In 1982 he settled in Germany, where he continued his studies at the
Music Conservatory and the Music Academy of Köln, under Bojidar Dimov, and made the acquaintance of Luigi Nono. Kakavelakis has also participated in Xenakis’ Seminars in Delphi. He completed his studies in composition with Dimitris Terzakis and Günther Becker
at
the Robert Schumann Music Academy in Düsseldorf. Studies on musicology, byzantinology, philosophy and communication research at the
University
of Bonn under Martin Zenck, Errich Trapp, W. Kluxen, H. Hess, J. Simon. He continued his studies, in musicology with
Constantin
Floros at the
University
of Hamburg, in philosophy with Chr. Axelos, but also in composition with G. Ligeti, whose
Aventures and
Nouvelles Aventures he studied in depth, in connection with his Ph.D. dissertation in musicology. Central subject in his studies is the communicative and philosophical background of contemporary music, but concurrently problems referring to the music tradition of Crete.
