Characterised by a rare warmth, generosity and expressive depth, award-winning Greek pianist Alexia Daphne Eleftheriadou has performed internationally across Europe and Asia and has appeared as a soloist at leading venues including Wigmore Hall, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Steinway Hall in Guangzhou and Greek National Opera Recital Hall.
Recent highlights include a tour of China featuring solo and chamber recitals, alongside masterclasses, lecture recitals and competition jury participation. She also recorded Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and is the Co-Artistic director of Port Sunlight International Piano Festival.
Her affinity for the music of J.S. Bach has been recognised with the Royal Academy of Music’s Harriet Cohen Bach Prize and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Bach Prize for harpsichord, piano, and organ. She also won the RCS Concerto Competition, the Philip Halstead Prize for Piano, and was a top prizewinner at the Ramsay Calder Debussy Prize for Keyboard, the Edinburgh Concerto Competition Festival and the Roma International Piano Competition (Duo 4 Hands category) with pianist William Bracken.
Collaboration and interdisciplinary work are central to her artistic identity. Recent projects include a Cornwall tour comprising seven concerts, ten school workshops, and a masterclass, while other highlights include performances at the RCS Piano Festival, featuring Hindemith’s The Four Temperaments with dancers and string orchestra, and 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 awarded the DipRAM for outstanding performance. Her studies were supported by numerous awards and scholarships, including the Munster Trust Derek Butler Award, RAM scholarship, Help Musicians, the Craxton Memorial Trust, the Zetland Foundation, Talent Unlimited, the James Gibb Award, and the Athena Scholarship.
Alongside performing, Alexia 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.