Milton Mermikides

Milton Mermikides (born 26 May 1971) is a British composer, guitarist and academic of Greek heritage. His diverse output includes compositions, academic papers, talks (TED (conference)) and musical performances. He has worked with a number of artists including Tim Minchin, Pat Martino, John Williams, Tod Machover, Steve Winwood and Brian Eno and research bodies such as the Wellcome Trust, UCL Neuroscience, British Library, Science Museum, Aldeburgh Music and the Smithsonian Institution. Mermikides is widely recognised as a leading figure in data sonification and, in 2025, published his book Hidden Music: The Composer’s Guide to Sonification with the Cambridge University Press. His 2004 work Bloodlines, written with his sister Dr Alex Mermikides, received critical acclaim. Bloodlines was created by translating his daily blood results, whilst suffering from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, into each second of a musical composition. He is the 37th Gresham Professor of Music and currently holds the position of Professor of Music at the University of Surrey and Senior Research Fellow and Composer in Residence for the Centre of Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing (Linacre College, Oxford Univ