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.That year he moves up further north to Groningen.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 Bulgaria( Bansko jazz fest ), 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 Pantelias lives and works in Athens Greece as a saxophone teacher and session musician in recording studios. He performs frequently at clubs and bars in Athens & all over Greece with his band Dimitris Pantelias Group, the sextet Minimal, in duet with Stelios Paraskevas on guitar and with dj's.RECORDINGS:
"the room upstairs"- Dimitris Pantelias Group / mrd music (2006)
"a night at the port"-ZacF / the sound of everything (2007)
"jazznovation"-Jazznovation / the sound of everything (2008)
Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Blue, Green, Orange
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