Early years
Born in Limassol, Cyprus, Theokleous was raised in the island's capital, Nicosia. While still at school, she studied music at the National Conservatory of Cyprus. When she finished school, she went to Le Studio des Variétés in Paris, where she studied music, theatre, and dancing. Afterwards she went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she supplemented her musical studies with courses of harmony and instrumentation.
In 1989, she moved to Athens to work with several artists, sing in compilations, and in 1991, she released her first personal album Gia Proti Fora.
Collaboration with Theofanous
Their first collaboration was in 1992 with the album Kane pos m agapas. The album did well in sales and received high airplay. In 1993, Evridiki released her album Missise Me (Hate Me). In 1994, she started working on her next album Fthinoporo Gynaikas (Woman's Autumn). Inspired by the idea of her growing older as the time passes, the album was a mixture of pop and Greek folklore music. Theofanous was the main composer and producer of Evridiki's first nine albums while he collaborated with Minos EMI A&R manager Vangelis Yannopoulos in 1998 and 1999. Albums like Dese Mou ta Matia (1998) (her first Golden album), To Koumpi (1999) and Ola Dika Sou (2000), with their pop/laiko sound, are characteristic of Evridiki's Theofanous period.
Career turn – collaboration with Korgialas
In 2002, Evridiki made a turn in her career. After her divorce, she turned from pop music to rock/alternative. In her 2002 album Live Ki Allios she performed well known rock songs. In 2002, she also performed on stage as Taptim in the musical The King and I, produced by Mimi Denisi with positive reviews by public and critics.
After having a studio music break for almost three years, Evridiki released the album Oso Fevgo Gyrizo (2003), in which she wrote two songs. She released another record Sto Idio Vagoni (2005). In both albums she collaborated to musician Dimitris Korgialas. Korgialas was the composer of "Comme Ci, Comme Ça" (Cyprus' entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007). The same year (2007) Evridiki's album 13 (her thirteenth personal album) was released (on 26 March 2007). Later, the same year, she was awarded as the Singer of the Year in Cyprus.
In 2009, Evridiki released the album Etsi Einai I Agapi, performing together with Korgialas. The next year (2010) the CD-single "Etsi Apla" was released. In 2017, Evridiki collaborated with Lopodites, a local pop-rock band based in Cyprus. The collaboration continued in 2018 when she appeared on stage once again with Lopodites and female singer Georgia Kerala (vocalist of the band Ble) at Ravens Music Hall in Limassol.
Besides George Theophanous and Korgialas, she has worked with other writers in Greek music industry; Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Giorgos Hatzinasios, Yannis Spanos, Marios Tokas, Vangelis Dimitriadis, Christos Dantis, Natalia Germanou, Eleni Peta, Antonis and Yannis Vardis, Stelios Rokkos, and Sakis Rouvas.
