Paola Foka
Quick Facts
Biography
Paola Foka (born June 25, 1982), born Pagona Karamitsou, is a Greek singer.
Early life and career
Born on 25 June 1982 in Thessaloniki and raised in Sykia Halkidiki, her parents, Alexander and Maria, were also musicians. She has an older brother Pericles. Paola began singing at 14 years old at the suggestion of a shopkeeper and with the approval of her parents. At 19, she was singing in the nightclub Weevil in Thessaloniki.
Career
In 2005 she published her first album, Silent, and then moved to Athens to work with Stamatis Gonidis. In 2007 she worked with Soti Volanis on a duet titled "Grandma and Grandpa" which enjoyed great success. In 2008 she released her second album, "We went with red."In 2012, she released the album "Be One With me" which went gold with tracks including Be With Me One, Fault, Be quiet m'afiseis want, Artificial, What catches. On April 24, 2013, she released the album "After The Midnight" which went platinum within three days. In December 2013, she released the album The Truth Alone containing the successful songs: Hold On, Finished Statements Zero. Hold On was the 10th biggest radio hit of 2013. On November 17, 2014, she released the new song I A Life, foreshadowing the next disc I hide vagrancy, released in early 2015. The songs that stood out from this disc are: I A Life, These I said God, How Many Times, Cold Embrace.
Personal life
On April 8, 2003, she gave birth to a daughter, Paolina.
Discography
- Silent
- We had red
- Be With Me One
- After The Midnight
- The Only Truth
- Hide vagrancy
Performances - Collaborations
- Winter 2005 Stamatis Gonidis in Fratzeliko Athens
- Winter 2005 Chris Menidiatis in Fratzeliko Athens
- Winter 2005, with Antipas in Fratzeliko Athens
- Winter 2006, the weevil, Thessaloniki
- Winter 2007 Antypa the stars, Athens
- Winter 2007 Valantis the weevil, Thessaloniki
- Winter 2008 Stelios Rocco in Astra, Thessaloniki
- Winter 2008 Stelios Rocco in Fratzeliko Athens
- Winter 2009 Dionysis Makris, Christos and Christina Koletsa Kyprianides in Romeo and Fix
- Winter 2010 Stelios Rocco at Axios Gate, Thessaloniki
- Winter 2010 Christos Holidis at Teatro Athens and Mazonakis in Votanikos, Thessaloniki
- Summer 2011, Nino and Oikonomopoulos Nikos View, Athens
- Winter 2011, Nino and Ioakim Fokas Fix, Athens and George Papadopoulos and Kostas Martakis, Thessaloniki
- Spring 2012, Peggy Zina to View, Athens
- Winter 2012, Karra and Pantelidis
- Winter in 2013, with Pantelidis, Stan and Tamta at Teatro, Athens and Thessaloniki Axios Gate
- Summer 2014, with Giorgos Mazonakis at Fantasia Live, Athens and later summer tour
- Winter 2014, with George Mazonakis and Pantelis Pantelidis at Teatro, Athens
- Summer 2015, with Yiannis Vardis and Giorgos Lianos Gate Axios, Thessaloniki
- Winter 2015, with Constantine and Helen Silver Foureira at Teatro Music Hall