Traditional Appalachian folk song. Arranged by Panayotis Terzakis. Produced by Panayotis Terzakis & Victor Berkan. Violin soloist: Pericles Timplalexis. From the EP "Free". Available via itunes,Amazon,CDBaby,emusic and more local distributors. For more info please visit www.panayotisterzakis.com

Wayfaring Stranger (Arr. P.Terzakis)

Country Roads, Take Me Home (John Denver cover)

Music and Lyrics by Panayotis Terzakis. Produced by Panayotis Terzakis & Victor Berkan. Violin soloist: Pericles Timplalexis. From the EP "Free". Available via itunes,Amazon,CDBaby,emusic and more local distributors. For more info please visit www.panayotisterzakis.com

Free

A cover of Sam Cooke's classic. Arranged by Panayotis Terzakis. Produced by Panayotis Terzakis & Victor Berkan. Violin soloist: Pericles Timplalexis. From the EP "Free". Available via itunes,Amazon,CDBaby,emusic and more local distributors. For more info please visit www.panayotisterzakis.com

A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke cover)

Music and Lyrics by Trent Reznor. Panayotis Terzakis, voice. Victor Berkan, guitar. Live-in-studio recording.
From the EP "Free".Available via itunes,Amazon,CDBaby,emusic and more local distributors. For more info please visit www.panayotisterzakis.com

Hurt (Trent Reznor / NIN cover)

From the 2010-11 live shows "American Stories". Live recording with Dimitris Lazaridis on jazz electric guitar.
Show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical "Babes in Arms".

MY FUNNY VALENTINE- PANAYOTIS TERZAKIS (LIVE REC)

ηπειρώτικο/διασκευή:Παναγιώτης Τερζάκης
 από το CD"Far Away Land",2009
greek folk song from Epirus region, arr.by Panayotis Terzakis

Χαλασιά μου

A traditional song from Karpathos,Greece performed in a new arrangement with additional music and vocals by Panayotis Terzakis.
New release December 2018!

Mia Kori Apo Tin Amorgo (promo)

A Scottish traditional song usually sung before midnight in New Years' Eve.
Guitar and voice by Panayotis Terzakis.

Auld Lang Syne

Άκου τα σήμαντρα
των εξοχικών εκκλησιών.
Φτάνουν από πολύ μακριά
από πολύ βαθιά.
Απ’ τα χείλη των παιδιών
απ’ την άγνοια των χελιδονιών
απ’ τις άσπρες αυλές της Κυριακής
απ’ τ’ αγιοκλήματα και τους περιστεριώνες
των ταπεινών σπιτιών.

Άκου τα σήμαντρα
των εαρινών εκκλησιών.
Είναι οι εκκλησίες
που δε γνώρισαν τη σταύρωση
και την ανάσταση.


Γνώρισαν μόνο τις εικόνες
του Δωδεκαετούς
που ‘χε μια μάνα τρυφερή
που τον περίμενε τα βράδια στο κατώφλι
έναν πατέρα ειρηνικό που ευώδιαζε χωράφι
που ‘χε στα μάτια του το μήνυμα
της επερχόμενης Μαγδαληνής.

Χριστέ μου
τι θα ‘τανε η πορεία σου
δίχως τη σμύρνα και το νάρδο
στα σκονισμένα πόδια σου;

Άκου τα σήμαντρα (απαγγελία) Γ. Ρίτσος "Εαρινή Συμφωνία"

A versatile vocalist,musician  and performer, Panayotis is known for his ability to perform different styles of music with the a unique, personal approach and style. He mainly sings international tunes such as jazz standards, chansons, folk & world music ,gospel and spirituals, classical and post-modern music and of course greek music repertoire.

Initially a classically trained vocalist (bass) he holds a B.A. in Music from the American College of Greece (Deree Gollege), and a Diploma in Classical Voice from the Attiko Conservatory of Athens. Ηe was also honored with a Fulbright Scholarship and studied at The Longy School of Music in Cambridge (Boston,USA), from which he received his Master’s degree in Vocal Performance.

He has performed in greek, english, italian, german, spanish, french, russian, czech, hebrew and japanese in Europe, US and China with much success in theatrical and musical productions with an emphasis in his solo alternative projects.

He has appeared in venues such as Zero Arrow of the American Repertory Theater, Jarvis Theater of Napa (CA), The Pickman Hall, T. Eliot Library (Harvard University), M.I.T Chapel, King's Chapel, The Hellenic Cultural Center of Watertown, The Center For The Arts in Natick, Amazing Things Firehouse of Birmingham, St. Paul Boston's Cathedral, Lowell University, Lowell's Historic National Park, Red Hall Theater (Shanghai),Megaron Moussikis (Athens), Onassis Cultural Center of Athens,Vouleftiko (Nafplion, Greece), Herakleidon Museum-Experience in Visual Arts, Eilissos Pocket Theater, Cafe Alavastron, Olvio Theaterand, GazArte and elsewhere. 

His first album "Far Away Land- songs from Greece" (PT9969- September 01, 2009) was a result of these appearances. The album includes Greek Folk songs in a modern, new age approach and got critical acclaim both in the US and Europe and reached the World Music Top-100 of CdBaby charts based on sales from all over the world.

His 2012 digital EP "Free" is an avant-Americana fusion album that combines folk, progressive rock, rhythm and blues and country elements proudly presented by Panayotis and a small group of select musicians. It includes his very first published composition "Free" along with three covers of songs by S.Cooke,J.Denver,T.Reznor.

In 2014-16 he appeared as Agamemnon in Offenbach’s “La Belle Helene”; a comic operetta in greek language which toured all over Greece and became an “alternative classical smash hit” as the press described it! The operetta broke a record of more than 70 shows within a year and half!

In June 2016 a CD of the highly acclaimed composer and arranger Tasos Karakatsanis was released where Panayotis sings new songs upon the poetry of Noni Stamatelou ("Oi Mpalantes tis Nonis").
A special project for Platos' Academy Digital Philosophy guide has been also recorded with Panayotis' voice; a guide that follows the ancient paths of Athens and describes more than 90 monuments in the city.

Furthermore, Panayotis' love for folk and world music has led him to work for more than 10 years upon the music and tales of Europe and the US and present them in a variety of alternative venues all over Greece; forests, beaches, chapels, rivers, museums.

In summer 2018 he toured with his personal projects and he also participated as one of the lead singers in  Yiannis Markopoulos' " The Free Besieged" based on the poem by Dionysios Solomos; one of the most important works of greek music repertoire (conducted by Theodoros Orfanidis). Additional concerts will take place in 2019 as well as a new CD album will be released; following the digital single "Mia Kori apo tin Amorgo" (A Girl from Amorgos).

Panayotis works also as a voice coach and advisor; he composes music for the theater and tutors several groups and projects dealing with the voice.

Panayotis Terzakis

Popular tracks