Michalis Katachanas was born in Piraeus in 1979. At the age of eight he took his first classical violin lessons from Kostas Kavakos. He graduated from the Experimental Music High School of Pallini. He holds a Bachelor degree in Music from the Ionian University under the supervision of Dimos Dimitriadis and a master' s degree in Contemporary Improvisation from the New England Conservatory in Boston, after receiving a scholarship from the Fulbright Foundation.

He has been a student of Charlie Banakos and Ran Blake. He has collaborated with artists such as Jackie Leven, Antony Coleman, Joe Morris, Nikos Xydakis and Mimis Plessas.

His first personal album "Murderess" was released in 2014. He is a founding member of the Frog String Trio. He has participated in numerous concerts and festivals and presented his work in diverse venues worldwide. He also composes and plays music for the theater.

Since 2014, he is a faculty teacher at the Jazz Department of the Athens Conservatoire.