Athena Andreadis

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Photo © Ian Anderson Athena Andreadis was born in London and raised in Greece; the two cultures coexisting through her upbringing. She inherited her singing talent from her Greek mother, but, always bilingual, listened as much to rock, classical and jazz as she did to the traditional Greek songs. Music always played such a key role in her upbringing she resolved at the age of seven to become a singer. “I’d lock myself in my room and listen to lots of records. And I always wrote a lot too. I wrote my first short story when I was about nine and when I was 14, I won an award for poetry. But my singing and writing were separate… I never imagined I’d write my own songs.” She moved to Bath at her parents’ behest to study commerce at Bath University with a view to one day taking over the family business. Fate took a hand when she was distracted by a work placement in New York which brought her into contact with a Juilliard School of Music singing teacher who recognized, encouraged and tutored her talent. Back in London she won a place at Trinity College of Music studying vocal techniques that ranged from opera to jazz, a grounding that triggered work with various London outfits playing a broad spectrum of music. In 1995 se formed a band called Oalassa with Ed Simpson, an English songwriter / sampler. The group disbanded in 2002. Ed Simpson went to found a new band called Lautrec, while Athena Andreadis created her own project under the name Athena. Athena's music has its roots ar

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