Born and raised in Cyprus, 18-year-old Sophia Patsalides recently moved to the UK to pursue her studies towards a BA Hons Degree in Popular Music at the prestigious conservatoire “Leeds College of Music” where she was accepted as the very young age of 16. A singer-songwriter & recording artist, with a soulful take on pop music, she released her debut EP “Everything I Ever Wanted” on December 16th 2018 marking her 18th Birthday. For the past few years Sophia has been recording covers of hit songs with exposure on her YouTube channel rising over 730K views. At the age of 13, she was selected to represent her nation Cyprus, at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014, held in Malta, where she gained great international exposure and extensive press coverage. She has been taking piano and music lessons since the age of 5 and started composing her own songs at the age of 10.
Sophia Patsalides has been performing in Live Concerts, TV Shows and exclusive events in her country and she collaborates with well known musicians in her country and abroad performing songs on a number of EP productions. Her recent personal single “Deep Blue Ocean” release in August 2017 gained extensive radio play and was featured as song of the month in Cyprus national radio stations, while her Christmas single “Here for Christmas” released in December 2017 and the Single ”Break Up the Silence” were featured extensively on BBC. She performed the Soundtrack songs of the Cyprus Award Winning Film “Sunrise in Kimmeria” featured at the 2018 European Union Film Festival. Alongside working on original material and the release of her debut EP, Sophia Patsalides, provides Vocal Performance and Compositions for American TV and Films, and her work was recently signed by Music Publishing Companies in Los Angeles.