Role Singer Name Eleftheria Arvanitaki | Website www.arvanitaki.gr Years active 1981–present | |
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Born October 17, 1957 (age 66) ( 1957-10-17 ) Albums Meno Ektos, Ektos Programmatos Genres Laiko, Rebetiko, Folk music, Jazz, Dance music Awards MAD Video Music Award for Best Video of Group, MAD Video Music Award for Best Entekhno Video Similar People Alkistis Protopsalti, Haris Alexiou, Dimitra Galani, Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Mikis Theodorakis | ||
Moiazeis ki esy san thalassa eleftheria arvanitaki
Eleftheria Arvanitaki (Greek: Ελευθερία Αρβανιτάκη) (born October 17, 1957 in Piraeus) is a Greek folk singer. She originates from the island of Icaria. Arvanitaki has worked with important musicians, such as Cesária Évora, Arto Tunçboyacıyan, Ara Dinkjian. On 14 March 2010, Alpha TV ranked her the sixth top-certified female artist in the nation's phonographic era (since 1960).
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Career
Arvanitaki started her career in singing in 1980, by joining the group Opisthodromiki Kompania (Οπισθοδρομική Κομπανία, "Retrograde Company") and in 1981 she had her first guest appearance on a CD, by being featured in the album of Vangelis Germanos titled "Ta Barakia". She broke away from the group and started a solo career in 1984 with her album Eleftheria Arvanitaki.
In August 2004, she participated in the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics.
She has performed in several WOMAD and other festivals. In 2006 she took part in the Christmas concert "Frostroses" in Reykjavik, Iceland as a part of a group of singers named "European Divas". The other "divas" were Sissel Kyrkjebø (Norway), Eivør Pálsdóttir (Faroe Islands), Petula Clark (UK), Ragga Gisla (Iceland) and Patricia Bardon (Ireland).
Thanks to her contract with Universal Music Group's jazz label Verve Records, her music has enjoyed international release and exposure to some extent. Verve has subsequently assigned her to the EmArcy label, Universal's European jazz arm, whose focus includes developing local European talent to an international calibre. Her recordings are all generally produced under her native signing with Universal Music Greece.
She is a cousin of award-winning Greek Australian filmmaker Anthony Maras.