Haris alexiou biography books

Few singers can touch so many souls all over the world, like Haris Alexiou , also known as Haroula Alexiou. A woman with a deep, throaty and passionate voice, a Greek singer that embodies the destiny and characteristics of her country as no one else: joyful, filled with love, dramatic, tragic, and heart wrenching, Haris Alexiou is, for many, the most important female singer born in this country, featuring an incredible repertoire.

Mesmerizing generations and generations with her warm and marvelous voice, Alexiou easily became the salient symbol not only of Greek Music but of the entire Greek culture. Her range of emotions is impressive, to say the least. Haroula Alexiou can sing from rebetika to laika and pop or folk music and more urban sounds with the same ease and versatility.

Her voice can take you to immense heights and then cradle you gently and tenderly.

Haris alexiou biography books: An extremely successful artist, she has

Sometimes, language is not important, and in her case there is nothing more real. Haris Alexiou real name Hariklia Roupaka was born in Thiva on December 27th but soon came to Athens with her mother and brother. Alexiou was known to sing folk and laika songs in fairs and festivals, but until the early 70s she was not yet discovered by the large music companies.

The first musical break comes in when she sings songs in the album Mikra Asia Asia Minor written by Apostolos Kaldaras and Pythagoras. Within a few years she started singing all major composers and lyric writers of the time, such as Manos Loizos , Mikis Theodorakis and more. For people she is Haroula… their Haroula….