Panayota Haloulakou studied at the Ionian University of Corfu and continued her studies at New England Conservatory in Boston, obtaining a Master’s degree. She sings jazz, Greek, and experimental music. Since 2002, she lives in the USA performing with her quartet.

She also performs with the pianist Lefteris Kordis (the Penny Muse Band), with Synavlis, a traditional music group and with the acclaimed pianist and composer Panagiotis Liaropoulos, with whom she co-leads the Greek Music Ensemble.

She has collaborated with artists such as Steve Lacy, Sheila Jordan, Irene Aebi and John Lockwood. She has appeared in major academic venues, concert halls, and festivals in the USA and in Greece.

Her first album “Barely Real: Music of Panayota Haloulakou” was recorded in 2006 with her jazz band and features her original experimental music based on the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Jack Kerouac, Steven Crane and others.