Nicolas Economou

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nicolas Economou (1953-08-11 - 1993-12-29) was a Cypriot composer and pianist born in Nicosia, Cyprus. He was the first child of his family. His parents, who loved classical music, decided to expose him to music as a creative outlet rather than a career. At the age of five, he started taking piano lessons and very soon he revealed his extraordinary talent by improvising on the piano and composing short pieces of music. When Solon Michaelides, the celebrated Cypriot composer, conductor, musicologist and friend of the family heard him play for the first time, when Nicolas was not yet seven years old, he declared: " This child is a blessing to his parents, Cyprus and the World". On his advice, Nicolas's musical training was undertaken by George Arvanitakis.... Mehr