Adamopoulos was born in Paris, France. After musical studies in Israel, he became a violist soloist at the
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 19. Subsequently, he was successively soloist at the
Gulbenkian Orchestra, the
Ensemble orchestral de Paris and the
Orchestre national de France from 1980 to 1990. From 1990, he was a soloist at the
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine and a member of the Sartory Trio, with Roland Daugareil and
Étienne Péclard. In addition to his concert activity, Adamopoulos taught at the
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon and the
Conservatoire de Bordeaux where he was responsible for the viola class of the development cycle. He played a
Landolfi viola dated 1755. Adamopoulos, who had cancer, died on 3 January 2021, in Paris after contracting
COVID-19 during the
COVID-19 pandemic in France. == References ==