Dimitris Andrikopoulos was born in Larisa (Greece) in 1971.

His music career started with the study of Viola and Music Theory for which he was awarded in 1989 the Diploma of Harmony and the Diploma of Wind-Band Orchestration. His music studies in Greece concluded in Athens in 1992 with the award of the Diploma of Viola and the Diploma of Counterpoint.

His music studies as a Viola Player were continued in Holland and particularly at the Utrecht Music Academy under the supervision of Ron Ephrat. In 1996 he was awarded the Teaching Diploma from the Utrecht Music Academy institution while in 1998 the Solo-Diploma from the Maastricht Music Academy under the supervision of H.Guittard.

As a Viola player he continued his post-graduate studies with specialization in the 20th Century Chamber Music. These studies were concluded on 2000.
      He took part on many Viola as well as Chamber Music Master classes with professors like L.David, A. Reshnikovsky, V. Liberman, N. Imai, Ch. A. Linale, K. Hashimoto and others.

In parallel with his Viola studies at Utrecht Music Academy, he also started his Composition studies with Tristan Keuris and after his sudden death he continued at the Rotterdam's Academy of Music and Dance with K. de Vries. His composition studies were concluded in 2001 with the award of the Diploma of Composition.

One of his main composition interests is the interaction of different disciplines in music and mainly the combination of the acoustic and electronic world. His first attempts in that direction are the "Nuances of Blue" (2001) for Soprano, Electronics and Dance and "Bati no portao do tempo perdido" (2002, Vredenburg Utrecht) that was written for Rosa Ensemble (Saxophone, Violin, Piano and Percussion) and Electronics followed by "Ariadne"(2003) for Soprano, Cello and live Electronics, "EOS" (2003) for Piano and live Electronics, "Cassandra's Tales" (2004) for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Electronics.

He also worked with various groups like Walpurgis (Antwerpen) for the production of "Vladermaus" (2001-2004), Dance Studio Arabesque (Antwerpen) (2002), Dance Collective DC2High (2004), "Staal" (2004) a piece for Quadraphonic Tape and dancers, "Ik" (2004) for Clarinet Solo, Ensemble and Dance (Ensemble Emanon, Leuven),"Red to Black" (2005, Utrecht) for Alto Saxophone and Piano (Duo Beimer and van Ham), "Komachi" (2006) for female Voice and Accordion(!Ynx Ensemble, Amsterdam), "Gazela de la muerte Oscura" (2007) for Mezzo-Soprano, Accordion and String Quartet (Mondriaan Quartet, Duo Pallas&Pallas, Amsterdam), "Apólogo a D. Silvana" (2008) for 2 Trumpets,3 Saxophones, 2 Trombones and 6 Percussionists (Drumming Percussion Group, Jazz Orchestra of Matosinhos, Porto) among others.

In May 2002 he won the NOG Price for Young Composers 2002, with the composition of Antiparathesis for Violin and Orchestra. Antiparathesis was performed by the Nederland's Ballet Orkest conducted by Peter Rundel.

In June 2004 he completed his post-graduate studies on electronic music composition in Rotterdam with R. Uijlenhoet while winning at the same time the Composition Price of the Rotterdam's Academy of Music and Dance.

He was also selected to be an Active Participant for the "Centre Acanthes 2005" in Metz and worked during that period with W. Rihm, P. Dusapin and A. Solbiati. His " Nyx " for orchestra, composed for this occasion, was performed on the final concert by the Orchestre National de Lorraine and conducted by Jacques Mercier.

His Concerto for Violoncello and Ensemble was premiered as part of the 1st Cello Biennale/Proms of Amsterdam and performed by Asko Ensemble conducted by Stefan Ausbury and soloist Doris Hochscheid.

From September 2004 he is teaching composition and composition related subjects in the Superior School of Arts in Porto.

Dimitris Andrikopoulos is a Phd Candidate of the Univercity of Birmingham.

In July 2010 Dimitris was awarded the COMPASS Price (Centre for Composition and Associated Studies) for his work "Metamorphoses" for Ensemble.