Alkis Nicolaides

Alkis Nicolaides

Nicolaides studied jazz composition at Berklee College of Music (BMus), jazz guitar (MFA) and composition and performance (DMA)at California Institute of the Arts under the mentorship of David Rosenboom, Vinny Golia, and Steve Lehman. He has performed in venues such as Blue Whale, Troubadour, The World Stage, The Mint, Coaxial Arts Foundation, and Art Share with the legendary Bennie Maupin, prolific woodwind extraordinaire Vinny Golia, experimental black-doom metal band Blood Oath, and experimental electroacoustic trio Petrichor. Since August 2021, Alkis returned to Cyprus and has worked on developing the proposal, budgeting, workshop delivery,

and dissemination actions for an AMIF project, participated in a composition workshop organized by the European University of Cyprus, and was part of the BREACH experimental & improvised music festival production team.

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