Pavlos Michaelides was born in Nicosia. During his studies he was a member and rotating concertmaster of the Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestra of the University of Arizona, a member of the Bay Area Classical Harmonies (California) and the chamber music orchestra "Uindy BIOS" (Athens). His studies include the violin approach to the middle eastern music techniques with the violin virtuoso and distinguished professor John Zevgolis, along with seminars and music workshops with Kyriakos Petras , George Psaltis , Pericles Papapetropoulos and Naseem Dakwar ( Arabic style) . He holds the LRSM diploma (Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music, Violin Performance - Prof. G. Zevgolis) and BA degree in Music Performance - University of Indianapolis (Prof. V. Halapsis). During his studies he also acquired the degrees of BSc in MIS - University of Arizona, Tucson, USA and MBA, Finance - Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA.

He currently teaches, records and performs using the musical styles of classical, folk and world music. His collaborations consists of these styles’ ensembles with which he travels and performs in important cultural venues in several countries, such as Cyprus, Israel, Greece, Italy, France, UK, Canada, USA and Mexico. As one of the six major band members of "Iristhoenparodo" he represented Greece in the 8th European Jazz Festival (Athens 2008) and he has cooperated in composing and orchestrating its last album ‘istrilasia’ (El Capitan 2010). He is one of the key members and recording artist for the Cypriot composer Lefteris Moumtzis and his band «J. Kriste, Master of Disguise».

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