Irene "Rena" Koumioti (
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: ; 3 May 1941 – 3 April 2023) was a Greek musician. She also appeared briefly in film and on television.
Biography
Koumioti was born in the
Nea Ionia
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district of
Athens
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.
Her father was a refugee from
Constantinople (Istanbul) and her mother was a refugee from
Smyrna (Izmir).
Koumioti was one of the foremost representatives of the
Greek New Wave
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genre. Her breakthrough came while singing at the ''Apanemia'' musical club in Athens in 1968, when she was heard by
Lefteris Papadopoulos
Lefteris (Eleftherios) Papadopoulos ( el, Λευτέρης Παπαδόπουλος) is a Greek lyricist, writer and journalist.
Lefteris Papadopoulos was born in Athens, Greece on 14 November 1935. He is the son of Greek refugees, with a fath ...
who then asked her to sing with
Giannis Poulopoulos
Giannis Poulopoulos (Greek: Γιάννης Πουλόπουλος, a.k.a. John Poulopoulos; 29 June 1941 – 23 August 2020) was a Greek singer-songwriter, who had several hits in Greece during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In terms of total al ...
for the ''Dromos'' (Greek: , "The road") album.
Her recording career was short — her last album recording was in 1980 — but important.
For a period she had lived in Canada where she stayed for eight years. She remained active in live performance until her death.
Koumioti died on 3 April 2023, at age 81, due to complications of dementia. She was buried in the
First Cemetery of Athens
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.
Discography
(includes third party albums and collections)
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Television and film performances
Koumioti played several roles in film and television, including in the feature films , along with
Rena Vlachopoulou, and on television in the Greek series ''Dyo Xenoi'' () where she briefly played herself.
See also
*
Arleta
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Geography
Arleta is bordered by the Los Angeles distr ...
*
Keti Chomata
Aikaterine "Keti" Chomata (Greek: , ; October 24, 1946 - October 24, 2010) was a Greek singer and actress.
Biography
Chomata was born in Athens in 1946; her family's origin was from the island of Naxos. She lived in the Plaka district of Athens ...
*
Mariza Koch
References
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1941 births
2023 deaths
20th-century Greek women singers
Greek expatriates in Canada
Musicians from Athens