Panos Vassilopoulos was born in Athens , Greece . Begun his involvement in percussion at age 14 listening to drummers such as Neil Peart , John Bonham and Ian Paice. Having had no formal lessons in his carreer ,begun to explore the more complex side of drumming a few years later, by listening to the Jazz Greats Buddy Ritch and Joe Morello.

 

ENDORSEMENTS

  • The Duallist company— UK
  • Modern Music School — Germany
  • Polyrhythmia Music School – Greece

PROJECTS

  • Actively participating in the Jazz –Fusion scene of Greece since 1990’s
  • 2004 :Drum Clinics for the Percussion Music School “Polyrhythmia” in Athens
  • 2006: Produced the instructional DVD “Ostinato & Polyrhythms ”
  • 2007 Produced the instructional DVD “a step further ”
  • Both DVD’s are available worldwide, via Mel Bay and The MusicSales Group.
  • 2008 :Produced the DVD/CD “Acoustic sessions”