A group digitally preserving the island’s fragile musical heritage and Cypriot culture asks what role music has had in society Let’s take, for instance, the ‘poiitarides’ – or ‘itinerant poets’, as ...

In Cyprus, the violin is more than an instrument, it is a voice in the island’s cultural history. An instrument that has marked life’s most important moments for centuries. From lively wedding ...

"ΣaiΣ" is a newly formed music project by the young musicians Savvas Chrysostomou, based in Cyprus. The goal of this music project is to create new original music inspired by Cypriot culture and ...

With members from either side of Nicosia’s Turkish-Greek dividing line, the band Buzz’ Ayaz say they are deliberately trying to give voice to the whole of the city and “build bridges” between its ...