Eirini Tornesaki

Erini (aka Eirini Tornesaki) is a vocalist of jazz, Greek traditional music and contemporary styles, who blurs the lines between genres and explores intercultural dialogue through music. Erini was born and raised on the island of Crete, Greece where she was always moved by the stories of her family, who were refugees from Smyrna (Izmir). Fascinated by the Greek culture of Asia Minor, she developed a passion for the traditional music of the region.

Erini is a former Cirque Du Soleil singer and alumna of the Master’s Program of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. Growing up on the Greek island of Crete, Erini was the original singer of the Cirque Du Soleil show “Kurios” between 2014 and 2017, and performed 1074 shows with them, touring the USA and Canada. She also performed the vocals on the soundtrack album of the show, appeared on the DVD and in the Day Time Emmy Award winning VR short film ‘Inside the box of Kurios’.  Erini has performed in Canada, USA, Cuba, Colombia, United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, Greece and most other EU countries with artists including Luciana Souza, Christos Zotos, Mario Frangoulis, Daniel Hope, and Classico Latino amongst others.

She has appeared in venues such as Carnegie Hall, TD Garden, Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club, Abbey Road Studios, and more. Erini is currently based in Boston, MA and performs around the world as a soloist, a collaborative vocalist or with her Greek traditional music group ‘Pharos Ensemble’.