Alexia “Cypriote”
TERRACE THEATER
In Cypriote, Alexia explores the island’s multilayered identity through a curated selection of songs and stories inspired by Cypriot antiquities, language, dialect, and memory.
This concert is presented as part of the cultural program of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026.
Online advance reservations for a given performance date will open on a rolling basis, opening every Wednesday two weeks out from the date.
In Cypriote, Alexia explores the island’s multilayered identity through a curated selection of songs and stories inspired by Cypriot antiquities, language, dialect, and memory. Through her distinctive sound, feminine perspective, and musical influences – Jazz, Classical, World Music, Traditional, and Improvisation, she creates a powerful musical journey that connects Cyprus’ past with the present and positions its culture within a global dialogue.
This concert is presented as part of the cultural program of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026.
About the Artist
Alexia [Vassiliou] is widely regarded as a cultural and national treasure in both Greece and Cyprus. She is an Award-winning, Multi-Gold and Platinum, cross-genre, conceptual Vocal Recording Artist – Singer, Songwriter, and Composer.
With a historic career spanning 40+ years and 45 recorded albums, Alexia is known for her versatility and innovation with her eclectic, authentic, sophisticated musical sound, informed and inspired by Jazz, Classical, Electronic, Experimental, Improvisation, Avant-garde, Trip hop, Pop, World music, Gospel, Spiritual and Folk. Her vocal abilities, phrasing, timbre, and vibrato, personify and represent her unique style, the very essence of Alexia’s 3-octave contralto sound, transcending her genres of influence into the realm of intellectual abstract, high art.
An educated vocalist from Berklee College of Music (’85), Alexia is a vocal force and Musical pioneer; from introducing pop music to Greece and Cyprus in the 80’s and forever altering the Greek music scene, to reviving the Greek film music symphonic and big band orchestras in the mid-90s, to making Jazz a commercially accepted genre by being the first Greek female vocalist to bring Classic American vocal Jazz to the mainstream market in the Hellenic world, to experimenting with her Voice as an Instrument by breaking away from the confines of the traditional structure of a song in her “Voice Improvisation Series” in the 2000’s; placing Alexia in a category of a singer who composes as she sings, an ability that few acquire in the world.
Alexia has collaborated with some of the world’s greatest in live performances, recordings, theatre productions, and films, including: Chick Corea, Mikis Theodorakis, John Patitucci, Andreas Vollenweider, Madeleine Peyroux, Milva, Kostas Kapnisis, Rena Vlahopoulou, Mimis Plessas, Carlo Ponti Jr., Lena Chamamyan, Peter Gabriel, Pinar Toprak, and many others.
Alexia’s Cultural Diplomacy work via her multi-cultural world concerts and albums, has raised awareness of the 1974 Turkish invasion and continued illegal occupation of her country, bringing attention on the displaced, the missing persons, and the ongoing ethnic cleansing of her country.
In recent years, Alexia developed “Re-bE”, a Social Change Program for schools, as a way of bringing Music of quality, Creativity and Culture to the Youth. As a first of its kind program, and as a model of good practices in the European Union, Re-bE is an official program of the Ministry of Education of Cyprus, for all public schools across the nation.
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Ticketing & Entry
Please Note: This is a reservation and not a ticket. There is a 4-ticket limit per patron for this show. Patrons who make advanced reservations can pick up their tickets at the Hall of States Box Office on the day of the performance at 4:30 PM. Patrons need to present either a printed email confirmation or show the email confirmation on their smart device. Tickets that have not been claimed by 15 minutes prior to the start of the performance will be released and distributed to a stand-by line.
This is a first come-first serve event; a reservation confirmation does not guarantee you a ticket. Please arrive early to exchange your email confirmation at the Hall of States Box Office for a ticket to be seated in the Terrace Theater.
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