Yiannis Hadjiloizou

YIANNIS HADJILOIZOU Conductor. Pianist. Composer. Music & Artistic Director ATHENS PHILHARMONIC "Exalted music remains the most eminent immortality that humankind may achieve. And that was what conductor Yiannis Hadjiloizou achieved at Carnegie Hall.” (The Millbrook Independent) Born in a family of musicians in Nicosia, Cyprus - the only divided capital in the world, Yiannis developed unparalleled sensitivities, purpose, and skill at a very young age. His father and mentor, Michael, the national composer of Cyprus with 6 operas in his portfolio, and his soprano mother, Mary, knew well how a genius should be raised alongside his pianist-composer younger brother, Photos. Yiannis studied piano, harmony, theory, history, clarinet, trumpet, guitar, counterpoint, conducting, and compositio