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About Petros Klampanis

     Petros Klampanis grew up in Zakynthos island, Greece. There he had his first music lessons, started playing the electric bass and became member of local pop and rock bands.
     After finishing high school he moved to Athens in order to attend the Polytechnic school of the city. It took him about 2 years to realize that the ship engineering course was not what he wanted. He decided to give exams for the Musicology department of Athens University, where he was accepted in 2001. While being in Athens he had the chance of having lessons with many important Greek musicians. During the same period he was playing with some of the finest Greek jazz artists. He has taken part in various musical projects (Athens Big Band) and played in many venues in Greece (Megaron Mousikis Athens, Megaron Mousikis of Thessalonika).
     He attended the double bass department of the Amsterdam Conservatory (2005-2007). Frans van der Hoeven, Arnold Dooyeweerd and Ernst Glerum were among his teachers. 
     PK has toured in Europe and taken part in many European jazz festivals. He has also received awards from competitions such as Hoeilaart Jazz (CLTrio), YPF  International Jazz Concours (CLTrio) and Amersfoort Jazz Competition (JaZZest).  

     Since February 2008, he lives in NY. He is an Aaron Copland School of Music MA Jazz Performance graduate. Since his arrival to NY, Petros is performing regularly with great jazz artists from the NYC scene. Soon he is going to publish his debut album.