Artists

George Polyhronakos

drums

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
Tender Gravity

Self released

2023

Blink

Legend Recordings

2000

As a sideman
Arc en ciel

Self-released

2017

Angler΄s Delight

Music Artisans

2013

The Orchestra

Legend Recordings

2008

Tatiana

Legend recordings / El Capitan

2008

Amateur

Legend Recordings

2008

Little flowers

Muse.gr

2007

Ουδέν Πρόβλημα

Legend Recordings

2000

Naiva

Lyra

1998

In compilations
Jazz στην Ελλάδα

Legend Recordings

2009

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

Groups
Tony Gould Trio (Melbourne)
Lisa Young Quartet (Melbourne)
Dimitri Vassilakis Quartet
Takis Barberis Group