Alexia Vassiliou

Alexia Vassiliou or short: Alexia ( Greek: Αλέξια, born February 5, 1964 in Famagusta ) is a Cypriot pop and jazz singer.

Vassiliou's first major appearance was as a member of Iceland in the Euro Vision Song Contest 1981, which brought the group to sixth place. In 1982 she took up the song I am Siam, who joined in the U.S. charts. Alexia was in the same year to Boston, where she studied at the Berklee College of Music. After her graduation in 1985 she was two years active in the jazz and fusion scene of New York City and sang in the band Axioum. Your second appearance at the European Song Contest euro vision she had at the Concours de la Chanson 1987 in Brussels. Here they reached the pop song Aspro mavro seventh. From her debut album Alexia, which was published in 1988, more than 500,000 copies were sold in Greece. More than twenty albums published so far and have partially gold or platinum status; next pop music she also released jazz and improvised music as well as interpretations and orchestral arrangements. She also worked with Mikis Theodorakis, Chick Corea, Andreas Vollenweider or Milva.