George Kontomichalis

George Kontomichalis is a saxophonist, composer and educator based in Leipzig, Germany. He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece began playing the flute at early age and received his first music theory lessons. At the age of 13 he switched to saxophone, studied classical Music at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki and at the same time took his first jazz lessons. After high school graduation he studied Music Pedagogy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
In 2016 he moved in Dresden, Germany to Study Jazz Saxophone as well as improvisation at the HFM-University „Carl Maria von Weber “with Prof. Finn Wiesner and Prof. Matthias Bätzel. He graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor degree in Jazz Performance and during his studies gained the DAAD prize (German Academic Exchange Service) for the best academic record. One year later he continued his Master studies at the HMTUniversity „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ in Leipzig under the mentorship of Johannes Enders. He has also attended masterclasses with renowned Jazz musicians, among others Mark Turner, Jim Snidero, Gilad Hekselman, Billy Hart, Till Brönner, Rosario Giuliani.