By Despina Karpathiou
If you listen to Konstantinos Pantelidis’ voice with a bandana covering your eyes, you’d think you were hearing Pantelis Pantelidis. That beautiful, deep and captivating sound that Pantelis was so well known for, now lives on through his brother.
Konstantinos was born on January 29, 2002, in Athens, Greece with maternal origins from Agrinio and paternal origins from Asia Minor. He is perhaps most well-known for being the brother of the late Pantelis, who tragically died in a car crash at the height of his career in 2016.
Konstantinos sat down with The Greek Herald for a sincere chat about life, his brother and the thing that unites them both, a love for music.
“Loss is a situation that unless someone goes through it, it cannot be understood in words. It can never be overcome. You just slowly learn to live without that person. But they are always in your mind, in your thoughts you, in your heart!” he says.
Konstantinos began his career in 2020 at the age of 18, releasing his first song titled Ki An Me Miso and signing a contract with record company Cobalt Music. Speaking about how he felt to be signed at such a young age, Konstantinos expressed how excited he was.
“When a big record company trusts you, you can’t help but be very happy!” he says.
In 2023, Konstantinos announced an Australian tour, expressing his desire to make his brother proud. In interviews, he often speaks about how his family honours Pantelis’ memory, noting that they keep his presence alive through music and memories.
His mother encourages him to remain humble, respectful, and grateful to those who support his performances.
Speaking about the fact that his brother is always mentioned when people first recognise him, Konstantinos says that he is “very proud to have Pantelis as a brother.”
“Pantelis was and is one of the greatest talents that Greece has produced, and it is normal when someone mentions my name that the connection is automatically made with my brother,” he explains.
Konstantinos has been following in his brother’s musical footsteps, becoming well-known for his performances that bring back recollections of his brother’s voice and aesthetic. His appearance on Spiti Me To Mega drew widespread attention and praise on social media, particularly X, as his voice strikingly resembled that of his late brother.
However, what many people don’t know is that Konstantinos’ fascination with musical instruments started at a very tender age.
“For me, people may not know that I started playing the guitar when I was very young and later, I also got involved in singing. I write lyrics and music, and I really love what I do,” he says.
When asked what inspires him to create music, Konstantinos answers that it all starts with “an internal need to externalise something that happened to you.”
“It’s something that you saw, a story told to you… That’s how I started writing music and lyrics,” he says.
Konstantinos’ says his tour Down Under was “great.” It is his first international tour and he said that “he’s very happy for the enormous love the crowds show me.”
“The magical hospitality and how much they love Greece is so apparent! I’ve loved my time in Australia,” he explains.
You cannot dim the light of creativity, and you cannot fake a God-given talent!
