November 1st, 2009 | Author: admin
Nana Mouskouri live in Studio
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Nana Mouskouri is here. Her fans greeted her with white roses.
20 old time fans were allowed to be present , as the now 75 year old Nana Mouskouri talked about her exiting life.
In Germany she became famous with her hit “White roses from Athens” Many more hits followed within a very short time. With the hits “Ich schau den weißen Wolken nach” und “Einmal kehrt der Südwind wieder” she reached the No.1 place in the german hits parade. Hits were not her favorite passion, that was Jazz. In the beginning of her career she used to play in small clubs in Athens and later created a Jazz-album together with Quincy Jones as producer.
Her good-bye Tour with “Akropolis” as highlight
2005 Nana Mouskouri started her good-bye tour all around the world. She performed in every country in which she has once before given a performance . Highlight of this world tour was her last performance in July 2008 in Athens. With this last triumph she finished her career in the place were everything has started: “Here at the capital city of my country i wanted to say a last farewell to all my fans,” said a very moved Nana Mouskouri at the time.
Politician and special Ambassador
Nana Mouskouri was not only active as a singer. In the 90 ’s she tried herself as a politician and even became a member of the European Parliament. Since 1993 she is also Special Ambassador of the Worlds Children’s Aid Organisation UNICEF. Even today the black sunglasses are still the trademark of the artist. “Without these glasses i would not be Nana Mouskouri”, she said once, “they brought me success and they are part of me”.
New songs in german
Shortly after her 75. birthday, the new album “Meine schönsten Welterfolge Vol.2″ will be published. For that the singer had to go to the recording studio once more and record 3 new songs in German. One of these songs is the current Single “Am Morgen des Lebens” .A positive song which looks back into her childhood, in which springtime never seems to end.
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