Fotia

FOTIA, a band based in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializes in performing Greek Music of all styles. FOTIA has thrilled audiences at Greek festivals and musical events throughout the United States in such cities as Denver, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York.
The band is comprised of musicians Anthony Catchatoorian, Michael Kutulas, George Psarras, Paul Psarras, and vocalist, Olympia.
FOTIA’s instrumentation consists of the guitar, keyboards, percussion and the national stringed instrument of Greece, the bouzouki. The bouzouki can best be described as a lute-type instrument with a pear-shaped body and a long neck. It is strung with three or four courses of double strings, much like a mandolin. FOTIA also features the tzoura asnd the baglama, which are two smaller versions of the bouzouki.
A few highlights of FOTIA’s career include concerts at the Clarion Music Center in San Francisco, COPIA in Napa, and the Cascade Festival of Music in Bend, Oregon. FOTIA has had the honor of opening shows for some of Greece’s biggest names, including, Basilis Karas, Angela Dimitriou, Zafiris Melas, Christos Dantis and Glykeria.