Cypriot composer Costas Cacoyannis (Kostas Kakogiannis) holds diplomas in piano, flute, violin, and teaching and has a degree in Engineering. After winning a Fulbright scholarship, he went to the U.S. for studies in composition at the Eastman School of Music. His music has been performed in major theatres around the world. He has collaborated with major singers G. Dalaras, A.Protopsalti, M. Hadjiyannis, E. Arvanitaki, Y. Kotsiras, Johnny Logan and film director M. Cacoyannis. He has composed the music for 3 ballets, 25 theatrical works, 30 TV series, 13 motion pictures and 27 albums. He is the founder of PARAKENTRO, a non-profit cultural organization. He has directed a series of documentary films. In 2008 was awarded the 1st prize at the Drama Int. film festival for his film "Transcendence" and was the music director of the Junior Eurovision S.C. In 2017 his soundtrack Agrinoui won an award at the Los Angeles Film Awards, while the Chinese State TV6 filmed a documentary on him. In 2018 he was featured in an episode of the BBC “In the Studio” program and was invited by UNESCO in Paris to present his work “Contes Musicaux” at the headquarters of the organization. In 2021 he was awarded the “Creator of the Year” prize by the National Theater of Cyprus. www.youtube.com/parakentro www.facebook.com/c.cacoyannis www.instagram.com/cacoyannis www.tiktok.com/@cacoyannis www.parakentro.com