Rena Koumioti

Rena Koumioti
Birth name	Irene Koumioti
Born	May 3, 1948 Athens, Greece
Origin	Smyrna, Constantinople
Genres	Greek New Wave, entechno, laiko
Occupation(s)	Musician, actor
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1967-present
Website	http://koumioti.gr/

Irene "Rena" Koumioti (Greek: Ειρήνη (Ρένα) Κουμιώτη) is a Greek musician. She has also appeared briefly on cinema and television.

Koumioti was born in the Nea Ionia district of Athens in May 3, in the late 40s; Her father was a refugee from Constantinople (Istanbul) and her mother a refugee from Smyrna (Izmir).

Koumioti is one of the foremost representatives of the Greek New Wave genre. Her breakthrough came when in 1968 while singing at the Apanemia musical club in Athens, she was heard by Lefteris Papadopoulos who then asked her to sing with Giannis Poulopoulos for the Dromos (Greek: Ο δρόμος, "The road") album. Her discographical career was short —last album recording was in 1980— but important; for a period she had moved to Canada where she stayed for eight years. Koumioti has been active in live performances to this day.

The discography of Rena Koumioti, including third party albums and collections, is the following:

Koumioti has played some roles in cinema and television. She has e.g. played a role in the cinematic films Μια τρελή, τρελή σαραντάρα and H Θεία μου η χίπισσα along Rena Vlachopoulou; a relatively recent role on television is in the Greek TV series Dyo Xenoi (Δύο Ξένοι) where she briefly played herself.

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