Glafkos Kontemeniotis was born in Cyprus in 1969. He showed musical interest at an early age and began studying classical piano at the age of 9. In 1988 he moved to New York in 1988 and studied classical piano with Paul Sheftel and jazz piano with Lee Evans and later with Harold Danko at the Manhattan School Of Music. He received his MA in composition in 1998 from Hunter College. During his MA Studies he studied jazz piano with Mike Longo and composition with Anthony Branker. He has been working professionally as a musician since he first came to New York.

He has performed in many clubs and venues including the Blue Note, Birdland, The Jazz Standard, Iridium, Kitano, Cornelia Street Cafe, etc. He has performed and recorded with a number of well known jazz singers and musicians in New York, including Mable Lee, Mercedes Hall, Priscilla Owens and Claudio Roditi.

His first album "Progress" was released in 2010.