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Discography
I. Ars Musica
II. Nostalgia
III. The Secret of Pandora (ballet score)
IV. Ton Athanaton (George Dalaras)
V. Mnimes (musical Her Majesty's West End)
VI. Little Caroline’s Nightmare (ballet)
VII. Christmas Journey
VIII. Natali’s Christmas Eve (musical fable)
IX. Christmas With JOHNNY LOGAN
X. Potnia Als (with Alexia)
XI. The Road to Ithaca (Film Score featuring Alexia)
XII. HORIZONS ( with Kalliopi Vetta)
×ÉÉÉ PROFUNDUM (with Tenor Armando Mora)
XIV. KALANTA
XV. CORIOLANUS (Theatrical score. Directed by Michael Cacoyannis - Athens Festival 2005 & 2006 at Acropolis Herodion Amphitheater)
XVI. Ekklisiazousae (Music and songs for Aristophane's play for the Athens Festival 2006
XVII Genies tis Siopis - TV series soundtrack 2008
XVIII HAND in HAND soundtrack of the Junior Eurovision song contest 2008. Featuring the song for UNICEF HAND in HAND
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Bio
COSTAS CACOYANNIS holds diplomas in piano, flute, violin, and teaching and has a degree in Electrical Engineering . After winning a Fulbright 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 Music Degree 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 CFF2004 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 Nana Mouskouri, George Dalaras, Yannis Kotsiras, Michalis Hadjiyannis, Kalliopi Vetta, Alexia, Johnny Logan the choreographer of the olympic games 2004 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 Bloomsbury and 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 20 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 also directed a series of documentary films, music videos and video poetry.
Recently he has composed the opening, closing and incidental music for the Junior Eurovision song contest 2008 as well as the hit song for UNICEF "HAND in HAND"
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