Christos Yerolatsitis is a Cypriot pianist, keyboardist and composer. With an interest in various music genres, Christos’s music is diverse and flexible to go in different directions.
Christos moved to The Netherlands in 2009 where he studied Jazz piano performance at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague (BA 2009-2013) and Conservatorium van Amsterdam (MA 2013-2015).
In 2016 he appeared in the biggest theaters of the country with the “Eef van Breen Group” in cooperation with the extremely successful theater production “Borgen”.
In 2017 he moved to Mumbai where he got employed as the head of the Piano department of the True School of Music. During his stay in India, Christos has performed with many bands in music festivals and jazz clubs and shared the stage with names such as Ranjit Barot (John Maclaughlin’s drummer) and Erik Truffaz (trumpet) as well as Indian Carnatic musicians like Sabir Khan (Indian Sarangi player) and Bangalore Amrit (Indian Khanjira).
In 2018 Christos participated in the recording of the Eef van Breen Group’s new album “Walk of Doubts”. The record got released in 2019. The project has toured in major festivals and venues in The Netherlands such as Tivoli Vredenburg (Utrecht), Tolhuistuin (Amsterdam), Musis (Arnhem), Paradox (Tilburg), Regentenkamer (The Hague), Oosterpoort (Groningen), Odeon (Zwole) and De Lieve Vrouw (Amersfoort).
In 2019 he appeared in various jazz festivals internationally with the Ioannis Vafeas Trio, such as the Gouvy Jazz & Blues Festival in Belgium and more. In October 2019 he performed at the “Jazzclub Schlot” in Berlin with the a.R project as part of the 6th EUNIC jazz festival and in 2021 at Stavros Niarchos Foundation with Alexia’s “Women in Jazz”.
Christos is currently based in Cyprus working with various International bands as a leader and a sideman.
https://christosyerolatsitis.com/