| Anna Vissi | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anna Vissi |
| Also known as | Anna Vissi |
| Born |
20 December 1957 (age 62) Pyla, Larnaca, Cyprus |
| Origin | Cyprus |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1973–present |
| Labels | Minos (1973–1978)EMI Greece (1979–1982)CarVi (1982–1983)Sony Music Greece (1984–2013)Moda/Vanilla (2005–2006)Vanilla (her own label) (2010–)Panik Gold (2013–) |
Anna Vissi (Greek: Άννα Βίσση born 20 December 1957) is a Greek-Cypriot singer,actor and songwriter.
Biography[]
Anna Vissi was born on 20 December 1957 in Pyla, Larnaca. She began singing from a very early age, starting her formal musical studies at the age of six at a local conservatory.
At the age of twelve she entered a talent competition and won first prize. Two years later, she was the main singer at Ayia Tilliria, which was also her first TV appearance. In 1973, her family moved to Athens, where she was able to pursue her studies at the National Conservatory. She would eventually appear with a number of well-known Greek singers, such as George Dalaras, Haris Alexiou, and Vasilis Papakonstantinou, in the famous nightclubs of Plaka, in Athens. During this time she also studied the law at the University of Athens. Her first important collaboration, alongside George Dalaras, was with composer Stavros Koujioumtzis. Koujioumtzis composed two songs for Vissi, S' Agapo ("I Love You") and Sta Hronia tis Ipomonis ("In The Years of Patience"). She also collaborated with many important Greek composers such as Mikis Theodorakis (1974/1975), Georgios Hadjinassios (1974), Doros Giorgiadis (1974), Nikos Karvelas (who later became her husband; 1975) and Mihalis Terzis (1976).