Giannis Angelopoulos (Jan Van)

Drummer and composer. In 2002 he graduated from Rotterdam Conservatoire (Codarts) with a bachelor’s degree in music performance, from the Jazz and World Music Department. In November 2010, he released his debut album Misspent with nu jazz, pop, dance and electronica elements, based on drums, vibraphone, viola, double bass, flute and saxophone, and combined with analogue synthesizers. He has collaborated with Efthimis Filippou for the vinyl record Ladokolla (2013) and the album JAN VAN (2015), and with Pavlos Pavlidis for Kako Poiema (2019). His recent releases include Streams (2021) by Teranga Beat, Folks Nowadays (2023) and ΒΚXS (2024) in collaboration with Fotis Siotas. He is a regular collaborator and member of the Vasistas theatre group and Stereo Nero dance group.