Yannis Christodoulopoulos is a Greek composer born in Athens. He started his studies in music at the age of 5. He started with classical piano and theory (Attica Conservatory, Athenaeum). Then he took lessons in classical guitar, as well as Greek folk instruments (bouzouki, baglama, Sazi, oud, etc.).
Yannis Christodoulopoulos Age
Yannis Christodoulopoulos was born on 1983
He is 39 years old
When he was 11 years old, namely in 1994, he participated in the show "The Melody of Happiness" with Aliki Vougiouklaki, playing the role of Kurt, the youngest son of the von Trapp family.
For 7 years (1992 - 1999) he was a member of the Dimitris Typaldos Children's Choir as pianist and choir, participating in many concerts and presentations in Greece and abroad.
After completing his classical studies, he began to study jazz piano, orchestration, contemporary theory and film music, where he studied (Philippos Nakas Conservatory and Giorgos Fakanas Art Conservatory).
Having gained a lot of experience on the subject of music, he continues to deal more and more with musical instruments such as drums, bass, percussion, accordion, analog vintage keyboards, as well as studying modern music technology with computers and studio applications.
In 2002 at the age of 19, he composed the musical logo for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, commissioned after a competition in which many of the most prominent composers from Greece and abroad participated.
This was followed by TV and radio spots, short films and documentaries to promote the Athens 2004 Olympic Games around the world.
From 2002 to 2007 he collaborated with Stamatis Kraounakis and the Spira Spira group as pianist, composer and music teacher in all the group's productions.
At the same time he works closely with Kraounakis as musician and arranger of his songs for theatre, cinema, television, performances and recordings.
Since 2002 he has been composing, arranging and performing contemporary instrumental music for many successful theatre performances, film productions, TV series and shows.
He collaborates with names such as Lakis Lazopoulos, Dimitris Lignadis, Marinella, Zoe Laskari, Andreas Voutsinas, Petros Zooulias, Alexandros Pantazoudis, Vassilis Mirianthopoulos, Eugenios Trivizas, Konstantinos Rigos, Kostas Spyropoulos, Athanasia Karagiannopoulou, Nena Mendi, George Marinos, Takis Zacharatos, Konstantinos Markoulakis, Stefania Goulioti, Dimitra Matsouka, Zeta Makrypoulia, Thanasis Papathanasiou, Michalis Reppas, Danae Skiadi, Apollo Papatheocharis, Roula Pateraki, Reni Pittaki, Stamatis Fassoulis and many more names from almost the entire Greek theatre.
In 2008, with his first personal recording "Chilia Chronia Nachia", with lyrics by Nikos Moraitis, apart from being a composer, he also introduces himself as a performer.
At the same time he appears alongside Alkistis Protopsaltis at MYLO in Thessaloniki and ZYGO in Plaka, presenting together the songs he has composed for the great performer, as well as his own songs from the album "Chilia Chronia Posta", while their tour in Greece and abroad in the summer of 2008 was a great success.
With Yannis Parios, together on the stage of Fever (winter 2009-2010), they presented their new songs from their album "Sympέρασμα a" (sold more than 370.000 copies), with music by Yannis Christodoulopoulos and lyrics by Yannis Parios, as well as their older hits.
In 2011 he wrote the music for the song "Watch my dance" which represented Greece in the 56th Eurovision Song Contest, winning first place in the semi-final and seventh place in the final of the contest, while it won third place in the public vote, performed by Loukas Giorkas and Stereo Mike, with lyrics by Eleana Vrachalis.
In 2012 he is the music editor, the orchestrator of the songs and the co-presenter of the show "The Songs of the Screen" on ET3, with the participation of many of the biggest names of Greek singing.
He has collaborated on recordings as a composer and sometimes as a composer and lyricist, with some of the most important representatives of Greek singing, such as Alkistis Protopsaltis, Haris Alexiou, Yannis Parios, Giorgos Dalaras, Marinella, Dimitris Mitropanos, Tania Tsanaklidou, Anna Vissi, Elena Paparizou, Eleonora Zouganeli, Melina Aslanidou, Panos Mouzourakis, Mariza Rizou, Manolis Lidakis, Peggy Zina, Eleni Peta, Despina Olympiou, Pissa Papadopoulos, etc. α.
In March 2013 he performed at the Royal Opera House in London for the Life Action Trust, where he gave a very successful piano recital based on classical compositions, great Greek composers and his own orchestral works.
In the same year he launches his record label "SOLO" on Feelgood records and a series of songs follow that are immediately successful and accepted by the public.
In 2015, he undertakes the arrangement, orchestration and conducting of the orchestra of the legendary musical Billy Elliot which is staged at the Pallas Theatre.
In 2016, Yannis Christodoulopoulos wins, together with Thodoris Papadoulakis and Evie Fotopoulou, the best art short film award at the 69th Cannes Film Festival for the music he wrote for the film "The black wine of eros".
At the same time the composer and performer starts a European tour with his project Cathedrals, premiering in London at St Jame's Piccadilly Church, presenting for the first time this unique project produced by Cedli Partners productions, receiving rave reviews and comments. Cathedrals is subsequently presented at iconic venues such as St. Lawrence Jewry Church in London and Amstelkerk Church in Amsterdam.
In 2017 he takes up the position of music programme director of the newly established radio station THEMA 104.6. He also signs the station's music label and presents his own 2-hour show entitled "What endures the test of time".
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