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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.
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Greek Jazz Players: Paris Gagastathis quartet
“Greek Jazz Players” on Voice of Greece, hosted by Pantazis Tsaras, welcomes the quartet of pianist, composer, educator, and improviser Paris Gagastathis. The ensemble performs in a special concert recorded exclusively for the show at Studio B of ERT’s Music Ensembles. On stage:Paris Gagastathis (piano)Stergios Polyz...
Greek Jazz Players: Nassia Gofa, Thomas Mitrousis | 28 Mar. 2025
Pantazis Tsaras meets once again with Greek jazz musicians and improvisers on Voice of Greece, featuring a concert recording from ERA and the Music Ensembles’ Studio B. This time, the guests are the jazz duo Nassia Gofa (vocals) and Thomas Mitrousis (guitar). A highly expressive musical duo that takes ...
Greek Jazz Players: Stathis Anninos, Kostas Patsiotis | 07 Mar. 2025
On Friday, February 28, 2025, Pantazis Tsaras hosted pianist and composer Stathis Anninos and bassist and composer Kostas Patsiotis. This duo from the new Greek jazz scene takes us on a journey through their improvisations and compositions, exploring the world of contemporary music, jazz, and even Western...
Greek Jazz Players: Lefteris Chavoutsas trio | 31 Jan. 2025
On the last Friday of each month, Greek jazz players improvise from Studio B of ERA’s Music Ensembles for the global audience of “Voice of Greece”, led by host Pantazis Tsaras. On Friday, January 31st, the jazz music gathering will featured the trio of guitarist and composer Lefteris Chavou...
Greek Jazz Players: Tania Giannouli | 29 Mar. 2024
On Friday, March 29th 2024, Pantazis Tsaras hosted the internationally acclaimed pianist/composer Tania Giannouli in ERA's Studio B. An artist with a remarkable discography, and also particularly adept at improvisation, Tania Giannouli has made a sensation in Greece and abroad with her most recent...
Greek Jass Players: Pyros Ether | 23 Feb. 2024
On this episode of Greek Jazz Players, we meet the historic group of Pyros Ether. It is a jazz-ethnic music group, one of the first in our country created in 1994. They study Greek rhythms and traditional themes, along with contemporary improvisational music, creating an original material ...
Greek Jazz Players: Melina Paxinos trio | 26 Jan. 2024
On Friday, January 26, as on every last Friday of the month, “Greek Jazz Players on Voice of Greece” welcomed another vibrant ensemble into Studio B of ERA and the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation’s Music Ensembles. Host Pantazis Tsaras featured the trio of saxophonist and composer Melina Paxinos, joine...
Greek Jazz Players: George Tsolis Quartet | 16 Oct. 2023
Pantazis Tsaras hosts on ERA's Studio B the international quartet of pianist George Tsolis, featuring trumpeter Jorge Vistel, double bassist Yusiff Barakat and drummer Owen Hart Jr. It is an encounter with this highly expressive group that takes us from Baroque and contemporary music to today's jazz,...
Greek Jazz Players: Giorgos Tsolis Quartet | 13 Oct. 2023
Pantazis Tsaras hosts on ERA's Studio B the international quartet of pianist George Tsolis, featuring trumpeter Jorge Vistel, double bassist Yusiff Barakat and drummer Owen Hart Jr. It is an encounter with this highly expressive group that takes us from Baroque and contemporary music to today's jazz,...
Greek Jazz Players with Teacheville Jazz Trio | 30 June 2023
The last episode for this season, on June 30th, with Greek jazz players and improvisers, performing their own compositions and more, live at studio B and E of ERA and Music Ensembles, 10 to 12 p.m. Greek time. Guests of the broadcasting program are the "Teacheville jazz trio", consisting of distinguished...
Greek Jazz Players: Stathis Anninos Trio | 26 May 2023
At 10 p.m. on the last Friday of May, another musical encounter with artists from Greece’s jazz scene—past, present, and future—took place at Studio B of ERA and the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation’s Music Ensembles. Hosted by Pantazis Tsaras for the show “Greek Jazz Players", the spotlight was on th...
Greek Jazz Musicians: Natalia Kotsani, Tasos Kofodimos, Vangelis Zografos | 15 Apr. 2023
A special late-night gathering, broadcast from ERT's Studio B, brought the listeners of “Voice of Greece” on a musical journey during Holy Saturday, April 15, through the traditional sounds of Greece, the Balkans, and Magna Graecia in Southern Italy. A musical collaboration between Natalia Kotsani, Tas...
Greek Jazz Players: Takis Petrelis | 24 Feb. 2023
Pantazis Tsaras and the Voice of Greece, welcomed Takis Paterelis in the context of the live radio recordings in the Greek Radio’s Studio B. A singular solo performance on the saxophone and piano, by one of the most important jazzmen of Greece, with a career spanning from the ‘80s to this day.
Greek Jazz Players: Manos Athanasiadis | 27 Jan. 2023
Pianist, composer and performer Manos Athanasiadis is the hosted guest. A music-generating meeting in Studio B of the Greek Radio and the music ensembles, with the pianist's writings, selections from international and Greek literature, as well as songs by jazz player Manos Athanasiadis.
Greek Jazz Players with Pantazis Tsaras | 25.11.2022
Tο Παγκόσμιο Ραδιόφωνο, φιλοξενήθηκε το νέο μουσικό «ΑΝΟΙΚΤΟ ΠΑΡΑΘΥΡΟ», που συνδυάζει την πολύχρονη εμπειρία του Νίκου Σιδηροκαστρίτη και του Χάρη Λαμπράκη με τον ενθουσιασμό του Βύρωνα Ντόλα και του Χάρη Χαραλάμπους, από τη νέα γενιά της ελληνικής τζαζ σκηνής.Μία μουσικοποιητική περιπέτεια με δίκες του ...
Greek Jazz Players | 10.28.2022
“Human Touch” was hosted on “Voice of Greece” and on the show “Greek Jazz Players” with Pantazis Tsaras. They presented anecdotal material, exclusively for the listeners in Greece and Greeks all around the world, live from studio B of the Hellenic Radio. “Human Touch” is one of the most notable mu...
Greek Jazz Players | 09.30.2022
Pantazis Tsaras, on Friday, September 30, 2022 at 02:00, on the show “Greek Jazz Players”, features the quartet of Cretan lyre player Petros Saridakis, in a concert taking place in Greek Radio studio, exclusively for the friends of the Voice of Greece. The journey never ends for the music group of ...
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