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Tania Tsanaklidou (Τάνια Τσανακλίδου)

About:

9 April 1952

Tania was born in Drama, Greece and raised in Thessaloniki. At the age of 8 listening to a theatrical stage operating in the city and curiosity of children claiming a role in children's theater Μαίρης Σοΐδου ( 1962 ), while the following year he played in "Απόψε αυτοσχεδιάζουμε" with Mirat - Zoumboulakis . Having decided at a very early age what he wanted to study she enlists at the drama school of the National Theatre of Northern Greece , while studying archeology and dance . During her studies she participated in many shows, mainly ancient drama.

At the age of 21 years she moved to Athens , where she played in " Μορμόλη (Mormolis)" while in the evening she sang in music halls along with Yannis Markopoulos . In 1974 she played in the TV series " Ανήσυχα νιάτα (Restless youth)" which meant her breakthrough as an actress. Although primarily an actress she represented Greece in 1978 at the Eurovision Song Contest held in Paris with ‘Charlie Chaplin’and ended eigth. The same year she also sang at the awards ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival with the song " Παιδιά του Πειραιά". Two years later she would receive the French «Rose d'or». By 1979 she had participated in 9 albums of other Greek artists as a guest singer.

In 1981 she played the role of Edith Piaf in Athenian Gardens Theater, where received laudatory reviews. She considers Piaf as a very important part of her career, and has dedicated disk where he adapted the songs, the album was "Piaf» ( 1981 ). In the mid 80’s she starts a collaboration with Giannis Spanos and sings on his albums " Φίλε" (1982 ) and " Της βροχής και της νύχτας" (1984). In 1988 she starts working with writing duo Stamatis Kraounakis and Lina Nikolakopoulou with whom she records the album ‘Μαμά γερνάω’ (Mom I'm getting old). The album and collaboration is followed by a second album ‘Αλλιώτικη μέρα’ in 1990. By then Tania develops a dispute with her record company setting recording a new album on hold. In 1995 she returns with the album ‘Τραγούδια του παράξενου κόσμου’(Songs of the strange world) in collaboration with George Andreou. A year later she teams up with pianist Takis Farazi for a performance based on poetry by Kiki Dimoula. She also picks up her carreer as an actress with a musical performance by the Municipal Regional Theatre of Patras on the life of Mikis Theodorakis , interpreting songs of Greek composer with Kostas Macedon and Yiannis Bezos .

In 2001 she makes a radical style change. Together with Mikael Delta she reinterprets  her own songs with strong electronic music for the album ‘Το χρώμα της μέρας’. The song ‘Μια αγάπη μικρή’ (A little love) becomes a classic. Tania then takes the ‘Μετρό’ theatre as her home base for for several seasons, and records a double anniversary disc with live recordings. In March 2008 decided to return to the theater with his work Ο ήχος του όπλου’ . In November 2009 released the album ‘Προσωπογραφία’ (Portraits). She returns to Μετρό in 2010-11 for another show cycle. The sociopolitical developments and Eurocrisis in Greece causes her to agitate and after some concerts in the summer of 2011 decided to end the shows and released the song ‘Το ρόδο και το αηδόνι ‘ as a tribute to the demonstrators. According to Greek fans Tania was spotted during 2012 taking her talent to the street in disguise and performing as a street artist with a small band. This was never officially confirmed. In October 2013 appears in ‘Cabaret ‘ directed by Konstaninou Rigos. At the start of 2014 she begins a series concerts with Haris Alexiou.

On the web:

- Tania is on Facebook: https://el-gr.facebook.com/TaniaTsanaklidou

What do we think:

DB: Is she an actress that sings or a singer that acts? With Tania the two worlds flow into each other almost automatically. She uses her acting skills on stage to play the part of the people and situations she sings about. That can be, sometimes, very dramatic. Not for nothing she is known for her powerfull performances and character. During her recording career she made some daring choices especcially with her 'To Hroma tis Imeras' album on which she explores the possibilities of her voice together with modern electronic music. An intriguing woman.

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- Proswpografia - 2009

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