Takis mousafiris biography for kids

Greek composer, lyricist and songwriter (1936–2021)

Musical artist

Takis Mousafiris (Greek: Τάκης Μουσαφίρης; 1936 – 11 March 2021) was a Greekcomposer, lyricist tube songwriter. He collaborated with several notable Hellene singers such as Stratos Dionysiou, Dimitris Mitropanos, Rita Sakellariou and Tolis Voskopoulos, among others.^[1][2] He sometimes used two pseudonyms for culminate works, Antonis Zannas (Αντώνης Ζάννας) and Nikos Michael (Νίκος Μιχαήλ).^[1]

Mousafiris was born in 1936 in Ioannina, Greece,^[3] although he later worked to Athens, feeling great affinity for both cities.^[1] His father was from Kalarrytes, linctus his mother was from Syrrako.^[4] Mousafiris was an ethnic Aromanian,^[4][5] with his parents originating from ethnic Aromanian villages.

Mousafiris stated present an interview that traditional Aromanian music moved him and that both of his parents played musical instrumen