Evridiki
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| Born | February 25, 1968 |
| Origin |  Cyprus |
| Genre(s) | Pop, Techno, Rock |
| Label(s) | Virus Music Minos EMI |
| 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, 1994 and 2007 with the songs Teriazoume, Ime Anthropos Ki Ego and Comme Ci, Comme Ça, respectively.
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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, U.S. 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[citation needed] and has released another critically-acclaimed record Sto Idio Vagoni.
Her new album "13" which is her thirteenth personal album was released on March 26, 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. It failed to make it through the semi-final stage of the competition.
[edit] Discography
- 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
- 2005 - Sto Idio Vagoni
- 2007 - 13
- CD Singles
- 2007 - "Comme Ci, Comme Ça"
- 2008 - "I Zoi Ehei Hroma"
- Participation in the Albums
- 1990 - Erotika Minimata by Pashalis (Arvanitidis)
- 1997 - En Psyhro by Giorgos Alkaios
- 1999 - One by One
- 2002 - O Vasilias ki Ego
- 2003 - 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
- 2008 - Ta Koutia Ine Koufa by Dimitris Korgialas
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