Alexia Daphne Eleftheriadou is an award-winning Greek pianist sought after as a soloist, chamber musician, and educator. She has performed recitals and concertos in such prestigious venues as the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh, Greek National Opera recital hall in Athens and most recently her debut recital at London’s Wigmore Hall.
Her affinity for the music of J.S. Bach has been recognised with both the Royal Academy of Music’s Harriet Cohen Bach Prize and the RCS Bach Prize for Harpsichord, Piano, and Organ. She also won the RCS Classical Concerto Competition, culminating in a performance and recording of Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
Her other competition successes include top prizes at the Ramsay Calder Debussy Prize for Keyboard, the Philip Halstead Prize for Piano, the Edinburgh Concerto Competition Festival, as well as the Roma International Piano Competition in the Duo 4 Hands category with pianist William Bracken. Additionally, she has received tuition from renowned artists including Leif Ove Andsnes, Dame Imogen Cooper, Yevgeny Sudbin, Pascal Rogé, Grigory Gruzman, Steven Osborne, Piers Lane, and Roy Howat.
Collaboration and diverse creative projects are central to Alexia’s musical identity. She recently toured Cornwall with violist and recorder player Inis Oírr Asano as Clio Duo, with a series of seven recitals, ten school workshops, and a masterclass. Other highlights include interdisciplinary projects at the RCS Piano Festival, such as Hindemith’s The Four Temperaments for ballet dancers, string orchestra, and piano, and a recording of Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals in collaboration with ballet dancers.
Alexia holds a Professional Diploma and a Master of Arts with Distinction from the Royal Academy of Music, where she was also awarded the prestigious DipRAM for outstanding performance. Throughout her studies she has been generously supported by RAM scholarships, the Munster Trust Derek Butler Award, Help Musicians, Craxton Memorial Trust, Zetland Foundation, Talent Unlimited, James Gibb Award and Athena scholarship.
Alongside her performing career, she maintains a strong commitment to music education. She frequently leads workshops and creative outreach projects in schools across the UK and is an Ambassador for the Benedetti Foundation.
Projects for the next months include a number of solo recitals, a solo concert tour in China, Beethoven and Grieg piano concertos.