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Education |
| 2005 - 2006 | | Post-Graduate in composition (opera, music theater, medial composition), University Mozarteum Salzburg under Adriana Hölszky (Salzburg, Austria) |
| 2004 - 2005 | | Master degree with distinction in composition. Compulsory optional subject: electroacoustic music & audiovisual media University Mozarteum Salzburg under Adriana Hölszky (Salzburg, Austria) |
| 2003 - 2004 | | Composition master class under Klaus Huber, Music academy of the city of Basel, University of Music (Switzerland) |
| 2001 - 2004 | | Bachelor degree with distinction, Composition & music theory, University Mozarteum Salzburg under Adriana Hölszky (Salzburg, Austria) |
| 2000 - 2004 | | Bachelor degree with distinction, Music education, University Mozarteum Salzburg under Wolfgang Roscher (Salzburg, Austria) |
| 1999 - 2003 | | Bachelor degree with distinction, Performance guitar, University Mozarteum Salzburg under Matthias Seidel and Marco Diaz-Tamayo (Salzburg, Austria) |
Prizes & Distinctions |
| 2006 | | Composition prize of the 12th Viennese summer seminars for new music competition (Vienna, Austria) |
| | | Laureate of the 1st International composition competition of the Hamburger Klangwertage (Hamburg, Germany) |
| | | Nomination, Gaudeamus Prize (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) |
| | | Nomination, Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize, Northwestern University (USA) |
| | | Laureate of the Offspring forum of the German Association for new music and Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt, Germany) |
| | | G. Nousis and K. Tosidis win 1. prize at the Savarez-Corelli guitar chamber competition, with Elias' composition Ontologie Kubik (Salzburg, Austria) |
| 2005 | | Patronize Award, BMW Kompositionswettbewerb der Musica Viva (Munich, Germany) |
| 2004 | | 1. Prize, Lutoslawski Award (Warschau, Poland) |
| | | 1. Prize, International composition competition of Volos (Greece) |
| | | Raiffeisen Klassikpreis (composition) (Salzburg, Austria) |
| | | 2. Prize, Papaioannou composition competition (Athens, Greece) |
| | | 3. Prize, Omiros music technology contest Music powered by technology (Athens, Greece) |
| 2003 | | Best National Entry, 7th Benelux International Song and Cultural Festival - EXPO 2003 (The Netherlands) |
| | | Hinrichsen Foundation Award (London, U.K.) |
| | | 3. Prize, Premio Internazionale di Composizione Città della Disfida (Italy) |
| | | Distinction, Kreativwettbewerb Zukunft Leben der Robert-Jungk-Bibliothek, dem Verein Prolit und des Landes (Salzburg, Austria) |
| | | Honorable Mention, 12th Concorso Internazionale per Giovani Musicisti Citta di Barletta (composition) (Italy) |
| | | International Ensemble Eleven Young Composers Competition Award (Manchester, UK) |
| 2002 | | Best Student at the University Mozarteum Salzburg during the academic year; Honorable scholarship from the Austrian Ministry of Education and Arts (Austria) |
| | | 3. Prize, 7th Concorso Internazionale Città di Pavia (composition) (Italy) |
| | | 3. Prize, 7th Concorso Internazionale di Composizione Chitarristica P. Barsacchi (Italy) |
| 2000 | | Honorable Mention, 5th Concorso Internazionale di Composizione Chitarristica P. Barsacchi (Italy) |
| 1999 | | Annerkennungspreis Kompositionswettbewerb des Salzburger und Pinzgauer Blasmusikverbandes (Austria) |
Scholarships |
| 2006 - 2007 | | Allianz - International Composition Seminar, International Ensemble Modern Academy (Frankfurt , Germany) |
| 2006 | | International music institute Darmstadt (Germany) |
| | | Ziggurat Ensemble (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) |
| | | Republic of Cyprus |
| 2005 | | Music Scholarship Hellerau III. European Centre for the Arts Hellerau (Dresden, Germany) |
| | | Grant, World New Music Days (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| | | Österreichisches Studienförderungswerk ProScientia (Vienna, Austria) |
| | | City of Salzburg Kompositionsförderung (Austria) |
| | | Austro Mechana. SKE Fonds Kompositionsförderung (Austria) |
| | | Society avantgarde Tirol (Austria) |
| 2004 | | Carl Michael Ziehrer Foundation (Vienna, Austria) |
| | | Staatsstipendium für Komposition, Republic of Austria, Bundeskanzleramt, Sektion Kunst (Vienna, Austria) |
| | | Music academy of the City of Basel (Switzerland) |
| | | Kultur-Kontakt Austria (Vienna, Austria) |
| 2003 | | New Estonia. Musica Nova (Gdansk, Poland) |
| 2002 | | Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur (Vienna, Austria) |
| 2001 | | 1. Vogtländischen Förderverein (Germany) |
| | | Republic of Cyprus |
| 2000 | | Rector Scholarship of the University Mozarteum Salzburg (Austria) |
| | | Bank of Cyprus, cultural department |
| 1999 - 2000 | | International Summer Academy Mozarteum (Salzburg, Austria) |
| 1999 | | Archbishop Makarios III Foundation (Nicosia, Cyprus) |
Academic teaching experience |
| 2006 | | Composition workshop, ProScientia Summer academy (Styria, Austria) |
| 2003 - 2006 | | Artistic and scientific assistant at the composition department, University Mozarteum (Salzburg, Austria) |
| 2003 | | Composition workshop, ProScientia Summer academy (Carinthia, Austria) |
| | | Lecture: Audiovisual media in music education, Methodical Educational Centre of Presov (Slovakia) |
| | | Lecture: Identity and arts University of Zilina (Slovakia) |
Interviews, Portraits (selection) |
| 2006 | | Radio Penguin, Russia |
| | | Hessischer Rundfunk |
| | | Magyar Rádió |
| | | Echo Magazin |
| | | Radio Fabrik |
| 2005 | | Salzburger Nachrichten |
| | | Polish Radio |
| | | Ö1 Kulturjournal |
| | | Deutschland Radio |
| | | NWR |
CD-Recordings |
| 2006 | | Edition Tempora, Madrid |
| | | Magyar Rádió (Bartók Radio), Budapest |
Master classes |
| 2006 | | 43rd International summer courses for new music Darmstadt, H. Lachenmann, G. Aperghis |
| 2005 | | Avantgarde Tirol, Class: Richard Boulanger & Boguslaw Schaeffer, 9th International academy for new composition and audiovisual art |
| 2005 | | Class: Beat Furrer, Bernhard Lang, Impuls composition academy, Graz |
| 2004 | | Electronic performance arts, STEIM- Netherlands, Forum new music theater of the state opera house of Stuttgart |
| 2003 | | Composition class: David Bedford, Dartington International Summer School |
| 2002 | | International workshop of contemporary music, new technologies & multimedia, Danzig |
| 2001 | | Composition class: Karlheinz Stockhausen, Stockhausen Courses for Music, Kuerten |
| 2001 - 2003 | | International Association of polyaesthetic education Upper Austria |
As the best student of the University Mozarteum during the study year 2001/02 he was honoured with the large scholarship of the Austrian federal ministry for education and art. Furthermore, numerous scholarships and commissions were offered to him among others from Argentina, Austria, Cyprus, England, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa and Switzerland.
Compositions of Marios Joannou Elia achieve regular performances in important concert halls worldwide, among others the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Hannover state opera, the Expo Athens, in Radio Culture House Vienna, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam, the Villa Mazzacorati in Bologna, the Hellerau Festival hall in Dresden, the Millenáris-Teatrum Budapest, the Muffathalle Munich, in Koendori Classics Tokyo and Auditorio Público de Abogados in Buenos Aires.
The oeuvre Elias comprises over 50 compositions of all music genres and he is founder member of the Agora Group, a circle of young independent artists of different nations around the composer.
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