bio(English)
Dimitris Pantelias was born in 1973 in Athens(Greece).In 1998 he moves to the Netherlands in order to continue his musical education at the conservatory of Utrecht. He studied saxophone with Piet Noordijk,
Toon Roos & Marc Scholten and graduated in 2003.During his studies he had lessons and followed masterclasses with Ernie Watts, Michael Brecker, Andy Sheppard, John Taylor , Melvin Davies , Don Braden.
Since 1995,he has participated in many musical projects & bands (jazz, rock, reggae, African, latin, dance, electro), collaborating with a multitude of musicians and composers from various parts of the world.
In 2004 he forms Dimitris Pantelias Group and performs his compositions and elaborate arrangements of the standart jazz repertoire in the Netherlands& Germany and in the same year he performs at the
North Sea Jazz festival playing 1st tenor with the HKU(Utrecht Conservatory) Big band.
In 2006,together with four of the finest musicians of Colonge, he records his fir