George Polyhronakos
George Polyhronakos is a music graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA/Melbourne University) and winner of the Gwen Nisbet Award for Outstanding Musical Talent. While living in Australia (1984-1992) he performed and recorded with many prominent Australian jazz musicians such as: Graeme Lyall, Tony Gould, Lisa Young, Ben Robertson, Linda Cable, Christine Sullivan, Peter Jones, John Sangster, Joe Chindamo, Mark Fitzgibbon, Doug de Vries, Keith Hounslow amongst others, as well as the visiting artists John Hoffman (U.S.A/Buddy Rich Big Band), Peter Leitch (Canada) and Rudolf Josel (Austria/ Vienna Philharmonic).
After settling in Greece (1993) he became a vibrant member of the jazz scene while performing and recording with many distinguished Greek jazz musicians such as : Dimitri Vassilakis, Takis Barberis, George Kontrafouris, Dimtris Tsakas, Antonis Ladopoulos, Takis Paterelis, Dimos Dimitriadis, Dimitris Kalantzis, Sami Amiris, Vasilis Rakopoulos, Andreas Polyzogopoulos, Lοuκia Paleologou, Vicky Almazidu, Antonis Andreou, Yiotis Samaras amongst many others. He has also supported a number of visiting artists such as: Benito Gonzalez (Venezuela), Essiet Okon Essiet, Mary Ann McSweeney, Nana Simopoulos and Jack Walrath (U.S.A.), Andy Sheppard and Juliet Kelly (U.K.), Theodosii Spassov (Bulgaria), Tamuz Nissim & Shauli Einav (Israel), Ilhan Ersahin (Sweden), Sylvia de Hartog (Holland), Francesca Tandoi (Italy) and Jari Perkiomaki (Finland).
Other than performing with jazz oriented ensembles, he is a dedicated music educator in the fields of drumset, contemporary ensemble and music pedagogy tutoring.
His first personal CD, under the title "Blink", was released in 2000 by the record company Legend and it comprises eleven of his original compositions. In 2012 he completed his Master's Degree in Music (MMus) at the Ionian University (Corfu-Greece).
Discography
As a leader
As a sideman
In compilations
As a sideman:
Lisa Young Quartet: Transformation (New Market) 1991
Tony Gould Quartet: Live in Concert (Move records) 1998
The Hunters & Painters (Which Way Music) 2013
Mary Ann McSweeney: Urban Fado (Sparky Productions) 2017
