Dimitris Papadimitriou (1952-2007) started playing rock music as a self-taught drummer in the middle 1960’s, and has been a professional musician since 1968. He finished his theory studies with Alexander Aenian. As a drummer he played all kinds of music: rock, jazz, traditional, and popular. He also recorded hundreds of traditional and popular musical pieces, as well as several works for TV, theatre, commercial, and the cinema. Papadimitriou received his Diploma degree from Athens Conservatory, graduating with excellence and distinction, and was a drummer and percussionist of the Greek Contemporary Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1978, while still a student in the conservatory, he became a permanent member of the Athens State Symphony, and later of the Orchestra of the National Greek Opera house, where he was principal timpani player beginning in 1986. Also in 1986, Papadimitriou became a professor of the municipal conservatory of Lamia. Mr. Papadimitriou also appeared as a chamber music player and as a soloist, presenting many first performances of music for percussion in Greece and in Germany. As a soloist, he played with the chamber orchestra of National Greek Opera House, chamber orchestra of Mediterranean Music Centre, and also with Vangelis Papathanasiou at Panathenaic Stadium and at Odeion of Herodes Atticus. Mr. Papadimitriou played and recorded all great works by Mikis Theodorakis either as a soloist or solo timpanist. He played with large Greek orchestras with Mikis Theodorakis as a conductor. He played with large Greek orchestras and smaller chamber ensembles in Greece and several countries abroad, including France, Germany, Turkey, Australia, and Cyprus. He also played with many important conductors from Greece and all around the world. He wrote many articles for several Greek music magazines. As a composer, Mr. Papadimitriou composed instrumental music for percussion and other ensembles. His work list includes solo works, chamber music, arrangements for percussion, and two concerti. He usually wrote using tonal, ditonal, and multi-tonal material, coming from Ancient Greek modes or variations of these modes. His composing style, musical language, and way of harmonizing are characteristic and identifiable in his works.