Pieridi Marianta

Mariada Pieridi is a Greek pop singer.
Mariada Pieridi was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. Her father was an officer in the Greek navy and her mother was a lawyer in Cyprus. She has a younger brother named Dimitri.

At a young age, Pieridi and her family moved to Athens, Greece. She soon began to experiment with music and sports. She was on the Pan-Hellenic Gymnastics Association (PGS) for 9 years and started playing the piano. Music became an integral part of her life and when she reached high school, she decided that she wanted a career in the music industry. She then took speech classes at the Attica Conservatory and continued with piano lessons.

Career


1995: Eurovision
 
Pieridi got her first real break into in the music industry during the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland. She was the backing vocalist of the Greek entry to the contest performed by Elina Konstantopoulou They sang the song "Pia Prosefhi" ("What Kind Of A Prayer").