Crystalla Serghiou, from Cyprus, describes herself as a ‘popsical’ composer. She mixes classical music with pop, jazz, Cypriot folk music and everything in between: recent compositions include a concerto for jazz-scat singer, a yodel-choral work and a ‘popera’ which blends opera, musical theatre and pop styles. Crystalla uses her distinctive artistic voice to curate innovative concert programmes and is also committed to engaging new audiences and inspiring young people, and has recently set up the multi-genre Queens of Sound Orchestra, representing minority genders in music. You can read more about Crystalla and and her music on our website here.

Crystalla's new work Horns of Triton – written for Onyx Brass and commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society as part of the RPS Composers programme – will be performed for the first time alongside recently discovered archive brass chamber music by Benjamin Britten, as part of the Imperial College London lunchtime concert series. 

Crystalla is one of eight individuals supported by the 2026 RPS Composers programme, giving each a commission and premiere with a noted ensemble, festival or venue, as well as a year of professional development which gives them the chance to meet industry experts and professional composers, furthering their confidence and skills to seek further commissions and premieres of their own. We're grateful to RPS Members and a range of trusts and foundations whose generous support makes the RPS Composers programme possible.

You can find out more about RPS Membership and how you can help us support talented musicians like Crystalla here.

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