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希腊女艺人Haris Alexiou，是位颇有传奇色彩的歌手，她的声线含蓄深情中蕴涵着澎湃的激情，而且声音优美，很有穿透力和感染力，她唱歌时仿佛是在梦中，飘摇恍惚，给我们带来一种无法言喻的寂静的忧郁。
 
她从1972年起开始其歌唱生涯，演唱风格多变，从希腊民谣到法语、德语、阿拉伯语歌曲，直到沉婉具有古典气质的歌谣，和希腊歌手娜娜一样也是个非常全面的歌手，应该是称得上是希腊歌坛重量级人物，直到如今一直领导潮流,是希腊三大耀眼的红歌星之一,共出版有20余张专辑。
 
到了80年代，她逐渐开始展现出色的作曲才能，写了象《Rota me Oti Thes》这样热门的歌曲，92年，进入宝丽金，转变风格发行的一张在法国、比利时、以色列甚至日本都十分畅销的唱片《Di euxon(With Wishes)》。2年后，她成功地打入了日本唱片市场，95年的专辑是她首次谱写歌词的作品，此后几年中，她赢得了许多奖项，并继续与许多国家地著名艺人合作，像Manu Katche、Yiannis Spathas、Arto Tuncboyaclyan、Christos Nikolopoulos、Bjorn Alterhaug。她2000年的专辑《Whispers》，返朴归真，纯粹的钢琴与吉他伴奏，色彩清淡。
 
20多年里，她坚持与许多国家的艺人合作，融合了多种风格，并完成了一张又一张出色的作品，像她这样既能将传统民谣歌曲演绎得像流行歌曲那样受欢迎，同时连批评家们都少有微词的歌手是不多见的。
 
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.