Petros Klampanis


Petros Klampanis, is an awarded bassist, composer, arranger, producer and educator.
Named a “Bass Ace” by Bass Player Magazine, awarded composer and bassist Petros Klampanis grew up in Greece, surrounded by the confluence of Mediterranean and Balkan folk music. Klampanis has collaborated with world acclaimed artists such as Snarky Puppy, Greg Osby, Jaques Morelenbaum, Shai Maestro, Gilad Hekselman, Ari Hoenig, Jean-Michel Pilc and more. In addition to his extensive list of appearances in the US, including the storied venues of Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Blue Note Jazz Club in New York and Kennedy Center in Washington DC, he has performed at the internationally acclaimed JazzAhead Festival in Bremen, XJazz Festival in Berlin, as well as Athens Concert Hall, Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Onassis Foundation Performing Centre of NYC and Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre.
His 3rd album, Chroma, released by Motema records, was awarded as the best Live album of 2017, by the Independent Music Awards and was featured in major international radio and press outlets including WBGO, FIP, TSF, ‘Jazz’ magazine, DownBeat and JazzTimes. Since 2011, he has recorded 4 albums as a leader, receiving praise for his playing and composing. His debut album “Contextual” was released by Inner Circle Music a prestigious NYC based label, while his second album “Minor Dispute”, was selected as one of the best jazz records in 2015 by NPR. Back in his country, Greece, Klampanis’ work is highly acclaimed. His music have been performed by Greek Public Symphonic Orchestra and by MOYSA the Symphonic Youth Orchestra of Thessaloniki. He is collaborating as producer and performer with major greek artists such as Dimitra Galani, Maria Farantouri and Marios Frangoulis. Recently his passion for new media, social media and visual arts, led to his latest independent YouTube music video project “Rooftop Stories”, a combination of solo bass and electronic music elements, covering his favourite songs from jazz standards to indie to greek folk music. This evolved into a new experimental live act, that has been presented in NY, exclusive house concerts and in the US and Greece.
His 4th album 'Irrationalities' was released in October 2019 by Enja/Yellowbird. It a trio album, featuring long time collaborators Kristjan Randalu and Bodek Janke. JazzTimes praise it as 'a dazzling, multifaceted thing of Beauty'. 'Irrationalities' received 3 awards at the 2020 Independent Music Awards: 'Jazz Instrumental' & 'Vox Pop' for the track 'Easy Come Easy Go' and 'Jazz Producer' for Petros Klampanis.

Collaborations

Klampanis has worked with:
Athens State Orchestra, Snarky Puppy, Banda Magda, Liepaja Symphonic Orchestra, Noordpoole Orchestra, Greg Osby, Marc Copland, Jacques Morelenbaum, Mark Turner, Ari Hoenig, Sheila Jordan, Dimitra Galani, Gretchen Parlato, Jamey Haddad, Sara Serpa, Jean-Michel Pilc, Gilad Hekselman, Antonio Hart, Mario Frangoulis, George Perris, Michael Mossman, Didier Lockwood, Max Pollack, Obed Calvaire, Stavros Lantsias.

Discography

As leader