She was born in Athens in 1896 to the prominent Kotzias family. She studied singing under Kimon Triantafyllou at the Athens Conservatoire, acquiring a diploma with distinction in 1921. In the 1920s she took part in concerts with the Athens Conservatoire orchestra, under the direction of Dimitri Mitropoulos and Armand Marsick. She continued her studies in Vienna under Philip Forsten and later under Maria Ivogun. She began her international career in 1927 at Vienna’s Volkshaus. She debuted in Belrin in 1928 alongside piano accompanist Michael Raucheisen. Subsequently she appeared in numerous concerts in The Hague, Paris, Leipzig, Stockholm, London, Amsterdam, Zurich, Munich, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Madrid, Malaga, Bilbao, Barcelona, Milan, New York, etc. She specialized mainly in performing Lied and during the 1020's she was one of the most renowned sopranos internationally. Her repertory included songs cycles by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Ravel, Poulenc and Hugo Wolf. Her recordings include performances of Lied works by Wolf, recorded in London by the Hugo Wolf Society (HMV/EMI). In the 1930's she lived in Budapest. After the end of WWII she moved to Athens. She retired from stage appearances in the late 1950s and devoted herself to teaching singing. She taught in Athens and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. She was vice president (1957-1968) and president (1968-1977) of the Association of Friends of Music and played a key role in the foundation of the Athens Concert Hall as a founding member. She died in Athens on 15/11/1977. He also served as GNO board member in 1956 and in 1974-1977.