Stephanos Chytiris is a drummer and improviser from Athens. He has worked on a wide range of projects from avant-garde jazz to contemporary classical music.

He has studied sound art, at Dartigton college of arts (England) and trained in Long Island University (New York) under the tutelage of Sam Newsome and the renowned master drummer Michael Carvin.

Since then he has collaborated and developed projects such as Flux Project with Bram De Looze and Luca Rosenfeld, with “Pyrin” (2014) being the first album of the trio produced by Michael Carvin, featuring Daniel Carter, Todd Neufeld and the Greek actress Calliroee Myriagou.

“Egata” is his large ensemble unit with Ingrid Laubrock, Todd Neufeld, Pascal Niggenkemper, Lester St. Louis and Joe Moffett. He has performed with Tony Malaby for several concerts in Greece and many more artists and musicians from Athens creative scene.