Stefanos Kozanis

Stefanos Kozanis started getting involved with music at a young age, first studying classical guitar, organ and music theory. During his engineering studies at the National Technical University of Athens, he simultaneously attended classical piano lessons with Athanassios Trikoupis and gained a soloist diploma. Always interested in jazz music, he attended lessons at the Athenaeum Conservatory with Giorgos Micros (jazz piano) and Sylvios Syrros (jazz improvisation), gaining the jazz piano performance and improvisation diploma. He gave several concerts as a classical pianist in Greece, he participated as a pianist in choirs, orchestras etc. In recent years he performed with several jazz artists in various venues of the Athenian jazz scene. He is a founding member of Nassia Gofa’s project “Nassia Gofa and the Jazz Tales” as the pianist and composer and recently released their album “Herkyna”. Besides piano performances, he composes music in a variety of musical genres, including jazz.