Tzeni Vanou

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Occupation(s)SingerInstrument(s)singingYears active1945–1999LabelsMinos, ΒεντέταAwardsThessaloniki Song Festival First Award

Musical artist

Tzeni Vanou (Greek: Τζένη Βάνου, born Eugenia Vrachnou; 10 February 1939 – 5 February 2014) was a Greek singer, born in Athens.

She had planned on studying physics, but she met her mentor, Greek composer Mimis Plessas, who persuaded her to become a singer. She began her career in 1959 performing with the ERT orchestra. In 1964, she won first prize in the Thessaloniki Song Festival.

At age 74, she died at a Piraeus hospital in 2014 from cancer. During her last few months, she had undergone surgery to remove a tumor in her larynx.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Famous Greek Singer Tzeni Vanou Passes Away". greekreporter.com. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
^ "Singer Tzeni Vanou, 75, (sic) dies". ekathimerini.com. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.