Akis Katsoupakis () is a Greek musician, arranger and record producer. His most commercially acclaimed album (arranged and co-produced) is Sokratis Malamas's (2000) which includes the classic Prigkipesa.
His work includes arranging for multi-platinum albums (Eleftheria Arvanitaki – Ola Sto Fos) – (George Dalaras – )
Biography
Born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece, he studied piano, classical harmony, and counterpoint. Later on, he took lessons in jazz theory and jazz piano and also seminars on electronic music (ICMC '97). Katsoupakis has been working as a professional keyboard player since 1989. After playing with several bands, in 1994 he joined the band Maskes, which turned out to be one of the bands that formed the so-called indie rock scene of Thessaloniki.
Since 1997 he has carried out orchestration and production for studio recordings and live concerts working with many of the industry's big names. He also appears as a string section arranger, a sound engineer, programmer, mixer and mastering engineer. His debut studio album as an arranger and producer was "Zilion" (1997).