Michalis Hadjiyiannis

Michalis Hadjiyiannis

Cypriot Mihalis Hadjiyiannis was born on the November 5, 1978, in Nicosia Cyprus. His family are refugees, originally from Kyrenia, a town which now is under Turkish occupation.

He started his music career in 1994 at the age of 16, when he won the first price at a `young talents`` show. In 1995 he gave his first concert and released his first CD single called "Gramma" ("Letter").

In May 1998 he represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest singing his own composition, "Genesis". Afterwards he worked with composer George Hadjinasios and in December 1998 he had his first LP released, becoming a star in Greece in the following years.