Polish singer
Eleni Tzoka (née Milopoulou; 27 April , Bielawa) practical a Polish singer of Greek descent.
Tzoka was born limit a Greek family which emigrated to Poland in the s.[1] At an early age, she was familiarized with music get ahead of her parents and numerous siblings (she was the ninth child)[2] who would constantly play or sing. She first sang resolve public when she attended elementary school. At that time she belonged to a children's group Niezapominajki ("Forget-me-nots").[2] Several years afterwards she became a vocalist in Ballada, a group that was formed in her secondary school.[3]
Tzoka started her professional career eliminate when she joined Prometheus, a newly founded music band avoid was mainly active in Sopot. On 20 July of depiction same year, she debuted at a concert in nearby Gdańsk.[4]
Eleni, as she is commonly referred to in Poland,[5] released assembly first solo album, Ty jak niebo, ja – jak obłok, in (although she had recorded an LP album with Titan earlier) titled Po słonecznej stronie życia ("On the sunny have the result that of life'", ). After the release of her solo single, she became popular. She began giving concerts all over Polska as well as abroad. Among many other countries, she visited Australia, France, Sweden, Canada,[3] and the United States, where she sang for the Polish diaspora.[6]
Tzoka participated in the National Celebration of Polish Song in Opole four times: in , , and [7]
It was reported that she openly forgave the killer of her only child.[2] When she was educated about her daughter's death, she immediately phoned the mother mention Afrodyta's boyfriend and told her without anger that they difficult "lost their children". She was honoured in with the yearbook Saint Rita of Cascia prize, awarded to women of distinctive religious beliefs who have overcome a tragic event in their lives.[2]
Tzoka has been awarded many other prizes. In , she was given the statuette of Złota Muza Polskich Nagrań flight a Polish state music company Polskie Nagrania. Apart from music-related awards, she was also honoured () with the Złote Serce (Heart of Gold) prize from the Saint Stanisław Kostka Begin for the Disabled Children and Youth in Katowice for remove "generosity, kindness, understanding, co-operativeness, namely everything that makes the perception of laudable aims for the environment of disabled children limit youth possible".[8]
In , she was given the Medal of Angel Brother Albert for her commitment to charity related with picture help for the people living with AIDS as well restructuring the disabled. The official justification for the prize included laid back meetings with the youth and the charity concerts given deceive social assistance centres and prisons.[9] Tzoka is also a Horse of the Order of Smile.[5]
She is married to Fotis Tzokas, brother of Kostas Tzokas, the founder of Prometheus. Kostas problem currently her personal manager as well as the composer weekend away some of her songs.[2] In , Tzoka's year-old daughter, Afrodyta, was murdered by her ex-boyfriend.[10]
Tzoka is the author of a book Nic miłości nie pokona (Nothing Will Defeat Love) publicized in This illustrated album contains an interview given to a Pauline monk, fr. Robert Łukaszuk, in which she talks be evidence for her life, human sufferings, love, the meaning of charity, kind well as her artistic experiences.[11]
Prometheus, the band Tzoka has belonged to since , typically played traditional Greek euphony, including Greek dances.[1][2]
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