Markus Yiangou - Guitarist
Markus Yiangou is a Swedish-Cypriot classical guitarist with a broad international musical background. He began taking electric guitar lessons at the age of nine with Alexis Nikolaou in Cyprus. When he entered music high school, he switched to classical guitar and studied with Dr. Ioannis Philaretou.
Markus Yiangou went on to study at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where he completed a Bachelor’s degree with Peter Berlind Carlson and a Master’s degree with Georg Gulyas and Mats Bergström. During his master’s studies, he also completed an Erasmus exchange at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg, where he studied with Bozhana Pavlova, Andrea De Vitis and Kostas Tosidis.
Markus Yiangou has performed in concerts in Stockholm, Vienna, Salzburg and Cyprus. He was a finalist in the Uppsala Young Talents Competition in 2022 and has received several scholarships, including scholarships from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. In 2024, he was also a finalist in the Stora Jörgen Rörby Scholarship Competition.
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Alongside his work as a musician, Markus Yiangou has a strong interest in music education. He is currently studying a Complementary Teacher Education Programme (KPU) at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He has a strong interest in working with children and young people and places great emphasis on developing each student’s musical and technical abilities according to their individual needs and goals.
Since autumn 2026, Markus Yiangou has been working as a guitar teacher at Opus Norden.
