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Nana Mouskouri (in Greek, ''Nάνα ΜοÏσχουÏη''), born as Ioanna Mouskhouri on October 13 1934, in Chania, Crete, Greece, is a singer of Greek origin. She was known as Nana to her friends and family as a child. (Note that in Greek her surname is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable rather than the second.) She has recorded in many different languages, including Greek language|Greek, French language|French, English language|English, German language|German, Italian language|Italian, Spanish language|Spanish, among others.
The early years
Mouskouri's family lived in Chania, Crete, where her father, Constantine, worked as a film projectionist in a local cinema. Her mother, Alice also worked in the same local cinema as an usherette. When Mouskouri was three, her father moved the family to Athens. Mouskouri's family worked extremely hard in order to send Nana and her elder sister, Jenny, to the prestigious Athens Conservatoire. Mouskouri had displayed exceptional musical talent from the age of 6. However her sister, Jenny, initially appeared to be the more gifted of the two. In fact Mouskouri has one vocal cord that is thicker than the other. This unusual condition accounts for her unique voice, both speaking and singing.
Mouskouri's childhood was stamped by the Nazism|Nazi occupation of Greece. Her father became part of the anti-Nazi resistance mov... read all