Nasia Trachonitou is a singer with a personal style who
has over the years progressed very steadily and successfully in the
Cyprus music environment.
Nasia was born in Nicosia and since she was very young
she felt the need to be involved with music and especially with
singing.
At the age of 15, being a high school student, she
started her first vocal lessons with conductor Andros Natar. She
then joined the choir of the Cyprus National Music school and
continued her studies with other music lessons.
After her graduation from the high school, she joined the
Cyprus Police Band as a flute performer and as a vocalist. She
continued her music lessons and obtained a degree on flute
performance. She participated in many song competitions in Cyprus
(Laiki, CYBC etc) winning prizes and
awards.
Nasia took part in many concerts organised by well known
and reputable Cypriot composers, such as Nasos Panayiotou, Marios
Meletiou, Doros Georgiades, Savvas Savva and others.
She participated as a guest singer in various other CD releases
including Yiannakis Varnava, Marios Meletiou, George Kallis, George Rodosthenous, George Adamou, Niki Menelaou and Demetris Constantinou.
She is an active member of the folkloric dancing group
“VRAKA LAOGRAPHICOS OMILOS”. She participated in many folkloric
festivals both in Cyprus and abroad promoting the Cypriot
traditional songs and culture.
Nasia has released three personal compact discs. The
first CD is titled "Filacto" and was released on December
1998. Includes ten songs composed by Savvas Savva and Andreas
Yerolemou with lyrics by Vasos Venizelos and Andreas Yerolemou.
The second CD is titled “Gi mou Kipros” (My land Cyprus) and was
released on December 1999 and . The CD includes eight of the best
songs composed by Achilleas Limbouridis with lyrics by famous
Cypriot poets like Demetris Lipertis and Costas Montis, in a new
production by Doros Georgiades. The CD also includes the song “Gi mou Kipros” by George Serdaris, two new
songs by Doros Georgiades and the very popular song by Michalis
Violaris “Oulla chalali tou”.
Nasia's latest Cd release is titled "Yiasemi mou" and includes ten traditional
songs from Cyprus.
Nasia took part in a lot of concerts with traditional
music in co-operation with the ANERADA ensemble.
Nasia participated in a concert with the Cyprus State
Orchestra, with traditional songs from Cyprus.