Savvas Savva
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Savvas Savva is a Cypriot
composer, professor of musicology and pianist.
Born in 1958 in Nicosia
(Cyprus
), Savvas Savva started playing the piano at an early age with Olga Mavronicola, at the local branch of the Hellenic Conservatory
. Later, he continued his studies at the Hellenic Conservatory of Athens and concentrated on orchestration under Anastasios Remoundos. Following a competition in Cyprus, he won a scholarship to study at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow
. There, he studied composition under Albert Simeonovich Leman and piano under Rimma Anatolevna Hanannina. He graduated from the conservatory with a degree in composition and musicology.
During his time in Moscow, Savvas took part in three competitions in free piano improvisation, winning first prize on all three occasions. On completion of his studies, he performed concerts and recitals in many countries, including Mexico,Romania,Usa, Panama, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria, Australia, England, Greece and Cyprus where he is still permanently based. In several of his concerts, he plays his own compositions.
Savvas has co-operated with many other composers, singers and song-makers from around the world. Many orchestras have included works of his into their program; amongst which the Moscow State Academy Orchestra, the Orchestra of the City of Athens, the Bucharest National Radio Orchestra, the Jaenae Filarmonia, the Duke University Symphony Orchestra, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, the Athens Trio, the Europaea Kamerata,Oltenia Philarmonic Orchestra Craiova, the Choir and Orchestra of Stockholm and others.
Savvas has written music for a large number of films, documentaries, and theatrical plays, whereas his classical repertoire is endless. His catalogue of compositions includes Symphonies (7), concertos for piano (3), violin, cello and flute, works for solo piano, chamber music, Ballets (2), Opera and many other works including the Concerto for 10 pianos and orchestra (“Medieval Cyprus”) and the Dancing Suite for 10 pianos (“Dances and Songs of my Country”).
Savvas received 1st prize from the Cyprus Theatrical Organization for his composition “Little Tragedies” of Alexander Pushkin. In October 2005 Steinway & Sons included Savvas in its list of Steinway Artists, an honor for both himself and Cyprus as this involves the greatest artists worldwide.
Savvas is the new president of Cyprus composers center.
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
composer, professor of musicology and pianist.
Born in 1958 in Nicosia
Nicosia
Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...
(Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
), Savvas Savva started playing the piano at an early age with Olga Mavronicola, at the local branch of the Hellenic Conservatory
Hellenic Conservatory
The Hellenic Conservatory was founded in Athens in 1919 by the composer Manolis Kalomiris. Kalomoiris was the conservatoire's director until 1926, when he left to found the National Conservatoire. The conservatoire early on opened a number of branches throughout Athens, in a number of cities in...
. Later, he continued his studies at the Hellenic Conservatory of Athens and concentrated on orchestration under Anastasios Remoundos. Following a competition in Cyprus, he won a scholarship to study at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. There, he studied composition under Albert Simeonovich Leman and piano under Rimma Anatolevna Hanannina. He graduated from the conservatory with a degree in composition and musicology.
During his time in Moscow, Savvas took part in three competitions in free piano improvisation, winning first prize on all three occasions. On completion of his studies, he performed concerts and recitals in many countries, including Mexico,Romania,Usa, Panama, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria, Australia, England, Greece and Cyprus where he is still permanently based. In several of his concerts, he plays his own compositions.
Savvas has co-operated with many other composers, singers and song-makers from around the world. Many orchestras have included works of his into their program; amongst which the Moscow State Academy Orchestra, the Orchestra of the City of Athens, the Bucharest National Radio Orchestra, the Jaenae Filarmonia, the Duke University Symphony Orchestra, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, the Athens Trio, the Europaea Kamerata,Oltenia Philarmonic Orchestra Craiova, the Choir and Orchestra of Stockholm and others.
Savvas has written music for a large number of films, documentaries, and theatrical plays, whereas his classical repertoire is endless. His catalogue of compositions includes Symphonies (7), concertos for piano (3), violin, cello and flute, works for solo piano, chamber music, Ballets (2), Opera and many other works including the Concerto for 10 pianos and orchestra (“Medieval Cyprus”) and the Dancing Suite for 10 pianos (“Dances and Songs of my Country”).
Savvas received 1st prize from the Cyprus Theatrical Organization for his composition “Little Tragedies” of Alexander Pushkin. In October 2005 Steinway & Sons included Savvas in its list of Steinway Artists, an honor for both himself and Cyprus as this involves the greatest artists worldwide.
Savvas is the new president of Cyprus composers center.