Cypriot American composer Evis Sammoutis is a multi-award-winning artist, who has received numerous accolades and distinctions and over 40 international compositional awards and prizes, including the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award (UK), and the Irino Prize (Japan).

Sammoutis’ works have been commissioned by festivals and organizations such as the Venice Biennale, Barlow Endowment, Ernst von Siemens Foundation, Chamber Music America, and the Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD München. His music has been performed in more than 45 countries at leading festivals and contemporary music series, including Tanglewood, Gaudeamus, and several ISCM festivals. His compositions are regularly featured on international broadcasters, such as BBC Radio 3, SWR2, and Radio France. His music is published exclusively by the University of York Music Press, where he is a House Composer.

Performers of his music include such renowned ensembles and contemporary music specialists as Neue Vocalsolisten, Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, Arditti Quartet, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, London Symphony Orchestra, and violinist Peter Sheppard Skaerved.

Prior to his appointment to the Eastman School of Music, Evis Sammoutis was Associate Professor of Composition and Director of the Electronic Music Studios at Ithaca College, NY. A passionate advocate for New Music, he served as an elected Council Member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires/Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC), the European equivalent of NASM. He also served as an elected member of the IMC (International Music Council) Executive Board, the world’s largest network of institutions within the field of music with direct access to over 1,000 organizations in 150 countries. Sammoutis is the Co-founder and Artistic Director of the highly esteemed International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival, which was inaugurated in 2009 and is organized annually by the Pharos Arts Foundation. He holds a PhD in Composition from the University of York, where he studied with Thomas Simaku.