George Kormendi currently divides his time between studying and teaching Tai Chi and working on guitar with musicians on various projects. While in his teens, George played in bands which focused on improvisation. Later, inspired by the music of Charlie Parker, Ornette Coleman, and John Coltrane, George majored in music at Hampshire College, then enrolled in the Berklee School of Music. In his twenties, George studied and performed with Attila Zoller, who along with George’s friend Joe Fonda introduced George to musicians in the NY, Connecticut, and Boston jazz community. George is grateful to his friend, Michael Braudy, who further opened him to the wonderful world of classical Hindustani music.
