US Greek-Cypriot composer George Kallis has just won Breakthrough Composer of the Year from the Movie Music UK Soundtrack Awards.

He is a film and TV composer based in Los Angeles. According to film music critics he is “one of the most exciting and talented young composers to emerge in the film music world in quite some time” (Movie Music UK, 2017). His latest scores are Disney’s fantasy adventure The Last Warrior and the historical drama Cliffs of Freedom, starring Christopher Plummer and Billy Zane

George grew up on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, where he studied classical piano and violin while also being influenced by world, heavy-metal and jazz. By the age of 18, Kallis had already won several musical competitions and he was awarded a scholarship at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he graduated with a BM in Composition and Film Scoring. Soon after he was accepted to study with acclaimed British composer Joseph Horowitz at the Royal College of Music in London where he graduated with a Masters of Music in Composition. George has been nominated twice for an AMAA Academy Award for his scores 93 Days, starring Danny Glover, and A Place in the Stars.

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