Tzeni Vanou Τζένη Βάνου | |
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Birth name | Eugenia Vrachnou (gr. Ευγενία Βραχνού) |
Born | Athens, Attica, Greece | February 10, 1939
Origin | Athens, Attica, Greece |
Died | February 5, 2014 Piraeus, Attica, Greece | (aged 74)
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instrument(s) | singing |
Years active | 1945–1999 |
Labels | Minos, Βεντέτα |
Awards | Thessaloniki Song Festival First Award |
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]