# Takis Mousafiris

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{{Short description|Greek composer, lyricist and songwriter (1936–2021)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Takis Mousafiris
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| birth_date = 1936
| birth_place = [Ioannina](/source/Ioannina), [Greece](/source/Kingdom_of_Greece)
| death_date = {{Death date and given age|2021|3|11|84|df=y}}
| death_place = [Athens](/source/Athens), [Greece](/source/Greece)
| occupation = Composer, lyricist and songwriter
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'''Takis Mousafiris''' ({{langx|el|Τάκης Μουσαφίρης}}; 1936 – 11 March 2021) was a [Greek](/source/Greece) composer, lyricist and songwriter. He collaborated with several notable Greek singers such as [Stratos Dionysiou](/source/Stratos_Dionysiou), [Dimitris Mitropanos](/source/Dimitris_Mitropanos), [Rita Sakellariou](/source/Rita_Sakellariou) and [Tolis Voskopoulos](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Greek_Reporter)|date=11 March 2021}}</ref> He sometimes used two [pseudonym](/source/pseudonym)s 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](/source/Ioannina), [Greece](/source/Kingdom_of_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](/source/Zosimaia_School)|date=11 March 2021|language=el}}</ref> although he later moved to [Athens](/source/Athens), feeling great affinity for both cities.<ref name=":0" /> His father was from [Kalarrytes](/source/Kalarrytes), while his mother was from [Syrrako](/source/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](/source/Proto_Thema)|date=11 March 2021|language=el}}</ref> Mousafiris was an ethnic [Aromanian](/source/Aromanians),<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](/source/Aromanian_music) influenced him and that both of his parents played [musical instrument](/source/musical_instrument)s.<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](/source/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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Category:1936 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:People from Ioannina
Category:Greek composers
Category:Greek lyricists
Category:Greek male songwriters
Category:Greek people of Aromanian descent
Category:Aromanian musicians
Category:Deaths from cancer in Greece

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