Born into a musical family in Athens, Greece, Alkistis has developed a strong interest for music from a very young age. This path led her to attend the music high school of Pallini in Athens where she was trained in western classical and Greek folk music.
After high school, Alkistis went on to obtaining a Bachelor Degree in Musicology from the Athens University together with Classical Piano Degree as an extra subject.
Taking singing lessons from the ripe age of 19 with the soprano Nina Kaloutsa, Alkistis begun singing professionally at the age of 22 with various projects in many venues in Greece.
On the top of her busy teaching schedule, Alkistis is also an active performer and a recording artist who is currently working on her first solo album, a crossover project between jazz and eastern Mediterranean music.