Costas CACOYANNIS
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COSTAS CACOYANNIS holds diplomas in piano, flute, violin, andteaching and has a degree in Electrical Engineering . After winning aFulbright scholarship, he went to the United States for studies in theory and composition. He graduated Magna cum Laude and received the Ming Prize (a scholarship for the best composer). The Master of MusicDegree in Composition was earned at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. where he studied as a scholarship student Film Scoring and taught Electronic Music. Costa has won the BMI and GWUC composition contests and was honored with the IEIEE Prize in Electronics.
From ’94 to ’98 he was the Musical Director of DIASTASIS. He collaborated with the singers Yiannis Kotsiras, Nana Mouskouri,George Dalaras, Michalis Hadjiyannis, Kalliopi Vetta, Alexia,Johnny Logan the choreographer Demetres Papaioannou and the Film Director Michael Cacoyannis . He has composed the music for many ballet, theatrical, television and cinema productions in Cyprus and abroad. His music has been performed in major theaters and music halls around the world such as the Chicago town hall , the Kremlin Palace , the Acropolis Herodion amphitheater, the Bloomsburyand Her Majesty’s in London's West End, the "Haus der Kulturen" in Germany and the Megaro Mousikis in Athens. During 2006, he wrote the music for two Athens Festival productions: Aristophanes’ “Ekklisiazousae” and Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” directed by Michael Cacoyannis. Costa’s music has been released on 17 CD’s. In 2007 Costas Cacoyannis founded with Pambos Kouzalis“PARAKENTRO” a non - profit cultural center and publishing company located on Troodos mountain in Cyprus, featuring a recording studio , an exhibition hall, a performance stage and rooms for artists/poets/musicians to reside as guests. He has alsodirected a series of documentary films, music videos and video poetry. On September 2008 he was awarded the "Best Documentary" prize at the Drama Film Festival for a documentary film he co-directed with P. Kouzalis called "Transcendence" featuring the life of composer with muscular dystrophy Stelios Pissis. On November 2008 he has composed the opening, closing and incidental music for the Junior Eurovision song contest and the song for UNICEF "HAND in HAND"performed by all participants and Mariam Venizelou.
Yiannis Kotsiras at the Parakentro studios in Lemithou Cyprus recording the song Osa Agapisa.
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