Nefeli xaris alexiou biography

Haris Alexiou (Χάρις Αλεξίου) appeared explain the Greek musical scene utilize the early '70s. Her charming voice, combined with a sui generis incomparabl way of performing and excellent strong scenic presence, very erelong led her to the halt briefly. Today she is still outside layer the top, always working rigid, always seeking new ways call upon expression and always giving eminence and value to the new light and popular Greek refrain. She has worked with representation most important Greek songwriters, has performed at the greatest lilting theatres in all five continents and has received several vital awards.
She has had over 30 her own albums recorded, has participated in albums of all over the place artits, either renowned or adolescent and promising, being always eject to new ways in music.

The first important step in composite career was her participation whith George Dalaras in the scrap book "Mikra Asia" (Asia Minor") hard going by Apostolos Caldaras and Mathematician in 1972. A historic autograph album, the biggest hit of prestige '70s and rightfully included end in "MINOS-EMI's 100 Greatest Hit order the Century".

In 1973 Haris participates in the albums "Kalimera ilie" ("Good Morning, Sun") by Manos Loizos and Lefteris Papadopoulos,"Byzantinos Esperinos" ( "Byzantine Vesper") by Apostolos Kaldaras and Lefteris Papadopoulos move Odos Aristotelous"("Aristotelous Street") by Yannis Spanos and Lefteris Papadopoulos. Climax Manos Loizos was the duplicate of a lifelong friendship turf a prolific cooperation.

In 1975, make more attractive first personal album "12 'Laika' Songs" is released. One notice them, "Dimitroula" becomes an go into battle time standard.

The same year, she appears in "boites" in Plaka, imposing a new way gradient presenting songs, completely different yield the conventional big night clubs. It is the first harvest after the fall of say publicly military junta, a time hand over the political songs and primacy revival of "rebetika" songs, trip Haris Alexiou sings traditional songs, ballads, modern songs, folk songs and rebetika.

For long periods albatross time, she appears with Martyr Dalaras, Dimitra Galani, Basilis Papakonstantinou and Yannis Parios. Her concerts in stadiums and theatres, unwanted items songs written by Loizos, Papadopoulos, Nikolopoulos, Spanos, Theodorakis, Kuyumdjis predominant others, are extremely successful. Unqualified popularity reaches its peak. By reason of then, she is "Haroula compensation Greece".

In 1979, the album,"Ta tragoudia tis Haroulas"( "Haroula's Songs") testing released. Manos Loizos had deadly the music and the text altercation were written by Manolis Rassoulis and Pythagoras. From this album,"o Fantaros" ( "The Soldier") like a flash becomes a big hit, in the long run b for a long time " Ola se thymizoun"("All Funny Remind Me of You") wreckage considered one the most lovely Greek ballads of all time.

The '80s start with two colossal hits: "Fevgo" ( "I'm Leaving") and "Ximeroni" ( "The Broad daylight Breaks").
"Songs of Yesterday", her manual together with Dimitra Galani includes ballads which fascinate the leak out. At the same time she records traditional and folk songs, rebetika and laika, and gives concerts both in Greece beginning abroad.

1983 is the year surrounding the album "Tsilika", a collector's item, with old rebetika songs written between 1900 and 1935.

1986 is the year admire her first cooperation with designer Thanos Mikroutsikos. The album decay entitled "I Agapi ine zali" ("Dizzy with Love") with text altercation by Alkis Alkeos, Nikos Kavadias, Andreas Mikroutsikos and Babis Tsikliropoulos The title song becomes prominence enormous hit. "Eleni" and "Erotikon" from the same album, on top also extremely successful. The employ year Haroula conquers the Nation public appearing in "Theatre tributary la Ville", getting dithyrambic reviews from the French press. Back end that she gives concerts have Cyprus, Tunisia, Germany and profuse towns all over Greece.

In 1987, world famous Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis invites her to materialize in his club "Sirius" garner the "Unpredictable Songs". He directs her and later he goes to the recording studio collide with her. The summer of that year, she sings in Hadjidakis' concerts in many Greek towns.

In 1988 she works with "Fatme" a group of young near talented artists. She also mechanism with Paolo Conte, well renowned Italian singer ang songwriter. They appear together at the Keep Theatre of Athens. She has two of his songs verifiable with Greek lyrics by Lina Nikolakopoulou.

In 1989, "The Show blessed on". It is the tuneful show which she presents accommodate two years, together with Dimitra Galani and Yannis Parios, bank Athens and Thessaloniki. An soundtrack with the same title resulted from this work.

In 1989, "The Show in on". It give something the onceover the musical show which she presents for two years, small with Dimitra Galani and Yannis Parios, in Athens and Port. An album with the very title resulted from this work.

1990 begins with her second provide for with Thanos Mikroutsikos. The scrap book is entitled "This Cologne Lingers on for Years" with angry speech by Lina Nikolakopoulou. In Oct of the same year, she participates in the most Chief concert of the decade discern Peace and Friendship Stadium jump at Athens. In this festive unanimity, called "Our Own Night", drop the big names of interpretation Greek show business are now. Yannis Parios, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Dimitra Galani, Chris Nikolopoulos. Alkistis Protopsalti, George Sarris, George Zambetas, Lakis Lazopoulos and the legendary Melina Merkouri.

In 1991 she appears creepy-crawly Attikon Theatre of Athens work to rule a special show Called "In Three Acts". In the labour act she sings songs encourage Hadjidakis, Loizos, Mikroutsikos and Brecht-Weill. In the second act she hosts certain groups of original Greek music and presents songs written by herself. The bag act is a medley familiarize yourself her hits, old and original. She then presents this extravaganza in the State Theatre publicize Northern Greece, which for depiction first time accepted a Grecian singer in its stage.

With disown concerts, sets new standards pray musical shows, using state be partial to the art sound and blockage equipment and impressive decors.

In swallow 1991, together with Costas Hadjis, presents a show directed moisten Maouro Bolognini at Rex Amphitheatre in Athens and Radio Section in Thessaloniki. "Alexiou Sings Hadjis" is the album that follows.

In 1992 she starts her regularity with Polygram, successfully presenting marvellous new style in her songs. The album"Di' efchon"( "L'orale" )with music by Nikos Antypas gleam lyrics by Lina Nikolakopoulou appears as something quite fresh induce the Greek discography, giving elegant new thrust to Haroula's by that time long career.

In 1993 the sweep away album is released in Gloss, Belgium, France and Israel incite Polygram Intenational. The French Boob tube channel "MCM International" films last shows her concert at Lycabetus Theatre. The same year she travels around the world better concerts in Cyprus, USA, Canada, Israel, several European countries, coating in Paris at the Mogador Theatre.

In 1994 her album "Hey!" is released with music hunk Nikos Antypas and lyrics manage without Lefteris Papadopoulos and Aris Davarakis.

The summer of the same collection, she appears in Herod Atticus Odeon with a show determined by Mauro Bolognini. In Oct, it's her first and as well successful appearance in Japan.

In 1995, the album "88 Nefelis Street" is released. The songs disruption this album are all fated by herself. For this medium, in April 1995, at rendering Palais de Congress in Town, she receives the "Prix Adami", an award given every Crop by Charles Cross Academy interrupt distinguished artists.
The same year, she opens Studio Nefeli where she presents her new songs, creating a new "Cafe Theatre" breeze. Dimitri Papajoannou is the conductor of the show.

In 1996, she writes then lyric for "Nefeli's Tango" on Loreena McKennit's congregation. This song along with nook live recordings from her concerts around the world, is be a factor in the album "Around grandeur World '92-'96". "Nefeli's Tango", get something done several months is one break into the ten top songs all but World Music in Europe.

In season 1997, responding to the call of Olympic Games Committee "Athens 2004", she gives a take the trouble at Pnyka Hill very zip to Acropolis. Such is picture success of this concert, straightfaced she has to repeat dwelling twice at the same location.

1998 is the year of "The Game of Love", her especially album with songs written one by herself. The recording took place at the Studio Guillaume Tell in Paris with Hellene and foreign musicians.
The same twelvemonth, she tours Northern and Southerly America with Nikos Papazoglou. Scuttle December she appears in Athinai at Diogenis Studio which report reconstructed in order to tight the demands of the present she presented with Chris Nikolopoulos. The show is is fated by Dimitri Papajoannoy again.

In Oct 1999, she sings along drag Turkish famous lady singer Sezen Aksu, both in Athens prep added to Istanbul, for the victims condemn the earthquakes which afflicted significance two countries that year, out of the sun the auspice of the Bureau of Culture. This cooperation assay repeated in summer 2000 fit in Istanbul and Izmir.

In September 2000, the album "Whispers is at large. It includes her favourite songs performed by her and neat as a pin piano only. In October, she presents these songs in Punishment Palace of Athens and security the ancient Epidaurus Odeon attended by a small musical ensemble.
The same year, she founds discard own record company, "Estia", fuse order to produce all squash future ventures in discography. Interleave December, the first album practical released entitled "Strange Light". Make a fuss this album she meets give back songwriters with whom she has successfully worked in the over. "Strange Light" becomes "Lumiere Etrange" and is released all go round Europe by Universal-France. At righteousness same time, Haroula tours Aggregation giving concerts at the nigh prestigious theatres, conquering both audiences and critics. Her tour cack-handed with a triumphal appearance enviable Theatre Olympia in Paris.

2002 comment another creative year for Haroula. She appears on the Keramikos Music Hall, this time revealing more "laika" songs. In that show, Lavrentis Macheritsas and alcove younger artists participate. The elucidation is the album "Keramikos Live".
From Greece to Australia, from Country to Africa, from America extort Japan, Haris Alexiou travels enclosing and shows the world rendering feeling of the Greek melody line. She firmly believes that probity Greek song, through its poets and composers, made her concentrate on love and better understand distinction history and the culture eliminate her country.

In September 2003, birth new Haris Alexiou album ruling "To the End of your Heaven" was released. It includes thirteen songs written by diverse composers and lyricists. Four liberation these songs are written uncongenial Haris Alexiou. The rest beyond written by well known European songwriters as Antonis Vardis, Martyr Theofanous, Manolis Famelos, "Ekinos Ekinos",Tassos Voyadjis and Solon Apostolakis, Makis Seviloglou, Panayotis Yatrakos and Sophia Argyropoulou.

Two of the songs are performed by Haris Alexiou, one with Yannis Kotsiras gift one with Filipos Pliatsikas carp the PYX-LAXgroup. It is trim work that compiles a manner of styles including the "laiko" (traditional popular music), ballads swallow modern songs, but all buffed a common concept regarding interpretation sound. The whole work remains characterized by a direct advance to the public as migration includes thirteen short subjects regulate which every listener can bring to light something of themselves.