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2nd October - 11th October 2024
The Shoe Factory, Nicosia
The 15th International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival
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October 6, 2024
If the string quartet was the quintessential chamber music formation in past centuries, then perhaps in the 21st century, this role can be claimed for the saxophone quartet! The Madrid-based SIGMA Project, winner of the prestigious BBVA Foundation’s Leonardo Grant...
October 9, 2024
Recent winner of the BBC Music Magazine’s 2024 Newcomer Award, Chinese-American pianist George X Fu has been praised by the press as “one of the most exciting pianists of our time… a deep thinker, thoroughly in command”. Fu is establishing...
October 11, 2024
The 15th International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival closes with the thrilling MikeDrop – a percussion duo on a mission to intrigue, surprise, and delight. Comprising Mike Truesdell and Mike Compitello, MikeDrop’s earliest encounter was a daunting doctoral exam at Yale...
October 24, 2024
Hailed as ‘potentially one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century, the phenomenal pianist Yevgeny Sudbin returns to The Shoe Factory to perform an impressive programme of works by Liszt, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Chopin, Debussy, and Saint-Saens. More info soon…
November 13, 2024
As part of the Cyprus Artists Series, the wonderful Cypriot soprano Zoe Nicolaidou joins forces with the Cyprus-based Czech pianist Zbyněk Maruška, in a unique programme of art-songs by Dvořák, Sůk, Ravel, Massenet, Smetana, Korngold and Janáček. More info soon…
November 20, 2024
Counted amongst the leading string quartets worldwide, the Goldmund Quartet is renowned for its “exquisite playing” and “multi-layered homogeneity”, and will make its Cyprus debut in a programme of works by Beethoven, Borodin, and Finzi. More info soon…
November 28, 2024
The 26-year-old Emanuil Ivanov attracted international attention when he won the First prize at the 2019 Ferruccio Busoni Piano Competition. He has appeared in the world’s most prestigious halls ever since, and he is making his Cyprus debut with the...
December 4, 2024
Founded in 2009, and bringing together some of the best historically informed musicians of our times, La Spagna ensemble will make its Cyprus debut in a magnificent programme of Baroque and Renaissance works inspired by Spain. More info soon…
December 13, 2024
Heralded as the “Van Cliburn of today”, Alexander Kobrin is at the forefront of the musicians of our times, and the legendary First Prize winner of the Van Cliburn (2005), Busoni (1999), and Hamamatsu (2003) competitions. He makes his Nicosia...
Past Events
The 15th International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival opens with the Cyprus debut of the remarkable Talea Ensemble. Heralded by the New York Times as “a crucial part of the New York cultural ecosphere”, Talea is the recipient of the Chamber...
Past Event
Tigran Hamasyan’s unparalleled pianism has elevated him to the top tier of jazz and world music expressionism. Winning the Montreux Jazz Festival’s Piano Competition in 2003, at the age of 16, and the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition...

A Vision for the Future

Our vision is to expand the activities of the Pharos Arts Foundation by creating the Pharos Centre for Art, Culture and Dialogue in a beautiful setting of ancient olive groves and pine forest at Delikipos. The Centre will provide space for the visual and performing arts as well as a library and accommodation for visiting artists, writers, composers, musicians, and thinkers from all disciplines and backgrounds.

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