Pantazis Tsaras

Pantazis Tsaras was born in Athens in 1961 and spent the first five years of his life in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has a degree in Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue and Orchestration, as well as a degree in Drama. He is a percussion soloist in professional symphony orchestras. He has worked for the First Programme, the Second Programme, Kosmos FM and the Voice of Greece radio stations of the Hellenic Broadcast Corporation (ERT). He has served as the director of the Thord Programme. His radio show Dancing in the Rhythm of Swing is one of ERT’s longest-running music radio shows. He is currently hosting the show Greek Jazz Players on the Voice of Greece.