Tzeni Vanou

Biography

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. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

1965Nominee

Best Performance

Kiss the Girls

1962Nominee

Best Performance

Theodore and the gun

1988Nominee

Best Performance

Ena moro... gia treis

Career Highlights

1963Highlight

Best Performance

Jealousy

1986Highlight

Best Performance

Οι σκληρές της πενιάς και του ροκ