Panos Vassilopoulos was born in Athens , Greece .
Begun his involvement in percussion at age 14 listening to drummers such as Neil Peart , John Bonham and Ian Paice.
Having had no formal lessons in his carreer ,begun to explore the more complex side of drumming a few years later, by listening to the Jazz Greats Buddy Ritch and Joe Morello.
ENDORSEMENTS The Duallist company— UK Modern Music School — Germany Polyrhythmia Music School – Greece PROJECTS Actively participating in the Jazz –Fusion scene of Greece since 1990’s
2004 :Drum Clinics for the Percussion Music School “Polyrhythmia” in Athens
2006: Produced the instructional DVD “Ostinato & Polyrhythms ”
2007 Produced the instructional DVD “a step further ”
Both DVD’s are available worldwide, via
Mel Bay and
The MusicSales Group. 2008 :Produced the DVD/CD “Acoustic sessions” (to be released in 2009)