Yiannis Papadopoulos was born in Athens in 1987. He studied at the Music School of Pallini and he is a senior student of jazz performance at the Ionian University, specializing in piano. He represented the Ionian University at the 19th Conference of IASJ (International Association of Schools of Jazz, Lucerne, 2009). As a member of the Ionian Jazz Ensemble, he has appeared in Tinos and Zakynthos Jazz Festivals.