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Yiotis Fotiadis (Czech Republic, December 9, 1978 ) is a Greek singer, saxophone player, former student of the National Conservatory of Athens, current student of the Attic Conservatory of Athens in alto saxophone and songwriter.

He has his own creations, covers and re-performances of the Greek and international music scene.

He has been involved in the performance of many types of songs in Greek and English.

Early life
He was born in Krnov, Czech Republic on December 9, 1978 and came to Greece with his parents and his brother, Kostas, in 1983. He fist moved inThessaloniki, where he lived for a year, and then he settled permanently in Athens. He grew up in Kallithea with his parents and younger brother.

From the age of five he had an appeal to music, which is when he started playing the harmonium. He was involved in football from the age of 12 to the age of 17.

At the age of 16 he enrolled in a music school, starting bouzouki and guitar.

In 1990 he took part in a musical performance and sang songs by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and other foreign artists with a guitar for about 600 spectators of the municipal theater of Kallithea. That year he began theoretical studies at the National Conservatory of Athens, which he interrupted two years later due to his military service.

Yiotis wrote his first song in the army and the title of it is "Mia Nychta".

1995-1999: First song & First collaborations
He began his singing career at the age of 18 at the "Akrorion" music stage in Prophet Elias of Piraeus in 1995. That year he continued his studies at the National Conservatory of Athens, which he did not complete.

A year later, in 1996, he completed his first LP entitled "Mia nychta" from the same-titled and first song, with music and lyrics by himself, which was released several years later by My Records. In this LP, he made the first cover of the international hit "La solitudine" with Laura Pauzini under the title "Chamena oneira" and his first cover of the song "Heaven" by Bryan Adams.

In 1998 he released his first EP with three songs entitled "Kolonia", with music by himself and Vangelis Papadopoulos and lyrics by Vangelis Papadopoulos from Spot music, as well as the first video clip of the same name.

This was followed by collaborations with renowned artists and appearances in various music scenes, in Andrianou in Plaka (1996), in the former "Ano Kato" in Acharnon with Yiannis Vassiliou (1998), a concert in Zappeio with Panos Kiamos and Athena Haikali (1999), in "Piroga" on Alexandras Avenue (2000) where through his acquaintance with the well-known music composer Kostis Grigoriou, he participated in extra performances in an open space in Preveza with Poly Panou and Spyros Zagorea (2000).

2000-2020: Evolution
He started learning folk clarinet with clarinetist Makis Vassiliadis in 2003 for 4 years but eventually continued with alto saxophone where he has been playing since 2007.

In 2006, he re-enters the studio and prepares his 2nd LP entitled "Eisai enas faros foteinos", from the same-titled song of the LP.

The LP is released in 2010 by My Records along with the video clip of the same name which he presented for the first time to Maria Bekatorou on the show ”Without Taboo” in 2011. After this LP, the LP "Mia nychta" which he had completed since 1996 is released. He re-releases the EP "Kolonia" and also releases the LP "11 Christmas songs with Yiotis Fotiadis" with 11 classic Christmas songs in Greek and English.

After the release of his latest CDs, Yiotis sings with various bands in Psyri and in 2011 his record company closes and Yiotis moves to FM RECORDS.

In 2015, the LP "Kano ego tin archi"  is released in a pop-rock style with covers of the songs "Touch me" and ”Billie Jean” by Samantha Fox and Michael Jackson respectively. He also covers the song "Show must go on" by Freddie Mercury.

In the summer of 2017 and in the 2019-2020 season (until March due to the covid lockdown), Yiotis appeared on "Kitrina Gantia", Kostis Grigoriou's music stage in Galatsi.

In January 2020, the 6th CD of Yiotis was released and distributed by GENERAL MUSIC entitled "Nychta Tromou 1" with the main tracks: "Meta to tilefonima sou", "Charisma Theou echei", "Nychta Tromou", "Agapi kalokairini" etc.

At the end of 2020, Voca Records released the new song of Yiotis in collaboration with Evi Rozaki "I'm coming back to you"  , which as he stated in an interview, is his 1st track with an English verse. .

In the summer of 2021, NEXT RECORDS and Giorgos Spanos released the video clip of "I'm coming back to you" with Evi Rozaki.