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希臘女藝人Haris Alexiou，是位頗有傳奇色彩的歌手，她的聲線含蓄深情中蘊涵著澎湃的激情，而且聲音優(yōu)美，很有穿透力和感染力，她唱歌時仿佛是在夢中，飄搖恍惚，給我們帶來一種無法言喻的寂靜的憂郁。
 
她從1972年起開始其歌唱生涯，演唱風格多變，從希臘民謠到法語、德語、阿拉伯語歌曲，直到沉婉具有古典氣質(zhì)的歌謠，和希臘歌手娜娜一樣也是個非常全面的歌手，應該是稱得上是希臘歌壇重量級人物，直到如今一直領導潮流,是希臘三大耀眼的紅歌星之一,共出版有20余張專輯。
 
到了80年代，她逐漸開始展現(xiàn)出色的作曲才能，寫了象《Rota me Oti Thes》這樣熱門的歌曲，92年，進入寶麗金，轉變風格發(fā)行的一張在法國、比利時、以色列甚至日本都十分暢銷的唱片《Di euxon(With Wishes)》。2年后，她成功地打入了日本唱片市場，95年的專輯是她首次譜寫歌詞的作品，此后幾年中，她贏得了許多獎項，并繼續(xù)與許多國家地著名藝人合作，像Manu Katche、Yiannis Spathas、Arto Tuncboyaclyan、Christos Nikolopoulos、Bjorn Alterhaug。她2000年的專輯《Whispers》，返樸歸真，純粹的鋼琴與吉他伴奏，色彩清淡。
 
20多年里，她堅持與許多國家的藝人合作，融合了多種風格，并完成了一張又一張出色的作品，像她這樣既能將傳統(tǒng)民謠歌曲演繹得像流行歌曲那樣受歡迎，同時連批評家們都少有微詞的歌手是不多見的。
 
by Craig Harris
 
The folk music of Greece is fused with modern pop sensibilities by vocalist and songwriter Haris Alexiou. Dubbed Haroula (Little Grace) by her fans, Alexiou has emerged as one of the best examples of the deep, throaty style of Greek Byzantine singing. According to Dirty Linen, Alexious ...passionate vocals really soar over the music and are a real delight to listen to. A veteran of more than 20 years in the music business, Alexiou sings in French, German and Arabic and specializes in the traditional Greek style of rembetika, which combines folk music (dhimotica) and oriental urban music (smyrneika).
 
Alexious ancestral roots lie in Thebes in Asia Minor. Her family moved to Greece following the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923. The turning point in her musical career came in 1972, when she successfully auditioned for a multi-artist, Apostoles Kaldaras-produced album, Mikra Asia (Asia Minor — Turkey). The album became a major hit in eastern Europe. Alexious debut album, Laika Tragoudia (12 Folk Songs), was released in 1975 and included the single Dimitroula, which was the top-selling single in Greece during the 1970s. Following the collapse of military regime in Greece, Alexiou performed in a series of stadium concerts that she shared with political Greek vocalist Theodorakis and released a double album, Ta Tsilika, featuring Greek folk songs from 1900 to 1940.
 
During the 1990s, Alexiou teamed with songwriter Nikos Andypas, whom she met when he was playing drums for Theodorakis. Their first collaboration, Di Efchon (With Blessings), with lyrics by Lina Nikalakopoulou, became one of the first Greek albums released outside of Greece. In addition to being issued in France, Belgium, Israel and Japan, the album became her first release in the U.S. in January 1998.
 
Alexiou showcased her skills as a songwriter with her 1995 album, Odos Nefelys 88 (Cloud Street 88). Gyriziontas Ton Kosmos (Going Round the World), released the following year, and Ena Fili Tou Kosmou released in 1997, included recordings from her concerts between 1992 and 1996.