Dimitris Pantelias was born in Athens. 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.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 jazz standard repertoire in the Netherlands and Germany, in the same year he performs at the North Sea Jazz festival playing 1st tenor with the HKU Big band. In 2006, together with four of the finest musicians of Colonge, he records his first full album, ”the room upstairs”, released by MDM Music in Germany. Since September 2006, Dimitris lives and works in Athens, Greece.
Recordings:
“the room upstairs”-Dimitris Pantelias Group / Mr.D.Music 2006.
“a night at the port”-ZacF / The sound of everything 2007.
“jazznovation”-Jazznovation / The sound of everything 2008