Description

Dimitris Dodoras was born in Cologne, Germany. At an early age, his parents frequently took him to the opera, musicals, theaters and the movies and he started to become very imaginative on his own. He began taking piano lessons and started composing his own music. From 2010-2014, he studied at the Prince Claus Conservatory in Groningen, The Netherlands and at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he received his Bachelor in Music Composition. During his studies, he joined the international Creative Ensemble as a percussionist and worked with i.a. renowned cellist and composer Ernst Reijseger and saxophonist Michael Moore.

In 2005, he received the Skoda Soundtrack Award at the Soundtrack_Cologne 2.0 and since then has been involved in many different international projects including films, commercials, music videos and radio plays. In 2014 he wrote the music for the award-winning short film Alter Egon supported by the film commission NRW, contributed music for the Discovery Channel and orchestrated the song “I Wish I Could Be A Disney Princess” for Buzzfeed which has received over 25 million views on YouTube. He participated in the BMI Composing for Screen Mentorship Program in 2013 and the SCL Mentorship Program in NY in 2016. In 2020 he received a nomination for the Hollywood Music in Media Award in the category Contemporary Classical/Instrumental for his piece Journey Around The World and won the award in 2021 in the category Score – Short Film (Live Action) for his score for the short film Fellini Forward produced by Campari which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Dimitris loves being a storyteller and his goal as an artist is to allow the listener and audience to dive into new worlds and participate in a narrative that connects us as individuals.