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Place of Birth: Dresden, Saxony, Germany
About Jannis Zotos
- Jannis Zotos (born 3 May 1958) is a German musician, composer, arranger and guitar teacher of Greek origin.
- He is also the owner and manager of the jazz club b-flat in Berlin. He studied classical guitar at the renowned Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler“ in Berlin and he also masters Bouzouki and Oud instruments.
- His personal focus is on Rebetiko music, so called Asia Minor music and traditional Greek music.
- He used to be a member of the group percussion & strings.
- In 1990 he founded the Rebetiko band Zotos Kompania together with his brother Thanassis Zotos.
- Greek television ERT produced a documentary about the band touring Greece.
- Amongst many others, Jannis Zotos did projects together with Mikis Theodorakis, Maria Farantouri or Dimitra Galani.
- He did numerous recordings both as a sideman and under his own name.
- He teaches guitar at the Freie Musikschule Potsdam and lives in Berlin, Germany.
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