Christmas Magic with Aliki Chrysochou

Soprano Aliki Chrysochou has performed worldwide with various orchestras and choir. She has participated and excelled in many International competitions with considerable success. Recently she has appeared on Britain's Got Talent 2013, where she left the crowd speechless and the judging panel giving her a standing ovation twice.

Capturing the magic of Christmas, Aliki will be performing a blend of classical music and well known Christmas melodies accompanied by the children's choir of Papadakio Municipal School of Music and six very talented musicians.

Soprano Aliki Chrysochou Bio:

Soprano Aliki Chrysochou was born in Limassol, Cyprus and was exposed to the presence of great minds from an early age. Having grown up in a family where the arts played a significant role, it was almost inevitable for her not to go down a similar path. Aliki showed great interest not only in the arts in general but particularly in music.

Growing up she was a member of the “Diastasi” choir where she performed as a main soloist for many years, in theatres both in Cyprus and all over Europe.

Aliki Chrysochou graduated from Sheffield University in the United Kingdom in 2005, with a Bachelor of Music, majoring in both piano and voice. She also holds a Pianoforte Certificate in Advanced Performance from London College of Music & Media at Thames Valley University, a Theory of Music Grade 8 from Guildhall School of Music and Drama as well as an outstanding recognition in Classical Singing Diploma Grade 8 from Trinity Guildhall of London.

After completing her studies, Aliki moved to New York City where she studied Musical Theatre and Drama at HB Studio with a scholarship. In addition, Aliki followed further operatic studies with renowned teachers and coaches such as Steven M. Crawford, one of the conductors of the Metropolitan Opera. She has studied closely with the great Mexican Tenor, Armando Mora, and has taken masterclasses with maestro PierGiorgio Del Nunzio and maestro Marco Balteri.

Aliki participated in two consecutive commercial record releases with one of the most important classical composers in the music history of Cyprus, Achilleas Lympourides and our national poet and one of the most important poets of the European Neo-classical Era, Kostas Montis.

The Greek Cypriot Soprano has performed in concerts as a soloist with various orchestras and choirs in countries around the world, including the USA, Canada, Mexico, Canary Islands, Greece, and the U.K. She has also performed many concerts with the National String Quartet in her homeland, Cyprus. Aliki has participated and excelled in various International Competitions with considerable success.

Aliki Chrysochou within the year 2013 performed as a semifinalist on Britain’s Got Talent, British television talent show competition ,receiving standing ovations from all the judging panel ,including the "strict" music mogul, Simon Cowell. Simon Cowell's exact words were “ You just have a natural talent Aliki...your time has come!" After the show ended Aliki has been receiving considerable media attention and global concert invitations.

Since then, Aliki has been invited to sing with the world wide known Military wives choir at the Sovereign British Area with a crowd of 5000 people. She has also performed for the Opening Ceremony of the World Youth Sailing Championship Competition. She has performed at the October Club Dinner at the Savoy in London, where the Charity of the Year was the Encephalitis Society, in which Aliki has been made an Ambassador following her performance on BGT.

For further updates please visit her home page www.alikichrysochou.com