Penelope Tzanetaki

“She is a wonderful vocalist, pianist and composer. As a vocalist she draws from a wide range of influences from various cultures and styles and languages. She is comfortable singing the blues, jazz standards as well as bossa novas, which she often sings in Portuguese. Her strong awareness of the music from her native country of Greece can also be heard in her singing style. The combination of all of these forms makes her style quite unique from other vocalists I have heard. She is also an accomplished pianist and has had a strong background in both classical and jazz. Her compositions are also drawn from some of the same areas as her vocal style.”
John Blake Jr.,

Jazz Violinist, Composer, Arranger, Educator.
Jazz Department, Manhattan School of Music
“She really has a rare talent and a really good stage presence. Penelope is a wonderful singer/composer/pianist/musician”
Sheila Jordan
Jazz educator/singer
“One of the highlights on tonight’s show “Abstracts from Famous Musicals” was the exquisite performance of Penelope Tzanetaki on “What a feeling”, “Big Spender” and “Bring On Tomorrow”.”
Newspaper “Kerkyraiko Bima”, Corfu, Greece
Penelope Tzanetaki was born in Thessaloniki, Greece at 8/25/1979. She has been studying music since the age of 7 but her first music experience as a singer was at the age of 5 (childrens’ songs, original compositions of her father, Nikolaos Tzanetakis. CD released in Greece), when her parents realized that she has a perfect pitch. She has been singing professionally for 14 years.
During her high school education, she organized concerts for national celebrations and various occasions. At the age of 13 she already had professional experience by performing as a singer and pianist at graduation ceremonies of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with various repertoire. By the age of 15 she obtained her Professional Diploma in Harmony of Music and her First Certificates in English.
Her Composition, Songwriting and Lyrics writing skills were shown in her high school period. She studied Ethnomusicology and Music Pedagogy/Psychology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and then transferred to Ionian University to focus her training on Jazz Performance and Composition (BMus). In January 2006 she obtained her Professional Diploma in Piano.
She studied vocal technique with many teachers of various music styles, including Sheila Jordan, Katharine Cartwright, Roza Poulimenou,Vicky Almazidu, Evi Siamanta, etc.
During her college studies, she did private tutoring for singers, pianists of various ages (7-18) and various repertoire. Part of her Diploma Training in Harmony of Music and Classical Piano was being a teacher assistant.
During her career, Penelope has performed in numerous clubs, bars, hotels and music stages (Hyatt Regency Casino, Cafe Americain, Malt N Jazz, etc) with various repertoire:jazz, greek music, pop, rock, alternative, funk, soul, world music, easy listening and Broadway musical Theatre, receiving great reviews about her outstanding performance. She has also performed at European Jazz Festivals as a guest artist and at several places is New York (Gonzalez y Gonzalez, G Bar, etc) with jazz and latin repertoire. The music that she feels free to express her artistic nature the best way is jazz, latin jazz (Brazilian and Spanish genres), blues and her own music. Her influences are Carmen Mc Rae, Ella Fitzgerald, Sheila Jordan, Dianne Reeves, Anita Baker, Stevie Wonder, Aziza Mustaffa Zadeh, Bjork, Celia Cruz, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisant, Luz Casal, etc. but also singers from her own country: Christos Thivaios, Dimitra Galani, Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Savvina Gianatou, Lizeta Kalimeri, Melina Kana, Alkistis Protopsalti, etc.
In May 2002 she took part in the European Vocal Competition “Sarandev”, where she was awarded with the 3rd place.