Alkistis Protopsalti

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Alkistis Protopsalti

Alkistis Protopsalti ( Greek Άλκηστις Πρωτοψάλτη , born October 18, 1954 in Alexandria as Alkistis Sevasti Attikiouzel, Greek Άλκηστις Σεβαστή Αττικιουζέλ ) is a Greek singer . In 2015 she was Deputy Minister of Tourism of Greece in the Thanou-Christofilou transitional cabinet .

Career

She had her musical breakthrough with the LP Kykloforo Ki Oploforo (Κυκλοφορώ κι οπλοφορώ) in 1985, at the same time her first collaboration with the composer Stamatis Kraounakis and the lyricist Lina Nikolakopoulou . In 1991 the album Paradechtika (Παραδέχτηκα) was created from the music of Goran Bregović and Greek texts by Lina Nikolakopoulou . San Ifestio Pou Xypna (Σαν ηφαίστειο που ξυπνά; German: Like a volcano that awakens ; 1997) was the first collaboration between Alkistis Protopsalti and Lina Nikolakopoulou and the composer Nikos Antypas .

Alkistis Protopsalti performed with other singers in 2004 at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Athens . In 2011 she played a key role in the musical framework program for the Special Olympics in Athens. Besides Greece she gave concerts in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Israel, the Netherlands and the USA.

Since November 2013 she has performed in a series of concerts with Eleftheria Arvanitaki in Greece. In May 2014 her album Thea Paradisou (Θέα Παραδείσου) with music by Nikos Antypas was released by Heaven Music.

On August 28, 2015, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Tourism in the cabinet of the Thanou-Christofilou transitional government. She held the office until September 23, 2015 and is non-party.

Discography

  • Tetralogia with Dimos Moutsis (Tετραλογια) (1975)
  • Apla Tragoudia (Απλά τραγούδια) (1977)
  • Grammata Ston Makrigianni Kai Alla Laika (Γράμματα στο Μακρυγιάννη κι άλλα λαϊκά) (1979)
  • Maniatika (Μανιάτικα) (1980)
  • Alkistis Protopsalti (Άλκηστις Πρωτοψάλτη) (1981)
  • Exodos Kindinou (Έξοδος κινδύνου) (1984)
  • Prosanatolismoi (Προσανατολισμοί) (1984)
  • Kykloforo Ki Oploforo (Κυκλοφορώ κι οπλοφορώ) (1985)
  • Paei I Agapi Mou (Πάει η αγάπη μου) (1986)
  • Leoforos (Λεωφόρος) with Eleftheria Arvanitaki and Kostas Ganotis (1987)
  • Dikaioma (Δικαίωμα) (1988)
  • Dyo Vimata Apo Tin Ammo (Δύο βήματα από την άμμο) (1989)
  • Leoforos B! (Live) (Λεωφόρος Β ') (1990)
  • Paradechtika (Παραδέχτηκα) (1991)
  • Mia Mousiki Parastasi Zoom '91 - '92 (Live) (Μια μουσική παράσταση Zoom '91 - '92) (1992)
  • Anthropon Erga (Ανθρώπων έργα) (1993)
  • Epitychies (Επιτυχίες) (1993)
  • Ta Prota Mou Tragoudia (Τα πρώτα μου τραγούδια) (1994)
  • To Trito Stefani (Το τρίτο στεφάνι) (1995)
  • Odio Irodou Attikou - I Alkistis Protopsalti Se Erga Tou Ilia Andriopoulou (Η Άλκηστις Πρωτοψάλτη σε έργα του Ηλία Ανδριόπουλου) (1996)
  • San Ifestio Pou Xypna (Σαν ηφαίστειο που ξυπνά) (1997)
  • San Ifestio Pou Xypna Live (Σαν ηφαίστειο που ξυπνά live) (1999)
  • The very best of 1985 - 1997 (1999)
  • Ydrogeies Sferes (Υδρόγειες σφαίρες) (2000)
  • Pes Mou Thalassa (Πες μου θάλασσα) (2002)
  • Ta Paramythia Mias Fonis (Τα παραμύθια μιας φωνής) - live (2003)
  • Na Se Vlepo Na Gelas (Να σε βλέπω να γελάς) (2004)
  • Live sto VOX - Dimitra Galani, Alkistis Protopsalti (Live στο VOX - Δήμητρα Γαλάνη, Άλκηστις Πρωτοψάλτη) (2005)
  • Sto Oreotero Simio (Στο ωραιότερο σημείο) (2007)
  • 30 Chronia Diskografia (30 χρόνια δισκογραφία) (2008)
  • Fanera Mystika (Φανερά Μυστικά) (2010)
  • Ena Piano - Mia Foni; Gazarte Live 1 & 2 with Stefanos Korkolis (2011)
  • Gia Pou Travas Elpida (Για Που Τραβάς Ελπίδα) with Evanthia Reboutsika (2012)
  • Rentevou Sto Pallas (Live) with Mario Frangoulis (2012)
  • Ena Taxidi Sti Lilipoupoli (Live) (Ένα Ταξίδι Στη Λιλιπούπολη) (2013)
  • Thea Paradisou (Θέα Παραδείσου) (2014)

Web links

Commons : Alkistis Protopsalti  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Volcano and the Unholy Alliance ... Articles and translations of their songs by Asteris Kutulas . Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ Ελευθερία Αρβανιτάκη - Άλκηστις Πρωτοψάλτη [Διογένης ] Website of the MusicPaper magazine (Greek). Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ Cabinet Vasiliki Thanou-Christofilou, General Secretariat of the Greek Government (Greek)
personal data
SURNAME Protopsalti, Alkistis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sevasti, Alkistis (maiden name); Πρωτοψάλτη, Άλκηστις (Greek); Αττικιουζέλ, Άλκηστις Σεβαστή (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION greek singer
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandria