Greek mezzo-soprano Alexandra Achillea Pouta is the winner of the 2023 Guildhall Gold Medal Award, a two-time finalist of the Maria Callas Foundation Competition and a 2022 Snape Artist in Residence at Britten Pears Arts. She has performed as a soloist at the Philharmonie de Paris, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall, Snape Maltings, Milton Court, Auditorium Manzoni, Durham Cathedral, and Union Chapel among other venues. She is lead singer of medieval and new music ensemble Idrîsî and was a member of the 2023 Glyndebourne Opera Chorus.
Alexandra studied Musicology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Historical Performance at the Early Music Centre of Athens Conservatoire and Opera Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She is currently a Guildhall Junior Fellow.
