Andria Antoniou is a singer, educator, and workshop facilitator who creates music that defies cultural borders. She brings people together to experience the healing force of combining singing and movement. Originally from Cyprus, Andria eventually landed in London, where she studied jazz singing at a postgraduate level at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. She has also obtained a Bachelor of Music from City of London University, a professional development diploma in Musical Theatre, and a Latin dance teaching degree.
Since then, music has taken her around the globe, collaborating with prominent figures of the Latin-jazz, Greek, and musical theatre music scenes: George Hatzinasios (Greece), the band ‘Classico Latino’ (Colombia & UK), Omar Puente (Cuba), Mario Bakuna (Brazil), Roman Gomez (Argentina) and the West End Musical Director, Greg Arrowsmith. Performance highlights include: Union Chapel London (UK), King’s Place London (UK), St James Church (UK), Teatro Colón de Bogotá (CO), the Vortex (UK), Pizza Express Jazz Club (UK), Fougaro Art Center (Greece), Gialino Theatro (Greece), Athina Live (Greece), La Linea Latin music festival, amongst others.
Andria’s most recent project is Noche de tango, a music and dance show featuring tango and Argentine folklore, alongside Greek tangos from the interwar era. Previous and ongoing projects include Babesa Cubana (Greek-Latin fusion band), Female Voices of Brazil, and Wanderlust (cross-cultural creative project), through which she aims to promote a sense of unity in cultural diversity. Her artistic expression blurs not only the lines between genres but also between art forms, seeking to create an immersive experience based on open interaction and deep emotional connection.
Andria's debut album, Encuentro, a collaboration with Roman Gomez, was awarded second place at the LUKAS 2019 awards. She also featured as a guest on Classico Latino’s album Havana Classics, recorded in 2018 at Egrem Studios in Cuba. She is currently working on her second album and first solo release as a singer-songwriter, bringing together the different strands of her artistic path into a personal musical language that moves beyond genre and borders.
Andria is the founder of ‘VoiceHub’, an educational platform and community offering a variety of workshops and private tuition. Her passion and ongoing research on the power of singing, breathing, and movement in enhancing human psychophysiology, led to the creation of the ‘Embodiment through Singing & Movement’ workshop. Andria has performed and taught workshops for a range of communities in hospitals, care homes, mental health centres, schools, conservatories, and colleges.