Drummer Ioannis Vafeas was born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1970. He studied jazz music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and continued with a master’s degree at Boston Conservatory.

Since then he has been performing, recording and teaching music. He performs regularly in major festivals, concert halls and prestigious jazz clubs all over the world. He has numerous collaborations in recordings and theatre productions. He has been teaching music in public schools and since 2009 jazz at private universities in Cyprus.

In 2017 he released his first album entitled "Bridge of Locks" with the Ioannou/Vafeas quartet.