Let’s take, for instance, the ‘poiitarides’ – or ‘itinerant poets’, as Nicoletta Demetriou calls them.‘Poiitarika’ (the category name for their works) were “long narrative songs,” she explains, “the ...

"ΣaiΣ" is a newly formed music project by the young musicians Savvas Chrysostomou, based in Cyprus. The goal of this music project is to create new original music inspired by Cypriot culture and ...

For its celebratory 25th anniversary, the International Pharos Chamber Music Festival presents an exceptional breadth of chamber music. From May 29 until June 4, the festival will offer six chamber ...

LARNACA, Cyprus — Lyrical duelists in Cyprus spit rhymes in head-to-head contests, keeping alive a tradition known as “tsiattista” that emerged centuries before the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Drake.

This Saturday, we officially move into the spring season, even if the weather forecast shows rain. Every March 21, the world celebrates Spring Equinox and so, the Hambis Municipal Museum of ...

An evening of vocal lyricism fast approaches in the capital as internationally acclaimed Cypriot performer and songwriter Vakia Stavrou returns for one final evening at Ktirio 53. Right before the ...

With members from either side of Nicosia’s Turkish-Greek dividing line, the band Buzz’ Ayaz say they are deliberately trying to give voice to the whole of the city and “build bridges” between its ...