Pavlos Michaelides, a Cypriot violinist, is a descended from displaced refugee grandparents and parents from Asia Minor and occupied Cypriot villages respectively. Pavlos studied Music (violin performance) at the University of Indianapolis, USA. He is also a graduate of the University of Tucson (BA Management Information Systems) and of Flagstaff, Northern Arizona University, USA (MBA, Finance). Pavlos served as concertmaster and member of various symphonic and other musical ensembles. He has recorded widely in Greek discography and has joined in for many and different Greek song writers and singers.
As member and co-founder of Eiristho en Parodo (Athens, 2006-2010), Pavlos’s first record was "Oistrilasia" (El Capitan 2010). In 2014, he co-founded the music group Trio Levante, a group that focuses on the urban folk sound of the "Smyrna" composers. “Trio Levante” released the album "Astika Laika Tragoudia" in 2018. In 2017, he co-founded Aes Cyprium Ensemble, which has as its main subject the Cypriot musical tradition. In March 2023 is planning to release his first solo album "Dances of Cyprus" with 26 instrumental dances of Cyprus and their music scores, the result of a long-term research, focusing on the dances of Cyprus through the central role of the violin in them.