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Nana Mouskouri returned to Greece for her last concert in her career. The Athens Mayor, Nikitas Kaklamanis honoured the Greek and international artist with the medal of the city. She sang for the last time at the Herodium Auditorium in Athens where almost all Greek celebrities attended. Amongst them, Sakis Rouvas, the 2009 Greek representative.
Nana Mouskouri told about this: If it wasn't for music which is my mother, I wouldn't be here today. Music gave me the wings to dream, love which I got in all the countries I visites.
Nana Mouskouri had the chance to collaborate with almost all big international names throughout her career and for Eurofans she will always be remembred as the 1963 entry for Luxembourg while she opened the televoting in the Athens 2006 Eurovision edition.
Nana Mouskouri bid farewell to stage WATCH VIDEOSource: CCTV.com 07-25-2008 09:07 Mouskouri has ended her 50-years as a performer. She chose the country where she was born and one of the most beautiful ancient theatres, to say goodbye, in Athens, Wednesday.
Mouskouri has ended her 50-years as a performer. She chose the country where she was born and one of the most beautiful ancient theatres, to say goodbye, in Athens, Wednesday.(Photo: CCTV.com)
Nana Mouskouri was greeted with a standing ovation as she stepped onto the marble of the ancient, five-thousand seat Herod Atticus Theatre below the Acropolis. There was a sell out crowd.
The concert began with a video montage flashing back over her long career.
Mouskouri had been on a four year Farewell Tour since 2004. It took her to 85 cities in Europe, North and South America and Asia.
The 73 year old artist chose to stop performing while her voice retained the quality that could still captivate an audience. Now she's chosen to make way for a younger generation of performers.
She was born in 1934 on the island of Crete. She began to sing early in her life. After her family moved to Athens, she attended the Athens Conservatory. But she didn't sing in her first Greek music festival until she was 25. That was the launch of a career that took her around the world.
She is one of the world's highest selling female recording artists. Her official biography states, she recorded 1,500 songs in seven languages. World wide sales exceeded 300 million copies. Her personal trophy room amassed more than 350 gold and platinum albums. Mouskouri received many awards. Her musical repertoire is vast, spanning country, folk, jazz, opera, pop and international music.
Mouskouri said she never expected her career to last as long as it did.
Mouskouri says she intends to immerse herself in humanitarian causes, now that she's retired. Possibly, she will train young singers. And in her advancing years,she looks forward to spending more time with her family.
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ATHENS (Reuters Life!) - After 50 years of song, Greek singer Nana Mouskouri bids farewell to the stage on Thursday, choosing the country of her birth and one of its most beautiful ancient theatres to say her final goodbye.
A sell out crowd erupted in cheers at the first of two concerts on Wednesday as Mouskouri, in her trademark black glasses and a red dress, stepped onto the marble of the Herod Atticus theatre at the foot of the floodlit Acropolis.
It is the culmination of a remarkable four-year farewell tour which began in 2004 and has taken the 73-year-old singer to 85 cities across Europe, North and South America, and Asia.
"Beautiful things or bad things they always have an end, nothing lasts forever," the singer told Reuters Television in an interview. "I thought it would be about time for me to leave the stage where I have lived for so many years ... All my life has happened through that stage."
One of the biggest female artists of all time, with 300 million records sold in seven languages, Mouskouri on Wednesday revisited songs that began her career in Greece and those that rocketed her to No. 1 in the charts from Germany to Britain.
Among the crowd on Wednesday were the mayors of Berlin, Paris and Luxembourg who came for the performance.
"I have been known to sing in a certain way and my fear is to lose this way of singing which will disappoint a lot of people," said the Cretan-born singer, explaining her retirement.
"It's not that I abandon singing or that I will never sing again in my life anywhere now, but I will not go on tours anymore. I don't want to have this fear all the time when you go on stage, this stagefright." Continued...
Born in 1934 as Ioanna Mouskouri, she began singing at a young age after moving to Athens with her family and attending the conservatory there. She sang in her first Greek music festival at 25 and has never looked back since.
She has recorded 1,500 songs and has more than 350 gold and platinum albums from country to folk, jazz, opera, pop and world music. She has toured with Harry Belafonte, recorded with U.S. producer Quincy Jones and Spanish legend Julio Iglesias, and Bob Dylan even wrote a song for her.
"It was like a dream, everything happened like a fairy tale," she said. "So I am really very grateful for what happened and in fact this tour ... was the opportunity to say thank you to the people. I wouldn't really go without saying thank you."
Mouskouri has dabbled in other professions. She presented a series for the Britain's BBC TV in 1968, became a goodwill ambassador for UN child agency UNICEF in 1993 and was elected to the European parliament the following year.
Mouskouri said she now wants to involve herself more closely with humanitarian causes, as well as give advice to young singers, possibly through classes. And she looks forward to spending more time with her family.
(Writing by Daniel Flynn, editing by Paul Casciato)
The singer has recorded 1,500 songs in seven languages Greek singer Nana Mouskouri has given her final stage performance following a music career spanning half a century.
Fans filled the ancient Herodes Atticus theatre, in Athens, to hear the 73-year-old perform from her wide repertoire for the last time.
Mouskouri has been on a worldwide farewell tour since she announced her plans to retire three years ago.
She is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time and has sold more than 300 million records.
The singer said she had decided to stop performing because she feared singing in a way "which will disappoint a lot of people".
I wouldn't really go without saying thank you because, thanks to the audience, I have been around for so many years because they listen to me
Nana Mouskouri
"This tour was the opportunity to say thank you to the people," she said.
"I wouldn't really go without saying thank you because, thanks to the audience, I have been around for so many years because they listen to me."
Among the crowd was Greece's prime minister and the mayors of Berlin, Paris and Luxembourg.
Mouskouri, who was born on the island of Crete, has recorded 1,500 songs in seven languages during her career including her 1986 hit Only Love which went to number two in the UK.
She toured with Harry Belafonte, recorded with Quincy Jones and Julio Iglesias, and had a song written for her by Bob Dylan.
Legendary Greek singer NANA MOUSKOURI has concluded her 50-year career with a farewell concert in her native country. The 73-year-old took to the stage at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens on Wednesday (23Jul08) night to perform her hits for the final time. Mouskouri announced her retirement three years ago (05) insisting she would bow out following her last world tour. Ahead of the historic gig, the Crete-born star was awarded a gold medal by the city of Athens - in honour of her achievements in the music industry.
July 24, 2008 After 50 years of song international diva Nana Mouskouri has given her last stage performance in Greece, the country of her birth. The sold out crowd erupted in cheers and applause, giving Mouskouri a standing ovation as she stepped out onto the marbles of the five thousand seat Herod Atticus ancient theatre below the Acropolis in Athens, in her trademark black glasses. Among the crowd was Greece's prime minister and the mayors of Berlin, Paris and Luxembourg.
Internationally-acclaimed Greek singer Nana Mouskouri gave the last concert of her long career at the Herod Atticus Odeon on Wednesday night, as Greek and visiting foreign officials looked on. Earlier the same evening, Mouskouri had been received the City of Athens Gold Medal of Merit from Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis at Athens' City Hall, in acknowledgement of her extensive contribution to music and culture.
The concert brought to a close a 50-year international music career featuring more than 350 gold and platinum albums and 300 million album sales globally.
"Today we are redressing a historical oversight - the fact that the entire world has paid tribute to her, yet the city which she promoted through her personality and song has never done so. I, therefore, ask you to accept the highest honorary distinction of the city which you sang about and celebrated, the City of Athens Gold Medal of Merit, " Kaklamanis noted as he presented Mouskouri with the award.
Accepting, Mouskouri referred to her love of Greece and of her debt to music, and stressed that "the honour I am receiving today is something I will never forget."
As guests of Mayor Kaklamanis, Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit and Luxembourg Mayor Paul Helminger attended the medal award ceremony. Together with Nicosia Mayor Eleni Mavrou and Paris Mayor Bertrand Delano?, who also accepted Mayor Kaklamanis’ invitation, they attended the concert at the Herod Atticus theatre.
The Ambassadors in Athens to France, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg and Slovenia, as well as the charges d’affaires of Spain, Germany, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Poland and Sweden, were also present at the ceremony.
