STAVROS SIDERAS  / Honorary Professor

Award winning recording artist / Award winning Novelist / Librettist / screenwriter / Poet / Composer / Radio and TV Host / Theatrical Producer & Stage Director  

Stavros Sideras in his profound career has managed to distinguish himself as a Singer, Songwriter, Radio & TV Presenter, Writer, Lyricist, Composer, Producer and Stage Director.  

Singer / Songwriter  

In his illustrious career as a singer Stavros Sideras was awarded three gold and two platinum albums. Furthermore, he has twice represented Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest as a lyricist, composer and singer.  

Radio & TV Presenter  

Stavros has also hosted his own highly popular radio programs and a groundbreaking television series called “Persona & Persona Non Grata.”    

Writer / Lyricist / Composer
  

His first Rock Opera, “The Archon” was staged at the Civic Theatre in Johannesburg in 1979. Since then, he has written, composed produced and directed a number of successful musicals around the world including, “Demons” starring Greek superstar Anna Vissi, “Five Guys Named Moe” featuring the original Broadway cast, “Bite” a rock show still playing in Las Vegas and “Ode to the Gods” a one-act-opera, which Stavros was commissioned to write, compose, produce and direct for HRH Queen Elizabeth II.  

Producer / Director  

Stavros has served as a Creative Producing Director for a number of years at the Regency Casino in Greece - the biggest casino in Europe - at the theatre of which he created, produced and directed over thirty musicals and musical shows.  

Screenwriter
  

Stavros’ first screenplay titled “Leroy & Richard” was optioned by Paramount Pictures. He is currently developing two of his screenplays, “Poets Never Die” and “Lucky Black Jack” in Los Angeles.

Novelist
  

Stavros’ first novel “Poets Never Die”, distributed world-wide by Barnes & Noble, Amazon books etcetera received great reviews and acclaim. Said novel has also been published in Greek in 2014 and won an international award as "Best Book of the year 2017".   

Scholar / Honorary Professor  

Stavros has accepted a position to preside over the department of Performing Arts at the “Alexander University” in Cyprus.