Stouraitis Smarnakis trio is a jazz organ trio based in Athens, Greece. Through their common love for organ jazz and thesounds of Wes Montgomery/Jimmy Smith & Grant Green/Larry Young they started writing original compositions and eventually recorded their debut album “Red Room”.   Konstantinos Stouraitis – Guitar Panagiotis Smarnakis –...

Billy Pod is the artist name of Greek born drummer/musician Vasileios Podaras – currently based in London. Billy started with music really early in his childhood days and at the age of 9 drums became his passion.He studied classical piano and violin and later got his BA and MA in...

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...

Becca Wilkins is an up and coming jazz vocalist based in London. Lead Tutor in Jazz Voice at Leeds Conservatoire, she specializes in technique and improvisation. During the workshops in Tinos Jazz Festival  she will guide singers of all levels through some vital jazz vocal skills including song interpretation, swing...

Cuban-born bassist Yoel Soto, gratuated from the Havana National Art School with an electric bass. Then he settled in Italy, where he performed at the biggest jazz festivals (Umbria, San Remo, Sorrento). Moving to Greece he became an active member of the Athens scene, continuing to perform with international musicians...

In its effort to give extra impetus to professional and amateur musicians who have an interest and appetite for knowledge, the Cultural Foundation of Tinos presents a series of educational seminars in order to give a new dimension and focus on music. The main goal of the educational seminars is...