“If you want to raise your profile, you sometimes have to use unconventional methods. There is no doubt that ‘autosymphonic‘ was a risk – but art also requires courage. I was extremely impressed with the performance. Elia is an artistic director and a composer of world-class cultural events.” 

Lord Mayor Dr. Peter Kurz

 

 

PRODUCTIONS (1)

 

 

Marios Joannou Elia working on his opera DIE JAGD in Stuttgart - Stuttgart State Opera House, 2008

Marios Joannou Elia with DJ & producer Nick Elia and Tonmeister Neo Kaplanis in London, 2012 (Photo © Tomas Kandus)

Marios Joannou Elia during a recording of his music at ORF Studios in Vienna, 2010 (Photo © Aesthis Records)

Marios Joannou Elia casts a Maserati Gran Cabrio (Photo © Horst Hamann)

Rehearsals at Friedrichsplatz Mannheim - AUTOSYMPHONIC by Marios Joannou Elia (Photo © m:con)

Marios Joannou Elia at Mercedes-Benz Factory in Mannheim, 2010 (Photo © m:con)

Marios Joannou Elia -  Realization of Surround System 12.1

Marios Joannou Elia & Nick Elia during the realization of AUTOSYMPHONIC

Marios Joannou Elia - Visual production of AUTOSYMPHONIC (Photo © Loop Light)

Marios Joannou Elia working at the AdK Studio for Electronic Music in Berlin, 2007 (Photo  Miriam Papastefanou)

DIE JAGD by Marios Joannou Elia in Stuttgart - Percussion set, 2008 (Stuttgart State Opera)

Marios Joannou Elia recording at ORF Studio in Vienna - with Kostas Tosidis, 2011 (Photo © Aesthis Records)

360-Degree Surround System - CAR ORCHESTRA by Marios Joannou Elia, 2011 (Photo © m:con)

Marios Joannou Elia - Rehearsal at CC Rosengarten Mozartsaal in Mannheim, 2011 (Photo  m:con)

Marios Joannou Elia at a discussion with the SWR TV direction team, 2010 (Photo © m:con/Hamann)

Rehearsals at Friedrichsplatz Mannheim - AUTOSYMPHONIC by Marios Joannou Elia (Photo © m:con)

Michael Herberger (Soehne Mannheims) and Marios Joannou Elia during the realization of DER TRAUM (Photo © m:con)

Marios Joannou Elia during a casting of antique cars, 2010  (Photo © m:con Mannheim)

AQUANAUTEN by Marios Joannou Elia at Stuttgart State Opera House, 2009 (Photo © Christoph Kalscheuer)

AQUANAUTEN by Marios Joannou Elia at Stuttgart State Opera House, 2009 (Photo © Christoph Kalscheuer)

IM AUTO UEBER LAND by Marios Joannou Elia for children's choir - Stuttgart State Opera - Rehearsal, 2011 (Photo © m:con/Hamann)

Marios Joannou Elia working on his opera DIE JAGD in Stuttgart - Stuttgart State Opera House, 2008

Marios Joannou Elia's car orchestra filmed - here an Adler Trumpf (Photo © Horst Hamann)

Marios Joannou Elia's VERFLUCHT - Recording at ORF RadioKulturhaus Studio in Vienna, 2011 (Photo © Aesthis Records)

Premiere of DER TRAUM by Marios Joannou Elia, with Xavier Naidoo, Soehne Mannheims and SWR Sinfonieorchester (Photo © m:con)

AUTOSYMPHONIC by Marios Joannou Elia - Percussion (Photo © m:con)

CAR ORCHESTRA (group 1) by Marios Joannou Elia (Photo © m:con)

Marios Joannou Elia at Oxford Studio (Photo © Kostis Nikolas)

Marios Joannou Elia Artistic Director of the European Capital of Culture 2017 at the CyBC Film Studio (Photo © Kostisfilms, London)

Marios Joannou Elia and Nick Elia at Oxford Studio (Photo © Kostis Nikolas)

Marios Joannou Elia (Photo © Sabine Bruckner)

Marios Joannou Elia at Angelic Studios (Photo © Kostis Nikolas)

Marios Joannou Elia at Oxford Studio (Photo © Kostis Nikolas)

Constructing the central stage of Marios Joannou Elia's AUTOSYMPHONIC, 2011 (Photo © m:con/Hamann)

Rehearsals at Rosengarten Mannheim - AUTOSYMPHONIC by Marios Joannou Elia (Photo © m:con)

Marios Joannou Elia rehearsing ELPIS with the Nederlands Accordion Ensemble at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam, 2009 (Photo © Co Broerse)

A crane positions the cars on stage - CAR ORCHESTRA by Marios Joannou Elia (Photo © m:con)

Marios Joannou Elia: AUTOSYMPHONIC (2011) - Preparations at Friedrichsplatz (Photo © Stadtmarketing Mannheim)

Marios Joannou Elia: STROPHES (2003/04) - The Volkswagen Transparent Factory in Dresden transformed into a concert hall (Photo © VW Dresden)

A crane positions the cars on stage - CAR ORCHESTRA by Marios Joannou Elia (Photo © m:con)

Rehearsals at Rosengarten Mannheim - AUTOSYMPHONIC's percussion octet by Marios Joannou Elia (Photo © m:con)

360-Degree Surround System - AUTOSYMPHONIC by Marios Joannou Elia (Photo © m:con)

Xavier Naidoo sings DER TRAUM by Marios Joanou Elia, 2011 (Photo © m:con/Hamann)

Marios Joannou Elia at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ  in Amsterdam, 2009 (Photo © Co Broerse)

Constructing of the central stages of Marios Joannou Elia's AUTOSYMPHONIC, 2011 (Photo © m:con/Hamann)

Ensemble Ziggurat premieres C STORY by Marios Joannou Elia in Amsterdam (Photo © Co Broerse)

 

Marios Joannou Elia rehearsing ELPIS with the Nederlands Accordion Ensemble at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ  in Amsterdam, 2009 (Photo © Co Broerse)

Ensemble Ziggurat premieres C STORY by Marios Joannou Elia in Amsterdam (Photo © Co Broerse)

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