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Nana Mouskouri says farewell with final Athens concert
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Nana Mouskouri performs Wednesday at the restored ancient stone theatre Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens. Her final concert was Thursday. (Losmi Chobi/Associated Press) Nana Mouskouri took her last bow after 50 years in music Thursday with a farewell concert in her native Greece.

An estimated audience of 10,000 people filled the ancient Odeon of Horodes Atticus at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens to hear her final concert.

Mouskouri, 73, announced her plans to retire three years ago and has completed a worldwide tour.

"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 Mouskouri, explaining her retirement to Reuters.

"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 stage fright."

On Wednesday, in the first of two concerts in Athens, Mouskouri wore her trademark black glasses and a red dress and sang from her wide repertoire.

Mouskouri has sold more than 300 million records worldwide, and is one of the world's best-selling artists.

Born in Crete, she sings in French, English, German, Greek, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Hebrew and Japanese, her record company Universal says.

Mouskouri trained as a singer in Athens and sang in her first Greek music festival at 25.

Since then she has recorded 1,500 songs and toured with artists such as Harry Belafonte.

Her life has been a "fairy tale," she said, and the farewell tour was a way to express her gratitude to her legions of fans.

"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."

Mouskouri, who has been a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, said she now wants to involve herself more closely with humanitarian causes. She may also mentor young singers


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Nana Mouskouri - concert de adio
25.07.2008, 00:00
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Nana Mouskouri, una dintre cele mai cunoscute cântăreţe de origine greacă din întreaga lume, a susţinut, miercuri seară, ultimul său concert din carieră, în faţa publicului grec, la teatrul Odeon din Atena, potrivit AFP.

Nana Mouskouri a interpretat multe arii clasice, piese de jazz, folclor şi pop, la final mulţumindu-le spectatorilor pentru primirea călduroasă de care a avut parte. La eveniment au participat multe personalităţi politice din Grecia şi străinătate, printre care s-a numărat premierul grec Costas Caramanlis. Cu câteva ore înainte de spectacol, artista a primit din partea primarului Atenei o medalie de aur, în prezenţa primarilor oraşelor Berlin şi Luxembourg. După anunţul retragerii de pe scena muzicală, Mouskouri a plecat într-un turneu internaţional, care a durat trei ani, pentru a-şi lua adio de la fani.



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Nana Mouskouri offre un concert d'adieu aux Grecs

NOUVELOBS.COM 25.07.2008 09:40
La chanteuse grecque la plus connue dans le monde, Nana Mouskouri a donné mercredi soir un concert d'adieu au public grec à l'Odéon d'Herodes Atticus au pied de l'Acropole d'Athènes.



Après avoir chanté sur les scènes du monde entier pendant 50 ans, la chanteuse grecque Nana Mouskouri fait ses adieux définitifs à la scène (c) Reuters


Nana Mouskouri a fait, mercredi soir 24 juillet, ses adieux à la scène. La chanteuse qui figure parmi les artistes grecques les plus connus à l'étranger a ravi son public à l'Odéon d'Herodes Atticus au pied de l'Acropole d'Athènes.
Dans un théâtre rempli et en présence du Premier ministre grec Costas Caramanlis et de plusieurs personnalités politiques grecques et étrangères, Nana Mouskouri a remercié ses compatriotes pour leur chaleureux accueil après avoir chanté plusieurs airs classiques, jazz, folklore et pop suivant son répertoire habituel.

La médaille de la ville

Quelques heures auparavant, le maire d'Athènes lui avait décerné la médaille d'or de la ville d'Athènes en présence des maires de Berlin et de Luxembourg.
Après l'annonce de son retrait de la scène musicale, Nana Mouskouri a entamé depuis trois ans une tournée internationale pour dire adieu à ses nombreux admirateurs.
Née à la Canée en Crète (sud) en 1934, "Nana" comme l'appellent souvent les Grecs, a fait ses premières études au Conservatoire d'Athènes avant de poursuivre une carrière internationale, surtout en France où elle a collaboré pendant plusieurs années avec le compositeur Michel Legrand.
Mariée avec le producteur André Chapelle, lequel a produit tous ses disques depuis les années 1960, elle vit actuellement en Suisse. Elle a un fils, Nicolas.
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Nana Mouskouri spune adio fanilor

Nana Mouskouri, una dintre cele mai cunoscute cintarete de origine greaca din intreaga lume, a sustinut, miercuri seara, ultimul sau concert din cariera, in fata publicului grec, la teatrul Odeon din Atena.

Nana Mouskouri, acum in virsta de 74 de ani, a interpretat multe arii clasice, piese de jazz, folclor si pop, la final multumindu-le spectatorilor pentru primirea calduroasa de care a avut parte. La eveniment, au participat multe personalitati politice din Grecia si strainatate, printre care s-a numarat premierul grec Costas Caramanlis. Cu citeva ore inainte de spectacol, artista a primit din partea primarului Atenei o medalie de aur, in prezenta primarilor oraselor Berlin si Luxembourg. Dupa anuntul retragerii de pe scena muzicala, Mouskouri a plecat intr-un turneu international, care a durat trei ani, pentru a-si lua adio de la fani. Nana Mouskouri s-a nascut si a crescut in Grecia si a facut studii de pian si canto la Conservatorul din Atena. Ea este artista cu cele mai multe albume vindute din toate timpurile, primind mai mult de 300 de discuri de aur si platina. Cintareata este casatorita cu impresarul ei, Andr・Chapelle, si locuieste in prezent in Elvetia. Anul acesta, Mouskouri a venit in Romania sa sprijine stringerea de fonduri pentru maternitati, in cadrul unei gale organizata de UNICEF in mai.

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Nana Mouskouri ends career with an Athens concert、Nana News from oikotimes.com

Nana Mouskouri ends career with an Athens concert


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.

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AUTHOR: Fotis Konstantopoulos (Greece)SOURCE OF PICTURE: OIKOTIMES.com resourcesSOURCE OF NEWS & LINKS: Local Media

Nana Mouskouri bid farewell to stage、Nana video and news form cctv.com

Nana Mouskouri bid farewell to stage
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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)


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