!
Press & Media
Mrs.
Wilma-Irini Giannacidis
Ahrweg 11
53347 Alfter
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)1752552300
For business inquiries e-mail: info@wilmas-dreamworld.com
