La provence nana mouskouri biography

Nana Mouskouri (born in ), Greek singer, with her husband Geórgios Petsilás, Greek musician and music producer, rehearsing at their place.

The Greek singer has lived in Geneva since Born in , Nana Mouskouri was raised by a modest family on the Island of Crete. When she was three, her family moved to Athens, where her father worked as a film projectionist. Despite a flaw in her vocal cords, Nana Mouskouri took singing lessons regularly. During the German occupation, her family no longer had the financial means to pay for her lessons.

But her teacher saw that she had a certain talent and continued to give her lessons free of charge. She was accepted to the Athens Conservatory, where she studied for eight years and familiarized herself with other styles of music such as jazz and blues. At night, she sang in the Athens cabarets, which was met with great success, but got her expelled from the Conservatory.

But her reputation was already made: she was invited to the Greek Song Festival in and landed many contracts. Her success soared to international heights: she sold over a million and a half albums. In , Nana Mouskouri separated from her husband and moved to Geneva.

Nana Mouskouri is a Greek singer and politician.

From to , she served her mandate as European Deputy from her Geneva residence, which is geographically central, but politically exterior to Europe. The multilingual singer she speaks eight languages! Her son Nicolas also lives in Geneva and is planning on filming a biography about his mother. Contact Site map Search Hotels.