Yannis Kotsiras (; born 5 October 1969) is a Greek singer and songwriter.
Life and career
Kotsiras was born in
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...
on 5 October 1969.
He began his career in 1990, singing folk music, and released his first album in 1996, titled ''Athoos Enochos'' ('Innocent Guilt'). He released his first live album in 2002. In 2004, in honour of that year's
Athens Olympic Games, he released the song "Pass the Flame" in English, Greek, and instrumental versions on the same CD. In 2010, he began a collaboration with
Yasmin Levy. Among his most popular songs are "Filakas Aggelos"('Guardian Angel') and "Anathema Se" ('Curse You').
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Discography
Studio albums
* ''Athoos Enochos'' ('Innocent Guilt') (1996)
* ''Mono Enafili'' ('Just a Kiss') (1997)
* ''Filakas Aggelos'' ('Guardian Angel') (1999)
* ''Ine diki mas i zoi mas'' (2000)
* ''Xylino alogaki'' (2003)
* ''30 kai kati'' (2004)
* ''Taxidia filia'' (2006)
* ''Kai pali paidi'' (2008)
* ''I Smyrni tou erota'' (2012) Estudiantina* ''Ilios kokkinos'' (2012) lbum by Marios Tokas, 3 songs* ''Mousiko kouti'' (2013)
* ''O,ti thymasai den pethainei'' (2014)
* ''Pinelopi Delta'' (2015) Music for theatre
* ''Pseftis Keros'' ('Lying Weather') (2016)
* ''Kita giro'' (2020)
Live albums
* ''Yannis Kotsiras LIVE'' (2002)
* ''Ti tragoudi na sou po'' – DVD (2003)
* ''Yannis Kotsiras Live'' 2010 (2010)
Compiliations
* ''Best of Yiannis Kotsiras'' (2004)
* ''Paragelia Best of'' (2016)
Soundtracks
* ''Adis'' (1996)
* ''Valkanizater'' (1997)
* ''Efapax'' – CD single (2001)
* ''Pinelopi Delta'' - theatrical play (2015)
Re-released
* ''Axion Esti'' (2002) (Mikis Theodorakis
Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis ( ; 29 July 1925 – 2 September 2021) was a Greek composer and lyricist credited with over 1,000 works.
He scored for the films '' Zorba the Greek'' (1964), '' Z'' (1969), and '' Serpico'' (1973). He was a three-ti ...
)
* ''Pnevmatiko Emvatirio'' (2002) (Mikis Theodorakis
Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis ( ; 29 July 1925 – 2 September 2021) was a Greek composer and lyricist credited with over 1,000 works.
He scored for the films '' Zorba the Greek'' (1964), '' Z'' (1969), and '' Serpico'' (1973). He was a three-ti ...
)
* ''Stavros tou Notou'' ( 2005) (Thanos Mikroutsikos
Athanasios "Thanos" Mikroutsikos (; 13 April 1947 – 28 December 2019) was a Greece, Greek composer and politician. He is considered one of the most important composers of the recent Greek musical scene.
Biography
Personal life
He was born on ...
)
* ''O Dromos'' (2006) (Mimis Plessas
Dimitrios "Mimis" Plessas (; 12 October 1924 – 5 October 2024) was a Greek musician, composer, conductor and pianist.
Life and career
Plessas was born in Athens. He attended the Lycée Léonin school in the Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni, and ...
& Lefteris Papadopoulos
Lefteris (Eleftherios) Papadopoulos (; born 14 November 1935) is a Greek lyricist, writer and journalist.
Lefteris Papadopoulos was born in Athens, Greece on 14 November 1935. He was the son of Greek Pontian refugees, with a father from a vill ...
)
References
External links
Official website
Yannis Kotsiras
on Discogs
Discography
on Kratisinow.gr
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1969 births
Greek entehno singers
Greek musicians
Modern Greek-language singers
Living people
Musicians from Athens