The Most Famous

COMPOSERS from Cyprus

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This page contains a list of the greatest Cypriot Composers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,451 Composers, NaN of which were born in Cyprus. This makes Cyprus the birth place of the 0th most number of Composers.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Cypriot Composers of all time. This list of famous Cypriot Composers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Marios Joannou Elia (b. 1978)

With an HPI of 40.08, Marios Joannou Elia is the most famous Cypriot Composer.  His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.

Marios Joannou Elia (born 19 June 1978), is a Cypriot composer and artistic director. He was the youngest director in the history of the European Capital of Culture (2013–15). He is ambassador in tourism of the Republic of Cyprus. Since 2016 he has been the director of the large-scale project "Sound of Vladivostok", on behalf of Zarya Foundation, in Russia; from January 2018, director of "Sound of Kyoto", on behalf of Kyoto City and Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation after an invitation of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Cypriot composers born between 1978 and 1978. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Cypriot composers include Marios Joannou Elia. As of April 2024, 1 new Cypriot composers have been added to Pantheon including Marios Joannou Elia.

Living Cypriot Composers

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Newly Added Cypriot Composers (2025)

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