Meet the Instructor

Costas Baltazanis

Costas Baltazanis is an accomplished Composer, Producer, Guitarist and Educator. He studied jazz guitar performance and composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

As a session player, Costas has contributed in more than 100 records and produced albums for various artists. He has performed in a number of countries including the USA, Greece, Spain, Finland, Israel, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Germany and had the pleasure to play next to great musicians and bands such as Alex Foster, The Mingus Orchestra, Arturo Sandoval, David Friedman, Jeff Tain Watts, James Genus, Omar Faruk Tekbilek and The Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra.

Costas is a founding member and principal composer of the World Fusion band Iasis , which was founded in 1995. The band has sold thousands of albums and performed in top venues and festivals in Greece, Spain, Germany and Luxemburg. Iasis discography includes the albums Iasis (1996), Amalgama (1999), as well as the Cd single Amalgama Mix (2000) under the label of Lyra Records and the album Duente (2003) under the label of Emarcy, Universal Records.

Meet the Instructor

Costas Baltazanis is an accomplished Composer, Producer, Guitarist and Educator. He studied jazz guitar performance and composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

As a session player, Costas has contributed in more than 100 records and produced albums for various artists. He has performed in a number of countries including the USA, Greece, Spain, Finland, Israel, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Germany and had the pleasure to play next to great musicians and bands such as Alex Foster, The Mingus Orchestra, Arturo Sandoval, David Friedman, Jeff Tain Watts, James Genus, Omar Faruk Tekbilek and The Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra.

Costas is a founding member and principal composer of the World Fusion band Iasis , which was founded in 1995. The band has sold thousands of albums and performed in top venues and festivals in Greece, Spain, Germany and Luxemburg. Iasis discography includes the albums Iasis (1996), Amalgama (1999), as well as the Cd single Amalgama Mix (2000) under the label of Lyra Records and the album Duente (2003) under the label of Emarcy, Universal Records.

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