Last Sunday, October 13, 2024, Nana Mouskouri celebrated her 90th birthday. The opportunity for the Greek singer and politician to look back on her impressive career, which spans more than 60 years.
In the pages of Le Parisien (Source 1), Nana Mouskouri returned to this incredible longevity, both in life and on stage. Although she has been performing for years, including recently, the star is still considering slowing down, for obvious reasons.
“I don’t want to fall on stage”, she explains, even though she delivered an incredible performance on April 26 in Athens for the transmission of the Olympic flame to France. “I was in tears. It was a great symbol for me to perform the anthems of France and Greece”, she said, confident still feel tired.
The Greek singer’s health is increasingly fragile. In particular, she had to be hospitalized in 2019 due to a serious form of Covid-19. She then did a bad fallat his home. “Since then, I have been careful”, she specifies, rightly, since the risks of falls increase with age, as does the risk of fracture following these falls.
Will his performance for the Olympics be his last, as a farewell? Nothing is less certain, given the artist’s declarations. “I would like to do three or four farewell concerts”, she declared to Le Parisien, specifying however that she would like to avoid long trips, which tire her. Remember that his last farewell tour dates back to 2019.
As for this birthday, Nana Mouskouri specified that she would celebrate it in Paris, with her loved ones, in a small group. “All birthdays are important, but this one is special”, she emphasized. “As a child of war, I never thought I would get this far and sing for so long”, she added, believing that “it’s time to say thank you to life”. There is no doubt that his numerous fans will be there when it comes to saying thank you for everything!
