Alexandros Adamopoulos

Alexandros Adamopoulos was born in 1953 in Athens. He studied law, directing, and classical guitar in Athens, and sociology of law in Paris. He founded the "Society of Friends of Yannis Christou's Music" with the aim of preserving and promoting the composer's work. He collaborated with the Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments since its inception in 1991, serving as general secretary and president of the Friends of the Museum Association. He served as the general secretary of the board of directors of the National Theatre of Greece. He has worked with various organizations, including ERT (Third Programme), Art Theatre, National Theatre of Northern Greece, Municipal and Regional Theatre of Volos and Chios, Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, among others, as well as with the Warsaw Festival '91, Hamburg N.D.R. '93, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, and National Academy of Letters in New Delhi. His first book, "Twelve and One Lies" (Ikaros 1992), has been translated into English, French, German, and Turkish, and was published in Turkey, Germany, France, and India. "Lies Again" has been translated into English and German (the short story "The New Saints" also into Turkish). His play "The Semolina Man" has been released in Australia and Turkey and has been staged in more than fifty different productions across the country. His libretto "The Possessed" has been presented at the Greek National Opera. He has translated works by A. Camus, A. de Montherlant, A. de Musset, L. Tolstoy, R. Dahl, T. Gunerzel, and the "Testament" of Auguste Rodin.