Evridiki
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| Born | 25 February 1968 Limassol, Cyprus |
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| Origin | Cyprus |
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| Genre(s) | Pop, Techno, Rock | |
| Website | www.evridiki.gr | |
Evridiki Theokleous (Greek: Ευρυδίκη Θεοκλέους, born 25 February 1968), known professionally as simply Evridiki, is a Cypriot rock, pop, and electro pop singer. She is best known in Europe for representing her home country, Cyprus, in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992 and 1994 with the songs Teriazoume and Ime Anthropos Ki Ego respectively. In 2007, CyBC (Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, or Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου in Greek) accepted her proposal to represent Cyprus in Eurovision for a third time with the song Comme Ci Comme Ça which has been recorded in French (original), Greek, and English.
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[edit] Music career
Born in Limassol, Cyprus, Evridiki Theokleous was raised in the island's capital, Nicosia. While still at school, she studied music at the National Conservatory of Cyprus. When she finished school, she went to Le Studio des Variétés in Paris, France where she studied music, theatre, and dancing. Afterwards she went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA where she supplemented her musical studies with courses of harmony and instrumentation.
In 1989, she moved to Athens, Greece, to work with several artists, sing in compilations, and in 1991, release her first personal album Gia Proti Fora.
In 1994, she married Giorgos Theofanous. Together, they had a son, Angelos, in November 1996. Theofanous was the main composer and producer of her first nine albums. He called Evridiki his muse always and even after they got divorced in 2000. She is currently engaged to musician Dimitris Korgialas, composer of Comme Ci Comme Ça (Cyprus' entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007).
Overall, Evridiki is one of the most popular successful and best selling singers in Greece and Cyprus. She has worked with the most important personalities of the Greek music industry. Besides George Theophanous also with people like Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Giorgos Hatzinasios, Yannis Spanos, Marios Tokas, Dimitris Korgialas, Vangelis Dimitriadis, Christos Dantis, Natalia Germanou, Eleni Peta, Giorgos and Yannis Vardis, Stelios Rokkos, and Sakis Rouvas.
In 2002, she performed Taptim in the musical The King and I, produced by Mimi Denisi with very positive acceptance by public and critics.
After her divorce and having a music break for almost three years, Evridiki released the album Oso Fevgo Gyrizo in which she wrote two songs. This record would be a turning point in Evridiki's career by characterizing a new era for her. Since then she has been recognized as the most successful Greek rock singer and has released another critically-acclaimed record Sto Idio Vagoni.
Her new album "13" which is her thirteen personal album was released on 26 of March 2007.
[edit] Participation in Eurovision Song Contest
She represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992 (Malmö, Sweden) with the song Teriazoume (finishing in eleventh place), and then in 1994 (Dublin, Ireland) with Ime Anthropos Ki Ego. The latter caused controversial reactions from critics and the audience due to the song's political allusion to The Cyprus Problem. On the other hand, it became a hot favorite to win because of its ethnic sound and her very sentimental performance. As with her first entry in the contest two years previously, Evridiki took eleventh place. Evridiki also appeared as a backing vocalist in Eurovision on three separate occasions, in 1983, 1986, and 1987.
In 2007, she was selected to represent Cyprus for a third time, in that year's contest, with the song Comme Ci Comme Ça whose lyrics were written by Posidonas Giannopoulos and its music composed by Dimitris Korgialas. The song has French (original), Greek, and English versions. Watch the video of the song here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQMtaNzYHDI
[edit] Discography
 * 2007 - 13 |
 * 2005 - Sto Idio Vagoni |
 * 2003 - Oso Fevgo Gyrizo |
 * 2002 - Live ki Allios |
 * 2000 - Ola Dika Sou |
 * 1999 - To Koumbi |
 * 1998 - Dese Mou ta Matia |
 * 1997 - Pes to Mou Afto |
 * 1996 - I Epomeni Mera (double CD with a live recording) |
 * 1995 - Fthinoporo Gynekas |
 * 1993 - Misise Me |
 * 1992 - Poso Ligo Me Xeris |
 * 1991 - Gia Proti Fora |
Personal Albums:
- 1991 - Gia Proti Fora
- 1992 - Poso Ligo Me Xeris
- 1993 - Misise Me
- 1995 - Fthinoporo Gynekas
- 1996 - I Epomeni Mera (double CD with a live recording)
- 1997 - Pes to Mou Afto
- 1998 - Dese Mou ta Matia
- 1999 - To Koumbi
- 2000 - Ola Dika Sou
- 2002 - Live ki Allios
- 2003 - Oso Fevgo Gyrizo
- 2004 - Best of
- 2005 - Sto Idio Vagoni
- 2007 - 13
Participation in the Albums:
- 1999 - O Vasilias ki Ego
- 2002 - Tragoudi sta Pedia (Live) by Giorgos Theofanous
- 2003 - Esis i Fili Mou ki Ego by Vasilis Papakonstantinou
- 2003 - As ta Dyskola se Mena by Dimitris Korgialas
- 2005 - I Mera Fevgi by Dimitris Korgialas
- 2006 - EuroRevisions (compilation) produced by Giorgis Christodoulou
- 2006 - I Apli Methodos ton Trion by Imiskoumbria
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[edit] Trivia
- Evridiki was the first foreign student that was accepted in Le Studio des Variétés in Paris, France.
- She was the youngest singer to performe at the Lykavittos Theater, in 1995.
- She has a very good reputation as very lovely person, friendly and not-diva over the Greek music industry.
- She is one of the few Greek singers that stayed faithful to pop rock music genre.
- In November 2005 she sang in a supporting group to Apoptygma Berzerk in their concert in Cologne, Germany.
- She has represented Cyprus three times in the Eurovision Song Contest.
