Eleni alexandria biography
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I was attending in 2005 a concert of Eleni Vitali in Heraklion, Crete. I already knew that she had had hard times some years before. My heart was moved by her singing; she has a great talent and a voice full of expression which comes from the heart and reaches you directly, with sadness, power, humor and joy. I felt then that Eleni won a victory, a glorious victory.
I think that Eleni Vitali is the most autobiographical creator in Greek music. As solitary a woman as she is, her unusual course in her art and career was connected tightly with her family, and more importantly, in her art as a writer and singer. She delivers her most inner, existential chords, even the darkest, in a way that people can identify with and love.
Eleni was born into music. It was 1954 in Athens when Eleni Lavida met the world for the first time. Her father Takis was a gifted santur player and a composer who had given music for the most important singers of the time. Her mother Loucy Karageorgiou used to sing in festive events in the evenings, and in the mornings she cleaned houses. They were of gypsy
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Eleni Alexiou was born in Trikala, Greece in 1980. She holds a Bachelor degree in Ancient and Modern Greek Language and Literature from the University of Patras, Greece and a Master degree in Education from the University of Bath, UK. She teaches classical guitar at the Music School of Trikala.
She has published several poems and short stories in magazines and on-line. Her first poetry collection, “The flash”, was published in Greece in 2009. Some of the poems included in the collection were awarded Second and Third Price in the InterArtia Poetry Competition held by the International Art Society in 2009. She has also received several prices from national Greek competitions.
She takes part in various artistic events, such as the 22nd Global Conference of Poets (Larisa, Greece, 2010), Codepoetry@AthensPlaython (street festival on poetry, Athens, 2013) etc. Books, nature, bike rides and her two children are what she loves best.
We buried the last insect
in the ancestors mausoleum
stomach butterflies
bees of Eros
spiders of death.
We washed our flyswatter
and had some c
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Eleni Paschalidou-Zongolopoulou
Greek artist (1909–1991)
Eleni Paschalidou - Zongolopoulou | |
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Paschalidou - Zongolopoulou in the '30s | |
| Born | Eleni Paschalidou 1909 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1991 (aged 81–82) Athens, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Known for | painter |
| Spouse | George Zongolopoulos (1936 - 1991) |
Eleni Zongolopoulou (née Paschalidou, Istanbul, 1909 - Athens, 1991) was a Greek painter. During her artistic career she followed the movements of Expressionism, Fauvism, Cubism and Abstract art.[1] She was wife of the sculptorGeorge Zongolopoulos.[2]
Childhood and education
She was born in 1909 in Moda, a neighbourhood of Kadıköy, Istanbul. Her father, Konstantinos Paschalidis, was a businessman and her mother, Despina Pappa - Paschalidou, was a doll maker. She was brought up in an bourgeoisie family environment with her sisters Danae Nikolaidi, Lili Paschalidou-Theodoridou, and Alexandra Paschalidou-Moreti. She attended the Zappeion School for Girls and by the time she completed her Gymnasium
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