{{Short description|Greek composer, lyricist and songwriter (1936–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Takis Mousafiris | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1936 | birth_place = Ioannina, Greece | death_date = {{Death date and given age|2021|3|11|84|df=y}} | death_place = Athens, Greece | occupation = Composer, lyricist and songwriter | years_active = | website = }}
'''Takis Mousafiris''' ({{langx|el|Τάκης Μουσαφίρης}}; 1936 – 11 March 2021) was a Greek composer, lyricist and songwriter. He collaborated with several notable Greek singers such as Stratos Dionysiou, Dimitris Mitropanos, Rita Sakellariou and Tolis Voskopoulos, among others.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1701721/pethane-o-sunthetis-takis-mousafiris|title=Πέθανε ο συνθέτης Τάκης Μουσαφίρης|newspaper=Naftemporiki|date=11 March 2021|language=el}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/11/greek-songwriter-takis-mousafiris-dies/|title=Greek songwriter Takis Mousafiris passes away|first=Anna|last=Wichmann|newspaper=Greek Reporter|date=11 March 2021}}</ref> He sometimes used two pseudonyms for his works, Antonis Zannas ({{lang|el|Αντώνης Ζάννας}}) and Nikos Michael ({{lang|el|Νίκος Μιχαήλ}}).<ref name=":0" />
Mousafiris was born in 1936 in Ioannina, Greece,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://zosimaia.gr/%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD-%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7-%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%B7/|title=Αποχαιρετισμός στον Τάκη Μουσαφίρη|publisher=Zosimaia School|date=11 March 2021|language=el}}</ref> although he later moved to Athens, feeling great affinity for both cities.<ref name=":0" /> His father was from Kalarrytes, while his mother was from Syrrako.<ref name=":2">{{cite news|url=https://www.protothema.gr/stories/article/1103653/takis-mousafiris-agnosta-stoiheia-gia-ti-zoi-kai-ta-tragoudia-tou/|title=Τάκης Μουσαφίρης: Άγνωστα στοιχεία για τη ζωή και τα τραγούδια του|first=Michalis|last=Stoukas|newspaper=Proto Thema|date=11 March 2021|language=el}}</ref> Mousafiris was an ethnic Aromanian,<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/39634362|title="Being Vlach, singing Greek": Greek-Aromanian music contacts in the Pindus mountain range. The Aromanians or Vlachs in the Pindus|first=Thede|last=Kahl|author-link=Thede Kahl|journal=Carmina Balcanica|volume=2|issue=3|pages=31–55|year=2009|quote=I am reminding the reader of the Aromanian origins of famous musicians like Kaldaras, Bakalis, Virvos, Mitropanos, Tsitsanis, Mousafiris.}}</ref> with his parents originating from ethnic Aromanian villages. Mousafiris stated on an interview that traditional Aromanian music influenced him and that both of his parents played musical instruments.<ref name=":2" />
Mousafiris died on 11 March 2021 at the age of 84<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.protothema.gr/culture/article/1103541/takis-mousafiris-efuge-o-sunthetis-ton-megalon-epituhion/|title=Τάκης Μουσαφίρης: "Έφυγε" ο συνθέτης των μεγάλων επιτυχιών|newspaper=Proto Thema|date=11 March 2021|language=el}}</ref> from a cancer he had been fighting against for 6 months. He had been diagnosed with COVID-19 shortly before and managed to recover from it prior to his death, according to a statement from Mousafiris' family.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He was buried on 13 March in his birthplace, Ioannina.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://epirusgate.gr/giannena-simera-ston-iero-nao-perivleptoui-kideia-tou-taki-mousafiri/|title=ΓΙΑΝΝΕΝΑ-Σήμερα στον Ιερό Ναό Περιβλέπτου,η κηδεία του Τάκη Μουσαφίρη|newspaper=Epirusgate|date=13 March 2021|language=el}}</ref>
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