Nana Mouskouri Tickets

NANA MOUSKOURI
A Celebration – Live In Australia
FIVE EXCLUSIVE CONCERTS
BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, ADELAIDE & PERTH

“You raised your voice in song. I heard you then and I hear you now.  I am still listening. We all are. May you continue to be as you have always been – strong, clear, simple and true.” – Leonard Cohen

October 5, 2014:   One of the top selling female vocalists of all time with fans in every corner of the globe, the much loved ‘White Rose of Athens’, legendary Greek superstar NANA MOUSKOURI will return to Australia in April 2015 for a series of exclusive concerts.  The much loved world famous singer who has sold over 300 million CDs is coming to Australia as part of her world tour where she has been celebrating her 80th birthday as well as the composers and writers who inspired her singing throughout the years.   Nana Mouskouri turns 80 on October 13.

One World Entertainment Director, Promoter, Andrew McManus said of this announcement, “It is a pleasure to be able to bring the unique Nana Mouskouri back to Australian audiences; she is an enormous talent with her soaring voice and distinctive look. She is still among the top 10 best-selling artists in the world and still travels to sell out performances all around the world.  Nana Mouskouri belongs to a select group of performers that have remained at the top for decades. She can still do what she has always done best – sing songs a lot of people love very well.  This is a chance for all Australians to come and see her and celebrate this visit.”

“Regardless of trends in music, there are still a lot of people who want to listen to a great singer, singing good songs.  And Nana Mouskouri does just that. Despite the length of her career, singing in many different languages, all around the world, she’s still the girl from Greece with the big glasses and the great voice” - Liam Lever from Romania Insider.com.

Renowned for her never - ending farewells it is as if she wants to thank each fan of hers personally. World tour after world tour, song after song, album after album, Nana Mouskouri never seems to age or to want to call it a day in a career that has flourished continuously since 1959.  Her audiences have come to know her as “The White Rose of Athens”, the song she refers to as “my passport” as it was this song, recorded for a German documentary back in 1961, that first won her international acclaim.

Tickets go on sale at 10:00am, Monday 13 October 

This is the first NANA MOUSKOURI tour of Australia since 2005.

Nana Mouskouri has recorded songs in many languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese, Corsican, and Turkish.  Nana Mouskouri appears in the list of the twenty-five best-selling artists in the world, ahead of Madonna and Celine Dion and has amassed a staggering list of sales, awards and recognitions.

In a career spanning over many decades, 2014 marks 50 years since the Greek singer worked with legendary songwriter Harry Belafonte and had her first on stage appearance. – It has been a remarkable journey.

NATIONAL TOUR DATES

12 April     State Theatre – Sydney

14 April     Hamer Hall, Melbourne