Nicolas Economou, born August 11, 1953, in Nicosia, Cyprus, was a Cypriot pianist, composer, and conductor. He studied piano and composition at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow before moving to Düsseldorf in 1972 and later settling in Munich, where he co-founded the Munich Piano Summer festival in 1981. In 1970, at age 16, he participated in the Tchaikovsky Competition. His recordings include On Two Pianos (1982) with Chick Corea and Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite (1990) for two pianos with Martha Argerich. Economou received the Munich Performing Arts Award in 1979, was featured in the 1983 Bayerischer Rundfunk documentary Kreisleriana, and won the Tefkros Anthias and Theo Pierides Award in 1991. He was elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1992. Economou died in a car accident near Nicosia on December 29, 1993.
