Magpie Music Dance Co.

Yannis Kyriakides (electronics) Yannis Kyriakides was born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1969
and emigrated with his family to England in 1975. After traveling for a year with his
violin in the near east, learning traditional music, he returned to England to study
musicology at York University, later being drawn by the music of Louis Andriessen to move
to The Netherlands, with whom he studied under at the Hague Conservatory. At that time he
also had the inspiring opportunity to collaborate on three projects with the maverick
electronic composer/theatre-maker Dick Raijmaakers. He currently lives in Amsterdam where
he works as a composer and electronic musician.
He collaborates regularly with ensembles such as ASKO, Maarten Altena Ensemble, and
Icebreaker as well as theatre and dance groups such as Hollandia and Leine and Roebana.
His own group CIRCADIAN perform regularly in festivals around Europe, and he is active in
the live electronic music scene as an improviser, specializing in live processing.