Ilias Markantonis
He has participated in seminars and received private courses from renowned masters, including Yurdal Tokcan, Alexandros Arkadopoulos, Haig Yazdjian, Kudsi Erguner, Manos Achalinotopoulos, Cenk Erdoğan, Christos Tsiamoulis, Nazih Borish, Evgenios Voulgaris, Nizar Rohana, Ross Daly, Alexandros Papadimitrakis, Nikos Saragoudas, Michalis Cholevas, and Petros Chalkias.
He has performed on the oud and clarinet in numerous projects across Greece, Turkey, the Netherlands, Russia, Tunisia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and France. In 2024, he was awarded the Said Chraibi First Prize at the Amsterdam Oud Festival Concours.
Alongside his musical career, he performs the traditional folk art of Greek shadow puppet theatre throughout Greece, Turkey, and Europe, preserving its classical forms while also exploring new creative directions.
