Trio Katara
Trio Katara
is a group formed by Panayiotis Diamantis, Kostis Kostakis and Sotiris
Letsios. Three guitars and three voices give the trio a feel of old urban music
taking their audience back to the '30s '40s and '50s in Athens, while utilizing at
the same time harmonies and musical colors from other genres. Rebetiko songs mix
with folk music from the islands and songs from rural Greece in order to create
a rich musical experience for their audience. Their primary goal is to revive
these old songs but also create new ones compining the old and contemporary
compositional forms. The trio was born in 2014 in Athens and their name is a
worldplay inspired by one of their favorite groups called "Trio Kitara", an old Athenian
trio which is one of their main inspirations.
- Panayiotis
Diamantis was born in 1989 in Livadia, Greece where he grew up. His first encounter with music started when
he was six years old, when he started bouzouki and music harmony lessons in a
local music school. At an older age he moved to Athens where he started to work
as a musician while attending university at the same time. The role of the guitar in
greek discography is what captured his attention to the guitar, which he plays
until today.
- Kostis
Kostakis was born in 1986 in Nea Ionia, Greece. He started playing classical
guitar when he was eight years old at a local music school and later on started
playing electric guitar forming small bands with his high school friends.
Rebetiko and folk greek music were always present in his life through his
father who plays the accordeon. He has
been playing music in taverns and music scenes since he was eighteen years old.
- Sotiris
Letsios was born in 1990 in Karditsa , Greece where starts his musical journey.
He started playing guitar when he was seven years old with several amateur
guitar players and then at the local music school. He later studied music in
the Ionian university. Today he lives in Athens where he works as a
professional musician studying at the same time the presence of the guitar in
greek discography from its beginnings until its present from.
