{"id":302459,"date":"2026-02-17T11:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/302459\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:57:08","slug":"a-historic-greek-encounter-nikos-aliagas-honors-nana-mouskouri-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/302459\/","title":{"rendered":"A Historic Greek Encounter: Nikos Aliagas Honors Nana Mouskouri in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1314374 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/aliagas-mouskouri-paris-video-screenshot-aliagas-instagram.jpg\" alt=\"Aliagas Mouskouri\" width=\"1360\" height=\"764\"  \/>The ceremony, broadcast live on national television, saw viewership peak at 2 million during her tribute. Video screenshot\/Aliagas\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>The Victoires de la Musique\u2014France\u2019s equivalent to the Grammys\u2014played host to a deeply moving \u201cGreek summit\u201d as renowned presenter <a href=\"https:\/\/greekreporter.com\/2013\/07\/31\/aliagas-puts-his-stamp-on-greece\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikos Aliagas<\/a> presented a lifetime achievement award to the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/greekreporter.com\/2025\/10\/13\/nana-mouskouri-celebrates-birthday\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nana Mouskouri<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At 92 years old, Mouskouri took the stage at the packed La Seine Musicale to a thunderous standing ovation. The ceremony, broadcast live on national television, saw viewership peak at 2 million during her tribute.<\/p>\n<p>The power of words<\/p>\n<p>The emotional high point occurred when Aliagas spoke not only of <a href=\"https:\/\/greekreporter.com\/2024\/10\/04\/nana-mouskouri-retires\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mouskouri\u2019s staggering career<\/a>\u2014with record sales exceeding 300 million\u2014but of her character and the example she has set for generations.<\/p>\n<p>In a stirring gesture of shared heritage, Aliagas translated the iconic words of Nikos Kazantzakis into French, before thanking her in Greek with the famous creed:\u00a0\u201cI hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mouskouri\u2019s heartfelt dedication<\/p>\n<p>Visibly moved, Nana Mouskouri dedicated the honor to:<\/p>\n<p>France and its people: For their enduring love and the lessons they taught her since the dawn of her international career.<\/p>\n<p>Her Family: Her son, Nicolas Petsilas, who celebrated his birthday in the front row; her husband and lifelong collaborator, producer Andr\u00e9 Chapelle; and his son, Fabrice Chapelle.<\/p>\n<p>The evening featured poignant video messages from French icons Serge Lama and Line Renaud. The musical celebration continued with Isabelle Boulay\u2019s rendition of Mouskouri\u2019s massive hit \u201cL\u2019amour en h\u00e9ritage,\u201d while Vincent Dedienne and Val\u00e9rie Lemercier performed a charming duet of \u201cQuand on s\u2019aime.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ceremony, broadcast live on national television, saw viewership peak at 2 million during her tribute. Video screenshot\/Aliagas\/Instagram&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,119838,61,60,85101,278,142991,142992,1838],"class_list":["post-302459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-greek-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lifetime-achievement-award","tag-music","tag-nana-mouskouri","tag-nikos-aliagas","tag-paris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}